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Correspondence with Raymond Head mainly concerned with identification of artworks in the Society's Collections.

Correspondence and notes concerning the compilation of the index.

Notes collated and some draft articles by Raymond Head, plus articles and photographs created or collected by him in researching for the Catalogue.

'Divine Flower Power Recorded - Sir William Jones (1746-94)', article about the life and works of William Jones, written by Raymond Head and published in the magazine Country Life, dated 13 September 1984. With the article is 8 photographs of the artworks in the Jones collection which are reproduced in the article.

Three versions of a printed leaflet advertising the Journal, all dating to the time when the Society operated at 74 Grosvenor Street. These include:

• ‘Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, 74 Grosvenor Street, W. 1.’ A printed leaflet introducing the Journal and other publication series and highlighting the Journal’s value to British administrators in the East. 3 copies

• ‘Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, 74 Grosvenor Street, W. 1.’ A printed leaflet introducing the Journal and the Society’s other publication series. 3 copies

• ‘Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, 74 Grosvenor Street, W. 1.’ A printed leaflet entitled ‘Special Notice’, introducing the Journal and subscription details. Printed by Stephen Austin and Sons, Ltd, Hertford. 3 copies

List of 'Voluntary Donations to the Funds of the Royal Asiatic Society since its institution'. Handwritten list of donors, amount of donation and year of receipt from 1823 - 1851.

Letter from Ernest Grierson, Honorary Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to Eleanor Hull, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to inform her of an anonymous donation to aid the payment of the Secretary's salary for the next two years, dated 15 April 1920.

The original trust document between Doctor Bimala Churn Law and the Royal Asiatic Society concerning his donation to the Society, the income arising from the Fund to be used in publishing a monograph or thesis which shall be part of the Dr B.C. Law Trust Series and should be on Buddhism, Jainism or the Hostory or Geography of Ancient India up to the end of the thirteenth century. The document is signed by Council Members of the RAS and by Bimala Churn Law and bears the Society's seal. It is dated 16 October 1936.

Correspondence concerned with the Legacy of W.H. Moreland on his death in 1938 in which the Society were bequeathed some of his possessions, the income from his publications and one quarter of his estate upon the death of other named members of his family. The correspondence concerning this dates from 1938-1940.
There is further correspondence from 1956-1958 after the death of his family members and also earlier correspondence concerning publication of his books, dated 1922-1923.

Correspondence concerning the bequest of Professor Charles Ambrose Storey to the Royal Asiatic Society and copies of his will. Storey died on 24 April 1967 and bequeathed his specific legacies of books and manuscripts and the residue of his estate. The material includes:

• Initial correspondence to Storey from his solicitors concerning drafts of his will dating from 1937-1950.
• Wills dated 1935, 1940, 1941, 1954, and a notebook containing a handwritten draft of the will.
• Executorship Statement dated 21 May 1968.
• Correspondence, mostly dating from 1967 and 1968, concerning the sorting of the will, and the sale of Storey's library and other items.