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The Society has a history of working with Camberwell College. This was renewed in 2016 and from 2016-2019 MA conservation students worked on some items in the Society's collections for their final projects. The archival material is:

2016

• RAS Persian Manuscripts 19 and 51 - work carried out by Jasdip Singh Dhillon: Treatment proposals and work overview. Typed with accompanying photographs, 15 pieces.
• Paintings from the James Tod Collection (Cat. Nos. 061.002, 063.008 and 063.009) - work carried out by Bethia Grice. Proposal and condition reports, correspondence and Final Project report. Typed with accompanying photographs, 79 pieces.

2017

• The Canton Register Volumes 2 and 3 - work undertaken by Isana Skeete. Documentation of proposal and treatment. Digital file originally created in July 2017, archival document created in November 2024.
• Maps of Mount Hua and Putuo - work undertaken by Joey Shuker. Conservation Treatment Records for each map. Original digital documents created August 2017, archival documents created November 2024.
• “Squeeze Ink Impression” by Sir Alexander Cunningham - work undertaken by Laurent Cruveillier. Condition and Treatment report for the conservation of the positive and negative impressions and the historic label, and a copy of Cruveillier's dissertation, Conservation of Alexander Cunningham’s 1850s archaeological ink rubbing and inked squeeze of a stone inscription at Visvanatha temple in India. Digital files first created in June 2017, archival documents created November 2024.
• Painting of the Northern elevation of the Temple of Rana Mokal, Chitor (Cat. No. 037.174) - work carried out by Rebecca Snow. Condensed treatment report. Digital file originally created in June 2017, archival document created November 2024.

2018

• Pilgrimage scroll (artwork) - work carried out by Mathilde Renauld. Documentation and treatment proposal, and Renauld's dissertation, Conservation of a Shi’ite pilgrimage scroll from the Royal Asiatic Society. Digital documents originally created in 2018, archival documents created November 2024.

2019

• Pencil and ink drawings of the bridge and island of Sivasmudram (Cat. Nos. 073.001 - 073.004) - work carried out by Arantza Dobbels Busto. Treatment documentation for each of the maps. Typed with accompanying photographs, 8 pieces.
• Watercolour paintings of Genealogical trees from the James Tod Collections (Cat. Nos. 037.177 and 037.178) - work carried out by Rebekah Harbord. Conservation documentation, typed with accompanying photographs, 12 pieces.
• Double-sided miniature paintings depicting Layla (Cat. No. 058.001) with three birds on verso and Majnun with a Prince on a piebald horse on verso (Cat. No. 058.002) - work carried out by Rebekah Harbord. Conservation Treatment Proposal, Conservation documentations, and a copy of her dissertation, Stabilisation and re-housing of two double-sided Indo-Persian manuscript miniatures c.1550-1650 from the Persian manuscript collection of the Royal Asiatic Society. Also includes a printed booklet of an exhibition of the work by students from the 2019 MA Conservation class, containing an article by Rebekah Harbord regarding the conservation of the paintings. Typed with accompanying photographs, 61 pieces and 1 booklet.

There are a number of calling cards and invitations for Thomas Manning whilst staying in France. Their main interest lies in the understanding some of the social circle in which he moved.

7 Calling Cards

A reproduced rubbing of the calligraphy of the Chinese poem ‘Rhapsody on the Luo River Goddess’ (洛神賦), signed by the Qing scholar Hu Gaowang (1730?-1798) in 1766, mounted onto a hanging silk scroll. The scroll measures 35cm (w) x 91cm (h).

Inscribed ‘This is a great curiosity’ at the top of the back of the scroll. A note, containing a free translation of the poem in English, was originally rolled into the scroll but has now been separated and stored together. At the back of it is two notes stating: ‘Translated by Harry Parkes’ and ‘The original roll was taken in a Piratical Junk by H. M. S. Rattler in Namguan Harbor. May 1853.’ Both the inscription and the notes are signed ‘A. M.’.

Map of the route from Calcutta to Lhasa drawn in coloured pencil.

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.

Documents relating to revisions of the RAS Byelaws and Standing Orders, 2010.

Documents relating to revisions of RAS Byelaws and Standing Orders, 1998.

Documents relating to revisions of the RAS Byelaws and Standing Orders, 1995.

A table of current Byelaws text and proposed changes, electronic word document.