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• Letter from International Union of Orientalists to Sir Harold Bailey to announce the General Assembly of the Union on 16 July 1973, dated 25 June 1973.
• Letter from Sir Harold Bailey to Professor Stuart Simmonds to state that he will be unable to attend the Assembly but that it would be good to have a representative from the Society at the meeting, dated 2 July 1973.

• Letter from Treasurer, International Union of Orientalists, to Royal Asiatic Society to ask for the membership dues not yet received for 1972, dated 10 February 1973.
• Letter from Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to Treasurer, International Union of Orientalists, to send money due, dated 27 February 1973.

• Letter from Treasurer, International Union for Oriental and Asian Studies, to Royal Asiatic Society to ask for the membership dues for 1974, dated 26 September 1974.
• Letter from Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to Treasurer, International Union for Oriental and Asian Studies, to send money due, dated 22 October 1974.

• Letter from Treasurer, International Union for Oriental and Asian Studies, to Dr. A.D.H. Bivar, Royal Asiatic Society, to ask for membership dues; to inform regarding the appointment of the Vice-President of the Union as President of the International Council for Philosophy and Humanistic Studies; to bring to attention that UNESCO were preparing contracts with the Union for research; and to give dates of the forthcoming General Assembly in Mexico City in 1976. Dated 6 November 1975.
• Letter from Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to Treasurer, International Union for Oriental and Asian Studies, to submit the Society's membership fees for 1975, and to ask further details of the contracts for research being prepared by UNESCO. Dated 12 January 1976.
• Letter from Treasurer, International Union for Oriental and Asian Studies, to Royal Asiatic Society to thank for membership fees and to give more information regarding the research contracts. Dated 21 January 1976.

• Letter from Treasurer, International Union for Oriental and Asian Studies, to Royal Asiatic Society to ask for membership dues and to send a report from the Secretary General and amended statutes, dated 29 November 1976. A copy of the statutes is with the letter.
• Letter from Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to send membership dues, dated 14 December 1976.

• Letter from Treasurer, International Union for Oriental and Asian Studies, to Royal Asiatic Society to ask for membership dues, dated 28 September 1977.
• Letter from Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to Treasurer, International Union for Oriental and Asian Studies, to inform that at the last Council meeting of the Society it was decided that the Society wished to tender its resignation from the International Union for Oriental and Asian Studies, dated 15 November 1977.

The Royal Asiatic Society has produced a Journal from the early years of its formation and continues to do so. This material covers the records made in the production, administration and distribution of the Journal.

The Journal Editorial Board was constituted in 2019, since when biannual meetings have occurred. These are the Minutes for the Meetings. Much of the decision-making about the administration of the Journal has historically been undertaken by the Publications Committee of the Society. The Minutes for the committee have also been catalogued.

This series covers the following meetings:

• 14 March 2019
• 31 October 2019
• 5 November 2020
• 22 April 2021
• 28 October 2021
• 7 April 2022
• 13 April 2023
• 5 October 2023
• 11 April 2024
• 10 October 2024
• 10 April 2025
• 9 October 2025 (wanting)

Also included is the minute of the Nomination Committee for the Associate Editorship Positions at the JRAS for 25 June 2020.

Most administrative documents are only kept during their working life. These documents have been deemed as of potential archival value. They are:

• Enlargement of the Journal, a report detailing what enlargement of the Journal would entail, prepared for the Publications Committee by Dennis Duncanson, dated 16 October 1982.
• Undated letter to Dennis Duncanson regarding the Editor's functions and responsibilities.
• Editorship of the Journal - report on how the editor's roles should be altered and supported. Written by Dennis Duncanson, dated 23 November 1983.
• Paper presented to the Council to discuss the merits on increasing the size and frequency of the Journal and of paying a fee to a part-time Assistant Editor, written by Charles Beckingham, dated 2 December 1986.
• Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society: Statement of Editorial Policy by David Morgan, Honorary Editor, dated, 13 February 1989.
• Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, by Peter Collin and David Morgan, concerning the future publisher for the Journal, dated 6 October 1989.
• The future of the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society: A Discussion Paper, written by David Morgan, dated 22 February 1990
• Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society: going online, paper by Sarah Ansari, dated October 2000. Guidelines for the Transliteration of Oriental Languages, giving standard orthography for Asian languages, undated.
• Royal Asiatic Society JRAS: editorial policy and procedures by Sarah Ansari, dated 4 December 2001.
• Notes on the preparation of typescripts for publication in the JRAS, giving details of correct presentation of articles. Original electronic document dated ‎13 ‎June ‎2005.
• Preparing for four issues concerning increasing the number of issues from 3 to 4 per year, by Charlotte de Blois and Sarah Ansari, dated 14 September 2006.(electronic document)
• Invitation to a Reviewers' Evening, dated 22 March 2007. (electronic document)
• International Editorial Board, a list of board members with their areas of expertise. Original electronic document dated 10 December 2009.
• Letter of invitation to join the Editorial Board, pro forma letter from Sarah Ansari. Original electronic document dated 13 February 2012.
• Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society and Open Access: a general briefing, by Martine Walsh, Senior Commissioning Editor, HSS Journals, Cambridge University Press, dated June 2012. (electronic document)
• Guest editorship of special issues: JRAS protocol, original electronic document dated 29 ‎October ‎2018.
• JRAS Guidelines. for the preparation of an article manuscript, dated January 2019.
• An Analysis of Submissions between February and September 2018 detailing the subject and geographical areas of submitted articles. Original electronic document dated 13 March 2019.
• Manuscripts received - diagram detailing countries of authors. Original electronic document dated ‎30 ‎October ‎2019.
• Reliable Reviewers - list of people suitable to ask for book reviews. Original electronic document dated April 2020.
• FAO of the Editorial Board from Dr Gordon Johnson, extract from an email concerning the response of Cambridge University Press to the covid-19 pandemic, October 2020
• Role and Responsibilities of a JRAS Associate Editor, by Sarah Ansari. Original electronic document dated 10 ‎December ‎2020.
• 'Points for Secretary of Royal Asiatic Society', typed notes regarding Journal orders including for private copies, proofs, list of members, etc, dated 30 September 1930 (transferred the Royal Anthropological Institute to the Society in March 2026.
• Process for replacement of the Journal Editor by Gordon Johnson for presentation to the Editorial Board, dated 22 April 2021. (electronic document)
• Procedure for appointment of a new editor, describing the process undertaken for the appointment of a new editor for the Journal, by Gordon Johnson, dated 30 September 2021. (electronic document)
• A perspective on the current (rather volatile) state of academic publishing by Gordon Johnson, dated October 2021. (electronic document)

In 1889 a Memorandum of Agreement was signed between the Royal Asiatic Society and W.H. Allen and Company concerning the publishing of the Journal. This series contains that Memorandum and associated correspondence.