Five items of correspondence, a photograph and a news cutting. These are:

• Letter from E. J. Rapson to Miss Hughes, Secretary Royal Asiatic Society, to include a photo of a Buddhist sculpture sent to him by Mr W. S. Talbot and extract from a letter from Dr. Burgess concerning the finding of the sculpture, with the suggestion that more may be received after his article in the Journal. The letter is dated 1 May 1901, the photograph is with the letter.
• Letter to Colonel Hoysted, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, from [Jaul Charpeurnix] regarding writing book reviews. Dated 20 July, 1932. This letter was found inside Hilfsbuch des Pehlevi, Vol.1 by H.S. Nyberg.
• Letter from H.W. Bailey to Sir Richard [Winstedt] regarding a review by Professor Schaeffer which had been given to Bailey, dated 24 August 1943.
• Letter from E. Edwards to Mrs Davis, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to return a paper by Mr. Szczesniak which he had been asked to review. Edwards suggests that it is suitable for publication in the Journal, dated 7 January 1944.
• Letter from Townley Dearle to Mrs Davis, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to thank for her letter and to send a news cutting "Found: 100 Giants" which mentions Dr Viola Petitt of the Royal Asiatic Society, and a copy of his recent play. Dated 10 September 1947. The cutting is with the letter.

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a note to state that Dr Lindgren had failed to complete the editing of the article and more recent articles had now superseded its relevance.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 concerned with production of the Journal from 1991 to present. As this material is currently closed, it will not be itemised within the catalogue.

At various points in its history, the Royal Asiatic Society has entered into agreements for reprinting, reproduction and distribution of its Journal as well as sales of excess copies and offprints. This series contains the associated administrative documents including agreements and correspondence with publishers and distributors.

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.

Correspondence between the Society and Johnson Reprint Corporation, New York, regarding granting the Corporation the exclusive rights to reprint unavailable early issues and volumes of JRAS. The agreement was later extended to cover publications of the Oriental Translation Fund series, as well as the warehousing and selling of JRAS and publications of the Society of Biblical Archaeology, and continued until the winding up of the Corporation in 1993 when all reprint rights were relinquished. Mixed with the correspondence are agreements signed in 1959, 1964 and 1966.

The Royal Asiatic Society leased the premises at 5 New Burlington Street from 1848 to 1869. There is no original archival material for this period. These papers consist of copies of a perspective drawing showing the exterior of the building, executed from Regent Street. There are 2 copies of this view with an explanatory note. And a further copy of numbers 78-86.

Correspondence concerning, and drafts of papers read at, General Meetings. Lists of lecture dates for 1865 and 1868.

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.