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Catalogues and handlists for manuscripts in the Sino-Tibetan group of languages:

• 'Four Tibetan Mongolian Mss. given to the Royal Asiatic Society by the Rev'd Robert Yuille - as identified and numbered by Professor Charles Bawden in March 1978' - typed list of the manuscripts, 1 piece.

Electronic document - archival document created in 2024.

• 'CHINESE MANUSCRIPTS' - box list for the Chinese manuscripts in the Society's collections, first created in 2008.

"Sir Aurel Stein Honoured: Gold Medal of the Royal Asiatic Society". Newspaper cutting from The Times for 17 June 1932 with a report of the presentation of the Gold Medal to Aurel Stein by Sir Samuel Hoare, Secretary of State for India.

B&W print of the photograph of Sir Charles James Lyall.

A set of 7 newspaper cuttings from 17th and 18th March to announce the conferment of the Gold Medal on Sir Dension Ross. Most lead with the heading "Sir Denison Ross Honoured". Seven cuttings glued on to a single sheet of paper.

Lists created in 1998 concerning the donations from the Sir George Thomas Staunton collection held at the Society.

Two B&W photographs of Sir Harold Bailey in Caucasian costume. Photographs by B Gaye of 35 Selwyn Gardens Cambridge.

B&W print of the painting of Major-General Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson.

The letter concerns a book wrongly donated to the Royal Society by Lady Jones' that belongs to the Reverend [Boulter] and asking that the gentleman would claim it from the Royal Society apartments.

Sir Joseph Banks writes that he does not consider that Mr [Wilkins] needs any assistance but if Major [Barclay] wishes to ask directly then Mr Wilkins can accept or decline as he wishes.

The final paragraph of the letter reports to Lady Jones how well her donation was received at the Royal Society.

This letter from Joseph Banks asks Lady Jones to request that [Doctor Breten] puts in writing about the book belonging to him that was wrongly included in a donation by Lady and Sir William Jones to the Royal Society.

"Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker: A Short Sketch, Together with his Notes on the Botany of the Rocky Mountains". Reprinted from Nature, October 25 1877. The cover has the inscription "With Lady Hooker's best regards". Printed pamphlet with a biography of Hooker by Asa Gray, May 1877, and Hooker's own article on the Botany of the Rocky Mountains. Printed material, 1 item, 1877.