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The finish, draft of a poem by Angus Graham.

The Fifth Barwis-Holliday Award was awarded to Dr George Mak in 2014 for his paper, 'To add or not to add? The British and Foreign Bible Society’s Defence of the ‘without comment principle’ in late Qing China'. The archival material associated with this is all electronic and the archival electronic documents were all created in November 2024. These are:

• Advertisement for the New Barwis-Holliday Award giving details about the awards and conditions for submission, two different versions.
• 'The Barwis-Holliday and the Staunton Prize' - list of judges.
• 'Barwis-Holliday Submissions' - a list of the candidates for the Award.
• Reviews on the papers submitted, 9 electronic documents.
• 'The Barwis-Holliday Award' and 'The Staunton Prize' giving notification of the winners of each Award, announcement prepared for the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society.

The Fall - draft of a short story by Angus Graham.

"The Exposition of the Vedanta Philosophy by H.T. Colebrooke Esq…Vindicated; being a Refutation of certain Published remarks of Colonel Vans Kennedy" by Sir Graves C. Haughton. Extracted from the Asiatic Journal for November 1835. Printed material with handwritten note "Sir George Staunton Bart with the writer's kind compliments".

"The exhibition of masterpieces from private collections displayed at the Bangkok National Museum from the 6th March-6th April 1968", by M.C. Subhadradis Diskul. Borankadee (Archaeology) 2(2) October-December 1968. P.82-87. Photocopy of article.

Description: Dark green hardcover, unruled notebook, handwritten in ink. Identified as West 27 in de Menasce handlist.
Contents: The Epistles of Mānušcihr. Transliteration and translation of the text and the appendices as given in SBE 18.

The Episode of Dona Ignez de Castro The Lusiads of Camoens, Canto III, stanzas 118-135. Printed by Harrison and Sons, St Martin's Lane, London (1879) for private circulation. Note with pamphlet: “This is an alternative translation by Burton: privately printed It is very rare.”

The End of the Hero - short story by Angus Graham, three drafts, each 6 pages.

"The Emblems, Medals and Medallists of the Royal Asiatic Society" by John Hansman. Offprint of an article from the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1980, pp.99-119 which contains information concerning the Triennial Gold Medal and its recipients.

The Emblems, Medals and Medallists of the Royal Asiatic Society" by John Hansman. Offprint of an article from the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1984, pp.99-119, which contains information concerning the Burton Memorial Medal.