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• Letter from Samuel Phillips, Honorary Secretary, Assyrian Excavation Fund, to Richard Clarke, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to ask whether the enclosed circular concerning the aims of the Assyrian Excavation Fund might be sent to all the members of the Royal Asiatic Society. Handwritten, dated 16 November 1953.
• "Assyrian Excavation Fund: Society for Exploring the Ruins of Assyria and Babylonia with Especial Reference to Biblical Illustration". Printed list of the Committee and a letter to invite attendance at a meeting concerning the discoveries made by M. Botta, Mr. Layard and Colonel Rawlinson to be held in the Town Hall, Manchester, on 27 May 1854. The letter is dated 22 May 1854.
• Letter from Henry Ellis, principal librarian at the British Museum, to Samuel Phillips concerning the draft of a proposal from the King of Prussia to the Assyrian Fund Society (Assyrian Excavation Fund) which also asks whether the Authorities of the British Museum might give full authority to remove to England any such pieces of Sculpture not needed for their own collection. He reminds Phillips of a letter he wrote in 1852 to Colonel Rawlinson, concerning the position of the Trustees of the British Museum and their willingness to accept any Sculpture not deemed as necessary by the Society. Handwritten, dated 7 June 1854.

Assortment of notes on scraps of paper. Handwritten, 14 pieces

Assorted sheets of mathematical workings dating from time in Cambridge[1790] to 1837. Some are written on old letters which enables dating. Handwritten, 60 pieces

Oddments of printed material: Errata page from Proof stamped from Oxford University Press, 2 May 1901 Two pages titled "Verbesserungen" Illustration of Durga's combat with Mahash-Asura from Asiatic Researches Volume 8

These Papers include conference material, promotional material, and correspondence with the Royal Asiatic Society.

Correspondence and reports concerned with the International Union of Orientalists' General Assembly at New Delhi in 1964.

Minutes of the General Assembly of the International Union of Orientalists held in Munich in 1957 and a subsequent circular.

The Asiatic Society of Mumbai, for some part of its history, was affiliated to the Royal Asiatic Society. This material dates from that time and is:

• "Four Important Reprints on South East Asia" from Kraus Reprint, Liechtenstein. An advertising pamphlet for reprints of Asian material including for the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, Bombay Branch, for 1841-1923. Printed, dated 1969.
• Letter from the Librarian, Asiatic Society of Bombay, to the Royal Asiatic Society to thank them for the gift of the publication, "The Royal Asiatic Society - Its History and Treasures". Typed, dated 20 November 1980.

Correspondence with the Asiatic Society of Japan concerning the sesquicentenary celebrations. These are:

• Letter from President, Royal Asiatic Society, to President, Asiatic Society of Japan, to inform about the sesquicentenary of the Society and to invite members of the Japan Society in London at the time to be part of the celebrations, dated 21 April 1971.
• Letter from President, Asiatic Society of Japan, to President, Royal Asiatic Society, to thank for the previous letter and to inform that it will be the Japan's Society's centenary in 1972 and to extend a similar invitation to members of the Royal Asiatic Society, dated 23 June 1971.
• Letter from R.H. Wade, President of Asiatic Society of Japan, to B.W. Robinson, President, Royal Asiatic Society, to send his personal note with the official letter and to write about his recent visit to Korea, dated 7 July 1971.

This material was collated in the interactions between the Asiatic Society of Japan and the Royal Asiatic Society.