Meeting Cards, Admittance Tickets and Correspondence connected to Lectures and General Meetings held between 1970 and 1979.
Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and IrelandCorrespondence between Nicolaas Schenk, Honorary Treasurer, Asiatic Society of Japan, Diana Crawford Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, and Susan Skilliter regarding the position of the Asiatic Society of Japan as an Associate Society. Eight items, typed and handwritten, dated 16 February 1970-25 November 1971.
Correspondence from Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to Secretary, Asiatic Society of Japan. and Miss S.D. Watson, Jacaranda Press, concerning permission to reproduce extracts from the Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan. Two letters, typed, dated 22 December 1971.
Correspondence between Nicolaas Schenk, Honorary Treasurer, Asiatic Society of Japan, Diana Crawford Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, B.W. Robinson, President, Royal Asiatic Society, and R.H. Wade, Deputy Secretary-General, Commonwealth Secretariat, concerning the forthcoming centenary celebrations of the Asiatic Society of Japan and the affiliation between the two Societies. Six typed letters plus one printed leaflet, dated 13 April 1972-2 February 1973.
Letter from P. Westlake, President, Asiatic Society of Japan, to the President, Royal Asiatic Society, to send congratulations on their centenary celebrations (the Royal Asiatic Society were celebrating 150 years). Typed, dated 22 February 1973.
Correspondence between Nicolaas Schenk, President, Asiatic Society of Japan, and Professor E.H.S. Simmonds, President, Royal Asiatic Society, concerning Schenk's appointment to the Presidency and the affiliation of the Societies. Two letters, typed, dated 11 March-7 May 1975.
Asiatic Society of JapanThis sub-series consists of administrative letters and notices including correspondence with potential candidates.
Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1823- London, EnglandThe Essay Prize Competition was run in both 1969 and 1970. In neither year were there any entries but for both years there is some administrative correspondence and notices.
Correspondence and a newspaper cutting regarding the award of the Burton Memorial Medal to Stephen Hemsley Longrigg.
Longrigg Stephen Hemsley 1893-1979This sub-series contains two letters to the printer and a copy of the notice of the Prize and its rules.
Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1823- London, EnglandThis series contains correspondence regarding the conferment of the Medal, correspondence regarding the purchase of the Medal; correspondence with media organisations; newspaper cuttings; and material concerning the death of Hamilton Gibb. See Related Material for further information
John Pinches London, England MedallistThe series consists of administrative correspondence and notices; and copies of the two prize-winning essays.
Johnson Gordon b 1943 HistorianThe 27th International Congress of Orientalists was held in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, in August 1967. The material concerned with this Congress includes administrative correspondence and organisation for the drinking horn (see RAS ICO/1) to be at the Congress.
International Congress of OrientalistsThe material available for Meetings of the Library Committee in the years 1967-1970. They consist of:
- List of Library Committee Members 1966
- Minutes of the First Meeting of the Library Committee, 10 March 1966
- Agenda for Library Committee, 8 June 1967
- Draft minutes of a meeting of the Library Committee, 8 June 1967
- Agenda for Library Committee Meeting, 20 June 1968
- Minutes for Library Committee Meeting, 20 June 1968
- Agenda for Library Committee Meeting, 15 September 1970
- Minutes for Library Committee Meeting, 15 September 1970