Material from events between 2001 and 2010:

2001
26 November: The Society for South Asian Studies Annual General Meeting, held at the premises of the Royal Asiatic Society.

• Invitation poster for the event, 1 piece. Agenda for the AGM, 1 piece.
• Administrative correspondence, 4 pieces, dated 12 July - 13 December 2001.

2004
22 April: Potential visit by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Association.

• Letter from Mayella Figgis, Foreign and Commonwealth Office Association, to Alison Ohta, Curator, Royal Asiatic Society, to confirm that after their Charman, Roger Westbrook's visit to the Society, the Association would be keen to arrange a group visit. This has been annotated with 'Nov 2004' suggesting the visit took place in November of that year. Typed, 1 piece, dated 22 April 2004.

17 November: Visit of the Nichi-ei Otomodachi Kai Arts & Antiques Group to the Royal Asiatic Society.

• Letter from Judith A. Colegate to Alison Ohta, Curator, Royal Asiatic Society to confirm the group's visit and to finalise the arrangements. Typed,1 piece, dated 3 August 2004.

2005
22 February: Visit of the Kensington and Chelsea National Trust Association.

• Letter confirming the date of the Trust's visit to the Society, 1 piece, dated 2 November 2004.

2006
27 July and 5 October: Receptions to celebrate the opening of the new premises of the Society at 14 Stephenson Way.

• Invitation card with reply form, printed card, 2 pieces.
• Letter from the President, Anthony Stockwell, to the Fellows informing of the event, 1 piece, dated 12 July 2006.
• List of attendees to the reception on 27 July, 6 pieces.

Undated: Celebration of the 80th birthday of Professor A.D.H. Bivar hosted by The Circle of Inner Asian Art and Brepols Academic Publishers, held at the Royal Asiatic Society's premises.

• Invitation card, printed card, 1 piece.

2007
2 July: Concert of Kazakh Music held at the Royal Asiatic Society's premises.

• Programme for the event, 1 piece.

13 August: School Visit to the Royal Asiatic Society.

• 44 digital images.

2008
21 February: Concert of Kazakh Classical Music held at the Royal Asiatic Society's premises.

• Admission ticket, 1 piece.

15 May: Concert of Chinese, Japanese and Mongolian Folk Melodies held at the Royal Asiatic Society's premises.

• Admission ticket, 1 piece.
• Programme for the event, 1 piece.

2009
30 April: Celebration of the completion of the conservation of two Persian manuscripts made possible by a grant from the Don Baker Memorial Fund.

• Invitation card, 1 piece.

12 June: 'A Composer on the Throne: the Music of Sultan Selim III and his Court', a talk and concert held at the Royal Asiatic Society.

• Concert programme, pamphlet.

2010
18 September: The Royal Asiatic Society opened as part of Open House.

• Letter from Jeni Hoskin, Project Manager, Open City, to Alison Ohta, Curator, Royal Asiatic Society, to confirm the Society's participation in Open House London 2010. With the letter are the Final Fact Check List, Publicity Material and Insurance information. Typed and printed, 4 pieces, dated 3 June 2010.
• Handout sheets for artworks hanging in the Society's premises, 4 electronic documents.
• 'Open House London, Archifacts' sheet, 1 piece.
• 'Royal Asiatic Society Open House Statistics – Saturday 18th September 2010', electronic document.
• Report on Open house of 18th of September 2010, 2 versions, 3 pieces.

Material for events held between 2011-2021:

2011
6 June: Visit by a Turkish Group.

• Three digital photographs.

10 July: Lunch with Cambridge University Press.

• Four digital photographs.

August: Visit by Oriental Club.

• Letter of thanks for the visit, 1 piece, dated 1 September 2011.

17 September: Open House, held at the Royal Asiatic Society, as part of Open City.

• Correspondence regarding participation, 2 pieces, dated 9 June 2011.
• 24 digital photographs.

2012
16-18 May: 'O-fuda - The Material Culture of Japanese Religious Practice', workshop and exhibition co-hosted by SOAS Centre for the Study of Japanese Religions and the RAS

• Printed programme of the workshop.

2013
14 March: Dinner held in celebration of the 190th anniversary of the Society, at Sardo, Grafton Street, London.

• Publicity poster, electronic document.

29 May: Visit by the Royal Asiatic Society to Sezincote House.

• Publicity poster, 2 electronic documents. Booking form, electronic document.

6 June: Concert 'POCHAGI - A Tapestry of Korean Sounds'

• Leaflet, with details of the performers.

2014
20-21 September: Open House.

• Open House London, Architectural information for the Royal Asiatic Society, 1 piece.
• Open House London Map for Marylebone to Bloomsbury, 1 piece.

14 November: Display of Byzantine Bookbinding,

• 77 digital photographs.

2015
17 July: Visit of the Royal Asiatic Society to the South Asian Decorative Arts and Crafts Collection Trust, Norwich.

• Seven digital photographs.

25 September: Oud Concert by Joseph Tawadros.

• Publicity poster, 2 pieces.
• Five digital photographs.

20 November: 'Tea and Testimony', a creative writing workshop held as part of Explore your Archive Week, with tutor Emily Filtness.

• Publicity posters, 4 pieces.
• Report on the event by Nancy Charley, Archivist.

9 December: Sale of Kope Scarves.

• Publicity poster, electronic document.
• Four digital photographs.

2016
14 June: Oud Concert by Joseph Tawadros.

• Publicity poster, electronic document.
• Four digital photographs.

27 October: Oud concert by Baba Yetkin.

• Publicity poster, electronic document.
• Three digital photographs.

16 November: Diwali celebration at which Dr Menaka Bora performed Indian classical dance.

• Publicity poster, electronic document.

23 November: 'Writ in Water,' a creative writing workshop held as part of Explore your Archive Week, with tutor Emily Filtness.

• Publicity poster, electronic document.
• Creative writing prompts, electronic document.
• Report on the event by Nancy Charley, Archivist, electronic document.

2017
16 June: Celebration of 'Conversation Piece' a commissioned painting of five Presidents and the Director of the Society.

• Publicity poster, electronic document.
• Nine digital photographs.

16 October: Visit by Julie Chun, Royal Asiatic Society, China.

• Four digital photographs.

2018
9 October: A concert by Chalpasah, the only Japanese Afghan band.

• Publicity poster, electronic document.
• Three digital photographs.

2019
3 October: Evening to celebrate the conservation of the braid of a Burmese manuscript.

• Ten digital photographs.

2021
28 September: Visit to the Royal Asiatic Society by the Travellers Club with dinner.

• Menu card, 1 piece.
• Fifteen digital photographs.

General publicity material relating to venue hire, including:

• Colour advertising card for the Society’s premise at 14 Stephenson Way, featuring a close-up image of the Society’s artwork Todi ragini (Head Cat. No. 067.011) and images of the Lecture Theatre and Council Room. Printed card, 1 piece, undated.

Two letters, both dated 3 July 1985, from E.V. Gibson, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society. The first is to A.V. Bollans, The Alden Press Ltd., to terminate the annual agreement with the Press for the production of the Journal. The second is to J. Pettitt, SB Datagraphics. to invite the company to produce the Society's Journal in 1986.

Cambridge University Press began publishing the Society's Journal in 1991. This is still ongoing. The material in this series includes memoranda of agreement, a publication license agreement, meeting minutes, final accounts, correspondence and administrative documents, and advertising leaflets.

There are two types of agreements:

• Memorandum of agreement for 20th December 1989, for Cambridge University Press to publish the Journal from 1 January 1991. Also further Memoranda of agreement for 22 December 2005, with Addenda to this agreement made on 28 February 2008, 27 May 2008 and 19 February 2009, and for 14 April 2010 with an Addendum for 3 August 2011. (The current agreement is held within the office records.)
• JSTOR Publication License Agreement between Cambridge University Press and the Royal Asiatic Society with a contract date of 31 August 2005, and a further agreement dated 18 January 2007 (2 copies).

Minutes of Meetings held between Royal Asiatic Society and Cambridge University Press to discuss matters of Journal production for 12 July 1990, 14 July 2003, 15 December 2006, 22 May 2008, May 2008, 1 December 2008, 27 November 2009, 16 April 2013, 6 May 2015, 27 April 2016, 20 April 2017 and 12 April 2018.

These reports are produced by Cambridge University Press to give details of the Journal's performance. There is a Publicity Report for September 1991 and Publishing Reports for the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society for April 2007, May 2008, 2010-2011, 18 June 2012, 16 April 2013, 17 March 2014 (electronic), 6 May 2015 (electronic), 27 April 2016 (electronic), April 2019 (electronic) 2017-2019 (electronic). There are also Circulation Summaries for 1997-2005.

Final Accounts and associated correspondence for the years 1991-1993, 1995-1996, 1998-2004, 2006-2010. Electronic versions for 2007, 2010, 2011 (+ accounts for digital archive), 2019-2020. There are also Cash Accounts for 2018.

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)