Records concerning donations to the Sesquicentenary Appeal.

Correspondence concerning the administration of the Sesquicentenary Appeal, press letters and cuttings.

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.

To coincide with the Queen's visit to the Royal Asiatic Society an exhibition was prepared at the premises of the Society. The material connected with this Exhibition is:

• "Royal Asiatic Society 150th Anniversary Exhibition 19 February 1973 - exhibition catalogue, typed material, 3 copies.
• Letter from W. Williams Wynn to Mr Beckingham to inform that though they have a portrait of Charles W. Williams Wynn but they will not part with it. He enquires whether a photograph of the portrait would be sufficient, dated 28 August 1968.
• Appeal notice for invitation cards, etc, designed by Professor Yetts for the Royal Asiatic Society, present in his Papers held by his estate, to be donated to the Society for their anniversary celebrations. With this is an example of one letterhead.
• Letter from Ray Strong, Director, National Portrait Gallery, to C.R. Beckingham, President, Royal Asiatic Society, to state that his request for the loan of the portrait of Sir Bartle Frere or Professor Horace Hayman Wilson will be put before the Trustees at their next meeting, dated 3 September 1968.
• Letter from B.W. Robinson, President, Royal Asiatic Society, to W.G. Easeman, Museum Superintendent, Victoria and Albert Museum, to ask if the Society may borrow display cases and boards for their exhibition, dated 2 January, 1973.
• Letter from B.W. Robinson, President, Royal Asiatic Society, to Miss Mercer, Head Archivist, County Hall, London, to ask if the Society may borrow an interior view of the Thatched House Tavern, where the Society's first meeting was held, dated 5 February 1973.
• Letter from Miss Mercer, Head Archivist, County Hall, London, to B.W. Robinson, President, Royal Asiatic Society, to confirm that the Greater London Council would be willing to lend a copy of the engraving of the Thatched House Tavern, dated 8 February 1973.
• Letter from B. W. Robinson, RAS President, to Diana Crawford, RAS Secretary, enclosing the labels he wrote for the two manuscripts to be exhibited (not with the letter). He further writes that some money may be available from the Persian Congress at Oxford and about the dedication message for a festschrift presented to the Queen, dated 14 February 1973.

Notifications, Agendas and Minutes of Meetings of the Sesquicentenary Planning Committee. Includes some signed minutes. The Sesquicentenary Committee was established to oversee the organisation of the celebrations. The first meeting was held on 27 November 1968. They continued to meet even after the Sesquicentenary to administer the funds and give a progress report. In the Minutes for 9 January 1975, it was noted that arrangements were approved for the dissolution of the Committee on 19 February 1975.

Administrative lists concerned with the organisation of the Sesquicentenary celebrations. These are:

• "Sesquicentenary Committee", 1972-1973
• "Sesquicentenary Celebrations 1973" - Committee, 1971, 1974/5
• "Synopsis" - sheet of plans and events
• "Social Occasions" - listing Dinner, Reception and Concert
• "Summary of Minutes Concerning Exhibitions"
• "Appeals" listing fund-raising ideas
• "1973 Tentative Calendar of Events"
• "Royal Asiatic Society" - listing items within the Collections
• "Sesquicentenary" - summarising the different components of the celebrations
• "Sesquicentenary Reception" - Proposed list of guests - 2 versions

Five items in connection with the publication, "The Royal Asiatic Society: Its History and Treasures" edited by Stuart Simmonds and Simon Digby. These are:

• The Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland: A Summary of its Achievements - typed article.
• A Brief Account of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, Founded 1823 - typed article.
• The Royal Asiatic Society - typed article. The Royal Asiatic Society - typed article.
• A House in Queen Anne Street - typed article.

Draft Report of Council for 1973 Sesquicentenary for inclusion in the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society.

On acceptance of an article for the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, authors sign an agreement which assigns copyright to the Society under various conditions laid out in the agreement. This series contains the signed agreements some physically, some electronically, arranged chronologically, from 1966 to current.

Correspondence concerned with seeking permission for articles originally published in the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society to be reprinted in other publications. There are seven examples of requests from individuals and institutions. On the converse, requests are made from Journal authors to other institutions for permission to use images within their article. There are three examples of these.