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This sub-series contains correspondence with universities and press, correspondence concerning the award of the prize and a notice of the 1936 essay title.

This sub-series contains material concerned with the administration of the Universities Prize Essay for 1937.

This sub-series contains administrative material regarding the Prize.

This material contains correspondence and notices concerned with the administration of the prize.

This sub-series contains correspondence and notices concerning the Prize Essay Competition for 1940.

This is correspondence between the Royal Asiatic Society and the Essay prizewinner, Mr N.S. Adams.

This sub-series consists of letters regarding the competition, printed notices and lists of Universities eligible to compete.

This consists of administrative correspondence with candidates and examiners, and notices of the competition.

Administrative documents concerned with Lectures and General Meetings:

• Advertising documents and correspondence concerned with the Royal Asiatic Society's celebration of the bicentenary of the Asiatic Society of Bengal which took place at the General Meeting of 12 January 1984 with Sir Cyril Philips lecturing on 'The Young Wellington in India'. There was also a lecture held at the British Library, given by Garland Cannon, on 14 March 1984, in connection with their exhibition, 'Sir William Jones and the Asiatic Society of Bengal', which ran from 20 January - 29 April 1984. 14 items, dated 16 March 1978 - 3 July 1984.
• 'Fabric of History', a newspaper article from the Evening Standard about the home of Philippa Scott. The article was kept as she pulled out of giving a lecture at short notice. Dated 21 December 1988.
• Correspondence with Walid Arafat concerning his lecture, 2 items, dated 31 December 1988.
• Letter from Helen Ballhatchett concerning her forthcoming lecture, 1 item, dated 4 March 1989.
• Letter from Dr I. Raeside concerning his forthcoming lecture, 1 item, dated 24 October 1989.
• Biographical Notes for Christopher Aslet, 3 items, dated 11 December 1989.

Correspondence and administrative documents connected with lectures:

• Correspondence with Dr Martina Deuchler, 1 item, dated 22 May 1990.
• Correspondence with Jamie James, 1 item, dated 5 September 1990.
• Correspondence with John Hansman, 1 item, dated 21 February 1991.
• Administrative documents and news cuttings concerning the memorial lecture in memory of W.B. Henning, 9 May 1991, 4 items, dated 7-9 May 1991.
• Correspondence with Giles Tillotson, 1 item, dated 2 June 1991.
• Correspondence with N.F. Howard, 1 items, dated 18 December 1991.
• Correspondence with Dr S.N. Lieu, 1 item, dated 25 February 1992.
• Correspondence with Beth McKillop, 1 item, dated 22 February 1993.
• Correspondence with Dr M.J. Morris, 1 item, dated 5 December 1993.
• Correspondence with Lilla Russell-Smith, 1 item, dated 15 November 1994.
• Correspondence with J.P. Losty, 1 item, dated 29 September 1995.
• Correspondence with Dr James Dickie, 1 item, dated 5 January 1996.
• Correspondence with Hongxing Zhang, 1 item, dated 21 January 1996.
• Correspondence with Professor G.M. Bongard-Levin, 1 item, dated 21 February 1997.
• Correspondence with Professor Claudes Jacques, 2 items, dated 23 July 1997 - 4 March 1999.
• Correspondence with Professor Christopher Shackle, 2 items, dated 19-26 August 1997.
• Correspondence with Dr Elizabeth Moore, 2 items, dated 26-28 August 1997.
• Correspondence with Raymond Head, 1 item, dated 27 August 1997.
• Correspondence with Dr Vesta Curtis, 2 items, dated 1 -2 September 1997.
• Correspondence with Peter R.E. Willey, 4 items, dated 6 November 1997 - 26 February 1998.
• Correspondence with John Leach, 2 items, dated, 27 November - 17 December 1997.
• Correspondence with Professor G. Rex Smith, 3 items, dated 27 January - 29 September 1998.
• Correspondence with Mushirul Hasan, 2 items, dated 29 January - 11 March 1998.
• Correspondence concerning a letter by G.S.P. Freeman-Grenville, 3 items, dated 13-24 February 1998.
• Correspondence with Professor Michael Rogers, 2 items, dated 1 May - 26 June 1998.
• Correspondence with Simon Digby, 3 items, dated 23 May - 29 September 1998.
• Correspondence with Julian Sherrier, 2 items, dated 11 June - 13 July 1998.
• Correspondence with Dr Jenny Balfour-Paul, 2 items, dated 18 June - 22 September 1998.
• Correspondence with Dr R.K. de Silva, 1 item, dated 19 June 1998.
• Correspondence with Dr A. Walls, 1 item, dated 13 July 1998.
• Correspondence with Dr C. William Radice, 2 items, dated 4 - 8 September 1998.
• Correspondence with Professor Robert B. Betts, 1 item, dated 24 September 1998 and a map of the Syrian area needed for his lecture of 8 April 1999.
• Correspondence concerning the possibility of the Society hosting a book launch for William Dalrymple's 'The Age of Kali: Travels and Encounters in India', 2 items, dated 7 - 16 October 1998.
• Correspondence with Farrokh Vajifdar, 3 items, dated 15 -19 April 1999.

There is also a set of correspondence specifically about the Summer Lecture Series of 1998, These include correspondence with Fenella Goddard, Romila Thapar, Claudes Jacques, Karl Phillips, Philip Scott, Keith Whitlam, David Hawkins, and Maurizio Tozzi, 35 items, dated 9 July 1997 - 5 May 1998.