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              GB 891 RAS GOV2-RAS GOV2/3 · File · Jan 1823
              Part of Royal Asiatic Society Governance: Preliminary Correspondence

              Letter from William MacBean George Colebrooke to Alexander Johnston in which he conveys Henry Thomas Colebrooke's regrets that he will unable to attend at the Johnstons' house that evening as he has a heavy cold picked up at the Royal Society meeting. William Colebrooke writes concerning Dr Noehden and about the preparation of the Prospectus which he will discuss further with Johnston that evening. Handwritten, 3 sides, plus further side with address. Undated.

              Colebrooke Sir William Macbean George 1787-1870 Colonial administrator
              GB 891 RAS CEN-RAS CEN/1-RAS CEN/1/15 · File · 13th Apr 1923
              Part of Royal Asiatic Society: Centenary

              Letter from William Soulsby, Private Secretary to the Lord Mayor of London, to Lord Chalmers, President of Royal Asiatic Society, to inform that the Lord Mayor would be happy to give a reception for the Centenary of the Royal Asiatic Society on 18 July. There are further pencil notes on the paper with a draft of the reply to the Lord Mayor.
              This letter is loose in the scrapbook.

              Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland
              GB 891 RAS CEN-RAS CEN/1-RAS CEN/1/43 · File · 1923
              Part of Royal Asiatic Society: Centenary

              Letter to the Editor of the Times, from Lionel Giles, Secretary of The China Society, to point out some corrections concerning the article that The Times had run about Chinese Libraries.

              Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland
              Letters of Condolence
              GB 891 RAS GOV9-RAS GOV9/3-RAS GOV9/3/3 · Subseries · 1931 - 1955
              Part of Royal Asiatic Society Governance: Administration

              Between 1930 and 1955 copies of letters of condolence, sent by the Royal Asiatic Society, were kept along with letters informing of the death, those thanking for the condolences and some newspaper cuttings of obituaries. A handwritten list of the people honoured in this way is at the beginning of the file. The people are (retained in the order of the list):

              • King Tribhuvana of Nepal, 1955
              • Liaquat Ali Khan, Pakistan Prime Minister, 1951
              • Jean Bouchot, L'Ecole Francaise d'Extreme-Orient, 1932
              • Mahamadopadhaya Haraprasad Shastri, Asiatic Society of Bengal, 1931
              • Sir Arthur Cowley, 1931
              • Right Reverend Bishop Trollope, 1930
              • Baron Gerard de Maydell, 1931
              • E.E.P. Rose, 1931
              • Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Richard Carnac Temple, 1931
              • Professor T. Noldeke, 1931
              • Arthur Anthony Macdonnell, 1931
              • Professor F.W.K. Muller, 1930
              • Dr von Le Coq, 1930
              • Professor Eduard Sachau, 1930
              • Dr H.R. Hall, Keeper of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities, British Museum, 1930
              • Archibald Henry Sayce, 1933
              • Dr Hosea Ballou Morse, 1934
              • Dr T.G. Pinches, 1934
              • Alexander Hayman Wilson, 1934
              • Henry Cousens, 1934
              • Sir Ernest Wallis Budge, 1934
              • Dr Kai Donner, 1934
              • Professor William Edward Soothill, 1935
              • Professor Jarl Charpentier, 1935
              • Professor Louis Finot, 1935
              • Robert Paget Dewhurst, 1935
              • His Majesty King Faud of Egypt, 1936
              • Professor Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje, 1936
              • Dr Moriz Winternitz, 1937
              • Sir James Stewart-Lockhart, 1937
              • Letter of acknowledgment of condolence from B. Cox, 1937
              • Professor S.H. Langdon, 1937
              • Professor E.J. Rapson, 1937
              • H.H. the Maharajdhiraja Babadur Sri Bhupindar Singh, 1938
              • Dr Hermann Jacobi, 1937
              • William Harrison Moreland, 1938
              • Lord Chalmers, 1938
              • Professor Carlo Alfonso Nallino, 1938
              • Dr Stuart Wolfenden, 1939
              • H.H. the Maharaja sir Sayaji Rao Gaekwar Bahadur, 1939
              • Dr Moses Gaster, 1939
              • Professor Margoliouth, 1940
              • Sir Michael O'Dwyer, 1940
              • H.H. Maharaja of Mysore, 1940
              • Lady Ross of Ankara, 1940
              Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland
              Letters of Congratulations
              GB 891 RAS SESQ-RAS SESQ/18 · Series · 1973
              Part of Royal Asiatic Society: Sesquicentenary

              Letters of congratulations. These are:

              • Letter from Harold R Battersby to Dr A.D.H. Bivar, Director, Royal Asiatic Society, to send his congratulations on the 150th Anniversary of the Society, dated 1 May 1873.
              • Telegram from Professor Diakonoff to send his congratulations on 150th Anniversary, dated 25 July 1973. With this is a reply to the Professor from E.H.S. Simmonds, President, Royal Asiatic Society.
              Battersby Harold R. 1922-
              Letters of Support
              GB 891 RAS PROP5-RAS PROP5/8 · Series · 1984
              Part of Royal Asiatic Society Property: 56 Queen Anne Street

              In 1984, the Royal Asiatic Society sought letters of support for the Society concerning a possible move to larger premises. The letters are from:

              • Godfrey Goodwin, Director of Royal Asiatic Society
              • Jack Franses, Sotheby & Co.
              • Professor Joshua Blan, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
              • Halil Inalcik, University of Chicago
              • Helen Philon, Benaki Museum
              • C. K. Pattanashetti, Bangalore University
              • K. Enoki, The Toyo Bunko
              • Dr. Hani Al-Amad, University of Jordan
              • V Durairajan, Annamalai University
              • H.A. [Backakob] Kirpal Singh, Guru Nank Dev University
              • Hajime Nakamura, The Eastern Institute, Tokyo
              • K. Brooker, London Head Teachers Association
              Sotheby & Co. London England
              GB 891 RAS JOUR-RAS JOUR/7-RAS JOUR/7/4 · File · 24th Aug 1979 - 13th Dec 1979
              Part of Royal Asiatic Society: Journal

              Correspondence with the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives, Kangra, Himachal Pradesh, India, regarding the obtaining of articles from past copies of the Journal for the Library, dated 24 August 1979-13 December 1979. With the correspondence is a list of articles annotated to mark which articles are required by the Library. The Society was not able to conform to the whole request but sent offprints of some articles and suggested the Library obtain a microfiche of the Journals from the Inter Documentation Company.

              Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland