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Reference code
GB 891 CG-CG/10
Title
Letter from RAS Secretary to Professor Henderson, 13 March 1967
Date(s)
- 1967 (Creation)
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Item
Extent and medium
Handwritten and typed, 3 pieces
Context area
Name of creator
(?-2005)
Biographical history
Diana Crawford was appointed Secretary and Librarian of the Royal Asiatic Society in 1963. She retired in 1977 and was elected a Fellow honoris causa of the Society in 1978.
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Archival history
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Content and structure area
Scope and content
Letter from Diana Crawford, RAS Secretary, to Professor Henderson, passing on Gimson's message that Maharaj Kumar Priya Brata Singh might be a useful contact to make in regards to the study of ancient Manipur script and language, with further handwritten notes, presumably by Crawford, on the contact information of Priya Brata Singh and a Dr T. M. Singh, Manipuri in the UK.