Correspondence concerning General Meetings. These are:

• Photocopy of a letter from Edwin Norris, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to Phillipp Franz von Siebold to invite him to be present at the Meeting of the Society on 15 June 1850, handwritten, 2 pieces, dated 14 June 1850. The original of this letter is held at the Brandenstein Archive, Schlüchtern-Elm, Germany. Accompanying the letter are computer-printed transcripts in English and French of a letter from Phillipp Franz von Siebold to the Admiralty in London, dated 17 June 1850.
• Letter from James Whatman Bosanquet to Edwin Norris concerning whether Mr Dunbar should come from the Isle of Wight to deliver his paper, 2 sides, dated 30 March 1858.

Printed cards detailing the dates of the meeting for 1865 and 1868-9.

Correspondence and printed material concerning lectures, and a typescript of one lecture. The material is:

• Admittance ticket for a lecture by Sir Charles Eliot, 'The History and Monuments of Cambodia', 13 February 1912.
• Admittance ticket for a lecture by Professor Albert von le Coq, 'Journey and Results of the 4th Turfan Expedition', 18 October 1927.
• Admittance ticket for a lecture by Sir E. Denison Ross, 'The Contribution of Hungary to Central Asian Studies with special reference to Csoma de Koros', 12 June 1928.
• Admittance ticket for a lecture by Sir Aurel Stein, 'A Journey of Archaeological Expedition in South-Western Iran (1933-6)', 11 November 1937.
• Typescript of the lecture given by Professor Kochi Doi on Japanese Myth. The lecture was given on 9 December 1937. The typescript is annotated with a note from Doi to Colonel Hoysted, dated 28 January 1938. With the typescript is an admittance ticket for the lecture and a letter from Harold Powlett to Colonel Hoysted to return the typescript, dated 5 February 1938.
• An album containing correspondence and admittance tickets for lectures held between November 1932 and June 1940.
• Admittance tickets for lectures by Sir Richard O. Winstedt, 'Malaya and the Malays', 13 February 1941; and Dr. H. Buchtal, 'Indian Tales in Islamic Art', 4 March 1941.
• Admittance ticket for a lecture by Rev. E.R. Hughes, 'The Chinese Collection in the Bodleian Library', 10 April 1941.
• Admittance ticket for a lecture by Lord Samuel, 'The Hebrew University of Jerusalem', following the Anniversary meeting of 6 May 1941.
• Admittance ticket for a lecture by Mr Hsiao Ch'ien, 'Some Remarks on Contemporary Chinese Literature', 12 June 1941.
• Admittance ticket for a lecture by Mr K. de B. Codrington, 'Classical Contacts with Indian Art', 5 March 1943.
• Letter from H.W. Bailey to Sir Richard Winstedt to express his honour at being asked to lecture at the Society, handwritten, dated 23 December 1943.
• Letter from Menier Collin to Sir Richard Winstedt concerning his forthcoming lecture on 'The Ramayana as a work of Art', handwritten, dated 8 April 1944.
• Admittance ticket for a lecture by Bishop Stephen Neill, 'The beginnings of Tamil Literature' which would follow the presentation of the Triennial Gold Medal to Sir Richard Winstedt, 9 October 1947.
• Admittance ticket for a lecture by Professor Dr. Nihar Ranjan Ray, 'Fundamental Approaches to Indian Art', 24 January 1952, a joint lecture with the Royal India, Pakistan and Ceylon Society.
• Newspaper cutting of a short article entitled 'Royal Asiatic Society Lectures' in The Times, regarding the Society's new series of popular lectures, including those by Mr A. M. Blackman, Sir Denison Ross, Dr H. R. Hall and Mr Sidney Smith, 15 January 1926.
• Newspaper cutting of an article under the heading 'Evening Instruction' regarding the Society's new series of popular lectures, from The Englishman (Calcutta), 5 January 1926.

Correspondence and printed material concerned with lectures and General Meetings held at the Society between 1960-1969.

Printed cards listing the dates of Meetings at the Royal Asiatic Society with the names of the speakers and titles of their lectures. These are for 1965 (March -June), 1965-1966, 1966-1967, 1967-1968, 1968-1969, and 1969-1970. The last of these for 1969-70 also details the Council for that year and details about the Library.

There are also handwritten and typed draft lists for lectures for 1961-1963.

Printed admittance tickets for lectures held at the Society. Some of these have been annotated with the numbers of people attending the lecture:

1963

• 14 November: Sir Richard Winstedt, 'Thirty-two Years in Malaya'. 12 December: Margaret Medley, 'Ceramic Design and Industry in the Ming Period'.

1964

• 12 March: H.L. Shorto, 'The Thirty-seven Nats'.
• 11 June: Dr F.R. Allchin, 'The Indo-Greeks and their Successors in Gandhara (Further Excavations at Charsada, 1963)'. This card has had the date crossed out, 8 October inserted, and that crossed out too.
• 8 October: E.H.S. Simmonds, 'Literature and Society in Thailand'.
• 12 November: Dr D.L. Snellgrove, 'The Decline of Tibetan Civilization'. 10 December: J. Burton-Page, 'The Building Art of Bijapur'.

1965

• 14 January: H.E. Richardson, 'Early Tibetan Civilization'.
• 11 February: Dr. Cheng Te-Kun, 'Archaeology in the People's Republic of China'.
• 11 March: Dr Carmen Blacker, 'Mountain Cults in Japanese Buddhism'.
• 8 April: Professor E.G. Pulleybank, 'Chinese and Indo-Europeans'.
• 10 June: Dr J. Elfenbein, 'In Baluchistan'.
  *14 October: B.W. Robinson, 'Some Persian Manuscripts in the Chester Beatty Library'.
• 11 November: Dr F.R. Allchin, 'The Place of Tulsī Dās in North Indian Devotional Tradition'.
• 9 December: Professor Owen Lattimore, 'Some Recent Publications of Mongol Historians'.

1966

• 13 January: Professor Gordon H. Luce, 'The career of Htilaing Min (Kyanzittha), the Uniter of Burma fl. 1084-1113 A.D.' This lecture took place after the presentation of the Society's Triennial Gold Medal to Professor Luce.
• 10 February: Ralph Russell, 'Ghālib (1797-1869), Self-Portrait of a Delhi Nobel and Poet'.
• 10 March: Miss K.M. Kenyon, 'Excavations in Jerusalem'.
• 14 April: Dr I.M.P. Raeside, 'The Mahānubhāva Sect'.
• 19 June: Dr. C.R. Bawden, 'The Anti-Manchu Rebellion of 1756-7'.
• 12 October: Dr. A.D.H. Bivar, 'Mesopotamian Elements in Roman Mithraism'.
• 17 November: Professor Yigael Yadin, 'Masada of Herod and the Zealots'.
• 8 December: Dr J. de Casparos, 'The Unity of the Realm'.

1967

• 12 January: Professor D.C. Twitchett, 'Evidence from Tun-Huang on the T'ang Governing Class'. The lecture was preceded by the presentation of the Burton Memorial Medal to Wilfred Thesiger.
• 9 February: Mrs Mildred Archer, 'Birds and Flowers in Indian Painting'.
• 9 March: Dr G. Fehérvári, 'Ayyūbbid Metalwork in Syria'.
• 13 April: Dr C.E. Bosworth, 'The Coming of Islam to Afghanistan'.
• 12 October: Professor D.M. Lang, 'Old and New in Georgia and Armenia'.
• 9 November: Dr Romila Thapar, 'The Tradition of Historical Writing in Early India'.
• 14 December: Dr C.A. Macartney, ' The Maygars Eastern Auxiliaries'.

1968

• 11 January: Professor O.R. Gurney, 'The Hittite Shrine of Yazilikaya'.
• 8 February: Dr T.M. Johnston, 'The Middle East Command expedition to Socotra, 1967'.
• 14 March: E.H.S. Simmonds, 'The Nature and Function of Court Entertainment in Old Siam'.
• 4 April: Professor W. Watson, 'The King of Tien (Yunnan, 1st Century BC)'.
• 13 June: The Hon. Sir Steven Runciman, 'The Fate of the Byzantine Churches in Ottoman Istanbul'.
• 10 October: Dr C.J. Dunn, 'Aspects of the Japanese Puppet Drama'.
• 14 November: C.H.B. Reynolds, 'The Maldive Islands'.
• 12 December: G.R. Tibbetts, 'The Origins of Arab Monsoon Navigation'.

1969

• 9 January: Professor E. Ullendorf, 'A Jewish Tribe in Ethiopia?'.
• 13 February: Professor J. Segal, 'Christianity in Mesopotamia during the First Two Centuries of the Common Era'.
• 13 March: Miss B.E. Ward, 'The Boat People of Hong Kong'.
• 10 April: Susan Skilliter, 'English Pirates in Turkey in 1581'.
• 12 June: Peter Parr, 'An Archaeological Reconnaissance in North-West Arabia'.
• 19 June: John Burton-Page, 'Iranian, Central Asian and Indigenous Currents in the Arts of the Mughal Courts: A Cultural Synthesis'. This event took place in Manchester.
• 9 October: Brigadier S.H. Longrigg, 'Arabia: The Last Fifty Years'.
• 13 November: Professor R.C. Zaehner, 'Yudhishthira: A Crisis of Conscience'. This was a lecture to mark Gandhi Centenary Commemoration.
• 11 December: Dr. M.A.N. Loewe, 'Witchcraft and Han Dynastic History 91-74 B.C.'.

Correspondence connected with the organisation of Lectures:

• Correspondence with Dr D. L. Snellgrove, 9 items, dated 30 July 1964 - 6 November 1964. These include correspondence from The Education and Scientific Officer, India House, the Royal Afghan Embassy, and the Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia about attending the event.
• Correspondence with E.H.S. Simmonds, 3 items, dated 30 July 1964 - 2 September 1964.
• Correspondence with Miss E.M. Boyce, 14 items, dated 13 October 1964 - 17 May 1965.
• Correspondence with J. Burton-Page, 3 items, dated 21 October 1964 - 17 December 1964.
• Correspondence with Dr J. Elfenbein, 6 items, dated 6 November 1964 - 11 June 1965.
• Correspondence with H.E. Richardson, 1 item, dated 6 November 1964.
• Correspondence with Professor E.G. Pulleybank, 8 items, dated 6 November 1964 - 9 April 1965.
• Correspondence with Dr Cheng Te-kun, 6 items, dated 30 November 1964 - 15 February 1965.
• Correspondence with Dr Carmen Blacker, 7 items, dated 11 December 1964 - 15 March 1965.
• Correspondence with Dr I.M.P. Raeside, 8 items, dated 2 March 1965 - 15 April 1966.
• Correspondence with Dr C.R. Bawden, 13 items, dated 2 March 1965 - 13 June 1966.
• Correspondence with Professor W.B. Emery, 6 items, dated 2 March 1965 - 24 May 1966.
• Correspondence with Yigael Yadin, 10 items, dated 5 March 1965 - 21 November 1966.
• Correspondence with Dr G. de Casparie, 10 items, dated 8 March 1965 - 21 December 1966.
• Correspondence with Dr K.M. Kenyon, 5 items, dated 11 March 1965 - 15 March 1966.
• Correspondence with Professor Owen Lattimore, 6 items, dated 15 March 1965 - 16 December 1965.
• Correspondence with Ralph Russell, 7 items, dated 15 March 1965 - 22 February 1966.
• Correspondence with Basil W. Robinson, 5 items, dated 20 May 1965 - 26 October 1965.
• Correspondence with Professor G.H. Luce, 1 item, dated 22 July 1965.
• Correspondence with Professor D. Twitchett, 8 items, dated 24 January 1966 - 13 January 1967.
• Correspondence with Dr S.M. Stern, 3 items, dated 14 July 1967 - 18 July 1967.

Meeting Cards, Admittance Tickets and Correspondence connected to Lectures and General Meetings held between 1970 and 1979.

Printed cards with a list of the Council, information about the Library; and listing the dates of Meetings at the Royal Asiatic Society with the names of the speakers and titles of their lectures. These are for 1970-71, 1971-72, 1972-73, 1973-74, 1974-75, 1975-76, 1976-77, 1978-79, 1979-80. The card for 1975-76 is a photocopy of the original.

Printed admittance tickets for lectures held at the Society:

1970

• 8 January: E.H.S. Simmonds, 'Thai Dance Drama'.
• 21 January: Professor D.M. Lang, 'Cultures of the Caucasus'. This lecture was held in Edinburgh.
• 12 February: Dr V.J. Parry, 'Some Aspects of Ottoman Warfare'.
• 12 March: Dr L.E.R. Picken, 'Music at the T'ang Court'.
• 9 April: James Bynon, 'Berber Songs from the Atlas Mountains'.
• 28 May: Dr G. Fehérvári, 'Persian Lacquer-Painted Books'. This lecture was held in Durham.
• 11 June: Clifford Owen, 'Hunting with Animals'.
• 15 October: Dr J.R. Marr, 'Some Botanists of South and South-East Asia'. This was the Burkill Memorial Lecture held jointly with the Linnnean Society.
• 12 November: Dr J.C. Harle, 'Early Western Calukya Sculpture'.

• 10 December: G.W. Seager, 'Oriental Carpets and Rugs of Tent, Village and Town'.

  1971

• 14 January: Dr G.B. Milner, 'Homo Ridens: Towards a New Theory of Laughter'.
• 11 February: Dr J.D. Latham, 'Al-Andalus and the Destinies of Barbary'.
• 16 February: Dr J.S. Cummins, 'The Pei-T'ang Library in Peking'. This lecture was held in Sheffield.
• 11 March: Dr W.E. Skillend, 'The Korean Language in Literature'.
• 1 April: Dr R. Fischer, 'Archaeological Surveys in Afghan Seistan 1960-1970'.
• 10 June: John Irwin, 'Mughal Jades and their Relation to Chinese and West Asian Traditions'.
• 14 October: Dr James Dickie, 'Contemporary Trends in Islamic Architecture in Egypt'.
• 11 November: Miss M.N. Bainbridge, 'The Fifty-Second Day: A Turkish Funeral Rite'.
• 29 November: Professor E.H.S. Simmonds, 'The Three Thai capitals, an Historical and Cultural Commentary'. This lecture was held in Canterbury.

• 9 December: A. Hutt, 'Three Minarets in the Kirman Region'.

  1972

• 13 January: Dr J.G. Coates, 'An Introduction to Komi-Zryan Literature'.
• 18 January: Basil W. Robinson, 'Persian Miniature Paintings'. This lecture was held in St. Andrews.
• 10 February: D.B. Doe, 'Southern Arabia before Islam: Archaeological Aspects'.

• 9 March: Dr H.T. Norris, 'Oriental Myths and Motifs West of the Nile.
  *' 8 June: Professor H.L. Shorto, 'Pagan: An Ancient Capital of Burma'. This lecture followed the presentation to Sir Mortimer Wheeler of a special volume of the Journal in his honour.

  1973

• 11 October: Dr M.A.N. Loewe, 'Recent Archaeological Discoveries in China'.
• 8 November: John Leach, 'Psalteries and Dulcimers of Asia'.

• 13 December: Sir Gerard Clauson, 'Apologia'. This lecture was cancelled and replaced by one by E.H.S. Simmonds on 'Love and Nature in Thai Poetry'.

  1974

• 10 January: Dr R.F. Gombrich, 'The Prince who Gave Away Everything; The Vessantara Jákarta in Sinhalese Painting'.
• 14 February: John Ayers, 'The Changing View of Chinese Ceramics'.
• 14 March: Dr May Beattie, 'The Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection of Oriental Rugs and Related Pieces'.
• 4 April: Professor W.N. Arafat, 'New Light on the Story of the Banî Quraiza and the Jews of Medina'.
• 13 June: Dr W. O'Flaherty, 'The Indian Jekyll and Hyde: The Myth of Vena, Alias Prthu'.
• 10 October: Dr E. Sollberger, 'A Sumerian "Reformer-King" of the Mid-Third Millennium'. This is a draft.

• 14 November: Dr W.G. Archer, 'Patrons of Painting in the Punjab Hills'.

  1975

• 9 January: Professor C.R. Bawden, 'The Mongol Epic'.
• 13 February: Dr J. Hansman, 'Excavations at Shahr-i Qumis: A Parthian City in Iran'.
• 10 April: Dr Susan A. Skilliter, 'Catherine de Medici's Turkish ladies-in-waiting'.