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Covering letters and lists of the archives and papers of the British Association of Malaya being transferred to the Royal Commonwealth Society. These are:

• Letter from H.R. Bryon, Secretary, The British Association of Malaya, to the Librarian, Royal Asiatic Society, to send a preliminary list of the papers and documents which have contributed to the Association's History Archives up to February 1962. Dated 23 March 1962.
• "Documents and papers received for British Association of Malaya History Archives", 5 pages. This is annotated "Ackd 27.3.62".
• Compliment slip from the Secretary, The British Association of Malaya. This is annotated "Ackd 22 April 1963".
• "British Association of Malaya Historical Collection: Letters or articles on political or constitutional matters, memoirs and recollections about the Malay States, Singapore, Penang, Malacca and Sarawak kept in the Library of the Royal Commonwealth Society", 5 pages.
• "British Association of Malaya Historical Collection. List No. 2. Letters or articles on political or constitutional matters, memoirs and recollections about the Malay States, Singapore, Penang, Malacca and Sarawak kept in the Library of the Royal Commonwealth Society", 4 pages.

The Papers of Horace Geoffrey Quaritch Wales contain papers relating to his archaeological work in southeast Asia including expedition notes, personal notebooks, diaries, manuscript proofs, correspondence, newspaper cuttings and maps. Listed within this catalogue are objects and items of furniture which were also part of the bequest of Quaritch Wales' wife, Dorothy, to the Royal Asiatic Society.

Hand-written journals documenting travel, with observations, and notes about fieldwork. They contain materials in these categories : Journal of Travel and observation H.G.Q Wales 1923-1928 : Vol I and Vol II Greater India Research Expedition Field Note Book, 1935 Greater India Research Expedition Season 1935-1936 Greater India Research Expedition, Journal of Excavations 1935, Also a continuation of the rough draft of 1937/9 results The Greater India Research Committee Malayan Campaign 1937-8, Field Note Book

Journal, hardcover, blue/green, titled "Greater India Research Expedition, Journal of Excavations 1935, Also continuation of rough draft of 1937/9 results" containing notes in pencil and ink. Most of the work relates to the southern Thailand such as the excavation of Phra Nu [Nho], work at Tung Tuk, examination of K(ha)o Phra Narai on, work at Chaiya such as Wat Long, Wieng Sa, Nagara (Nakhon) Sri Thammarat, his journey from Trang to Pattalung. Also notes from museums such as Taiping Museum Malaysia, Rangoon Museum Burma, Colombo Museum Sri Lanka; notes on Parmantier in Cham art and archaeological researches on ancient Indian colonization in Malaya by H.G. Quaritch Wales in 1939.

3 Journals, hardcover, blue, titled, "The Greater India Research Committee Malayan Campaign 1937-8, Field Note Book", containing pencil notes and drawings.

The travel itineraries of Quaritch Wales and his wife, Dorothy. The series contains thirty-six itineraries, including visits to: Greece, Venice, Italy, Germany, India, Russia and Central Asia, Siam and Burma, Malaya and Southern Thailand.

"Far Eastern Visit, January-March, 1964. Transcription of Diary" - typed itinerary of their tour, 4 pieces, 4 sides.

"Malaya and South Siam. Jan-Feb. 1974" - typed itinerary of their tour, 5 pieces, 5 sides. Also 2 news cuttings: "Bandits give Govt conditions" from the Bangkok Post for 3 February 1974; and "Doubt on Nurses Ransom" from the Daily Telegraph for 4 May 1974.

Albums and single cuttings of newspaper articles. mostly written by Quaritch Wales. The contents concern the history and politics of India, China and other countries in Southeast Asia.

"Life on a Malayan Rubber Estate Where Tapping Starts Before Dawn" by Dorothy C. Johnson (Quaritch Wales' wife), The New York Sun, 15 January 1942.