Letter from B.S. Guha, General Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal, to The Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, in response to the invitation by the Royal Asiatic Society, to inform that the Asiatic Society of Bengal has nominated Dr. Sunita Kumar Chatterji for election as a Corresponding Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society. Dated 5 September 1941.

Correspondence concerned with the Journal sent and received in the 1950s and 1960s. These are:

• Correspondence concerning the publication of an article by the late Sir Ellis Minns on "Frozen Scythic Barrows". These include letters from [L.J] Lindgren to Sir Richard Winstedt, and William Watson, Assistant keeper, Department of Oriental Antiquities, British Museum, to Mrs Davis, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society. Four letters, dated 7 June 1954 - 15 February 1957. The last letter is annotated with a note to state that Dr Lindgren had failed to complete the editing of the article and more recent articles had now superseded its relevance.
• Letter from R.M.S. Morrison to Sir Richard Winstedt to thank him for agreeing to put the paper, "On the beginnings of the Ismaili Dawat in Northern India" by Dr. Abbas H. al-Hamdani before the Editorial Committee for possible publication in the Journal, dated 2 February 1956. With the letter is an extract from a letter by Dr al-Hamdani that Morrison had received.
• Letter from H. Ellinton to the Royal Asiatic Society, to enquire whether the Society had published a report on the excavations carried out by Dr Viola Pettit, dated 8 January 1957.
• Letter from K.A.C. Creswell to Sir Richard Winstedt complaining about the lack of reviews of his publications, dated 12 September 1962.
• Letter from Edward Ullendorff to D.M. Lang to inform that after the Conference in July he would be in a position to know which of the Ethiopic material would be relevant for the Journal, dated 11 April 1963.
• Correspondence concerning the printing of the article "Etudes d'Orientalisme dédiées à la mémoire de Lévi-Provencal". Three items, dated 18 November - 11 December 1963.
• Correspondence concerning an article by Mr. M. Abir which was considered to Asiatic for the Journal of African History and a subsequent later revised publication in Les Annales. Nine items, dated 18 February 1964- 9 November 1965.

Correspondence from 1968 and 1969. These are:

Letter from S.K. Mitra, General Secretary, Asiatic Society, to the Secretary, Royal Central Asiatic Society to inform that Professor Dr. N.N. Das Gupta is going to Europe and they would like to take this opportunity of strengthening bonds with the Society. Dated 5 September 1968.

Letter from S.K. Mitra, General Secretary, Asiatic Society, to the Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society to give the academic qualifications of Dr Chatterjee. Dated 12 March 1969.

Correspondence concerned with the Journal sent and received in the 1970s and 1980s. These are:

• Correspondence between the Royal Asiatic Society, W.E.D. Allen and Professor G.A. Daniyalov, Vice-President of the Daghestan Filiale of the Soviet Academy of Sciences concerning asking Daniyalov to write an article for the Journal on his archaeological discoveries at the Aul of Arakanee in the distirct of Kumukh, Central Daghestan. 7 letters, dated 8 November 1971 - 22 May 1972.
• Correspondence between the Royal Asiatic Society and Sir Max Mallowan, John Burton-Page and Sir Mortimer Wheeler, regarding the delay in the publication of a special JRAS issue dedicated to Sir Mortimer (Volume 102, Issue 2, April 1970). B. W. Robinson, RAS President, wrote to Sir Max to explain the delay but he demanded further explanation from Burtin-Page, editor of the Issue. A sherry party was arranged on 8 June to present the issue to Sir Mortimer. 13 letters, 18 pieces, dated 15 March-21 April 1972
• Correspondence concerned with a specially bound edition of the Journal in honour of Sir Mortimer Wilson for His Imperial Majesty, Mohammed Reza Shah Pahlavi. Two letters, dated 15 and 23 June 1972.
• Correspondence between the Royal Asiatic Society and Anthony R. Walker concerned with the possible publication of his paper on the Red Lahu people in the hills of northern Thailand. 3 letters, dated 2 - 21 February 1972.
• Correspondence between the Royal Asiatic Society, F.R.C. Bagley, Mrs M.N. Bagley and C.E. Bosworth concerned with the possible publication of an article by F.R.C. Bagley, Lecturer in Persian Studies, University of Durham, about Khuzestan, written after a visit to the region. 5 letters, dated 28 October - 4 December 1972.
• Correspondence between Friedhelm Hardy and Simon Digby concerned with the possible publication of Hardy's article on Madhavendra Puri. 2 letters, dated 2 -13 November 1972.
• Letter from Charles Beckingham, Hon. Editor, to Dennis Duncanson, Chairman of the Publications Committee, regarding the possible payment of book reviewers. He also suggests that David Morgan might be a suitable candidate to work alongside him, and then replace him as Editor of the Journal. 1 letter, dated 10 April 1984.

Letter from J. Clifford Wright to Phil to enclose his letter of thanks to the Asiatic Society for their gift in enabling him to be present at the Asiatic Society's international Seminar on Indo-European Linguistics, 1-2 February 1986, and to make some comments upon the conference. Dated 25 February 1986. The copy of the letter from Wright to Dr Ray Chaudhuri is also present, dated 25 February 1986.

Correspondence concerned with production of the Journal from 1991 to present. As this material is currently closed, it will not be itemised within the catalogue.

Letter from Dr Chandan Roy Chaudhuri, General Secretary, Asiatic Society, to Dr A.D. Bivar, President, Royal Asiatic Society, to inform him of a forthcoming visit to England and to ask to visit the Royal Asiatic Society. Dated 14 August 1993.

Letter from Dr Chandan Roy Chaudhuri, General Secretary, Asiatic Society, to Dr A.D. Bivar, President, Royal Asiatic Society, to apologise for not being able to meet Dr Bivar after being detained in Chicago for a medical check. Dated 30 September 1993.

Correspondence concerning the visit of Chandan Roy Chaudhuri to London. These are:

Letter from Dr Chandan Roy Chaudhuri, General Secretary, Asiatic Society, to Dr M.D. McDowell, President, Royal Asiatic Society, to give information of a possible research collaboration that will benefit the Asiatic Society, and to inform of his forthcoming visit to London when he hoped to meet with Dr McDowell. Dated 7 March 1995.

Letter from Michael Coyne, British Council, to Dr M.D. McDowell, President, Royal Asiatic Society, to inform of the need to arrange a programme of visits for Dr Roy Chaudhuri's visit. With the letter is an enclosed visitors note giving details of purpose and aims of the visit. Dated 30 March 1995.

Letter from Dr M.D.. McDowell, President, Royal Asiatic Society, to Dr Chandan Roy Chaudhuri, General Secretary, Asiatic Society, to express his regret at Dr Roy Chaudhuri's illness that prevented him from visiting the Royal Asiatic Society. McDowell hopes that the Societies will be able to establish a closer collaboration. Dated 28 April 1995.

Correspondence and Administrative Documents made in the course of the interaction between Cambridge University Press and the Royal Asiatic Society. Of the many documents made in the course of the interaction, these have been kept as of potential archival value. They are:

• 'RAS Journal: Proposal From Cambridge University Press', detailing services offered and potential costs. Undated [1989].
• Correspondence regarding copyright and permissions, three letters, dated 1- 10 August 1990.
• A letter to subscribers announcing that the Journal will be published by Cambridge University Press from January 1991 and advising how to pay their subscriptions, dated 13 October 1990.
• Letter from Jill Walden, Cambridge University Press, to Lydia Wright, Royal Asiatic Society, to sum up their meeting and confirm the agreements reached regarding the Journal, dated 22 October 1990.
• Notice from David Morgan, Honorary Editor, for the Publications Committee of 16 May 1991 to address concerns raised in the President's letter regarding the publication of the Journal by Cambridge University Press, dated 2 May 1991.
• Advertising letter for the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society and Modern Asian Studies produced by Cambridge University Press, dated 8 October 1992.
• 'Proposal to Publish the JRAS electronically' written by Andrea P.A. Belloli, Publications Officer, Royal Asiatic Society, 27 January 2000.
• Email from Martine Walsh, Cambridge University Press, concerning developments in Open Access, 2013 (electronic).
• Email from Gordon Johnson to Sarah Ansari, Tony Stockwell, Alison Ohta and Charlotte de Blois (officers at the Royal Asiatic Society) concerning the challenges of academic publishing and how they affect the Journal, dated 4 September 2018.
• 'Preparing for a more open future: A briefing document from Cambridge University Press', concerning allowing open access, dated April 2019.
• Email from Cambridge University Press regarding how the covid-19 pandemic is affecting their operations, dated 26 March 2020 (electronic).
• 'Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Open Access Update' (undated) laying out the process for open access. (electronic)

Correspondence concerning American Contributions. These fall into three areas:

• Correspondence concerning funding from the Rockefeller Foundation including correspondence between B.W. Robinson, President of Royal Asiatic Society, and C.H. Philips, Director of SOAS; correspondence by John Hansman; and correspondence from the Rockefeller Foundation; 8 items.
• Correspondence mainly with Professor R. Bayly Winder concerning American contributions to the Sesquicentenary Appeal, 38 items.
• Correspondence concerning gaining tax exemption for the donations, 20 items.