Correspondence regarding the attendance of the drinking horn presented by the King of Sweden in 1899 at the Stockholm Congress. These are:

• Letter from the Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to The Keeper, Department of Conservation, Victoria & Albert Museum, to ask his advice regarding repairs to the drinking horn. Typed, dated 13 March 1967.
• Letter from N.S. Brommelle, Keeper, Department of Conservation, Victoria & Albert Museum, to Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to ask to see the drinking horn in order to advise regarding repairs. Typed with handwritten annotations, dated 17 March 1967.
• Letter from the Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to Mr Beecher, Department of Conservation, Victoria & Albert Museum, to ask for the repairs to be undertaken. Typed, dated 18 May 1967.
• Letter from the Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to Mr Beecher, Department of Conservation, Victoria & Albert Museum, to send the receipt for the repairs undertaken. Typed, dated 6 June 1967.
• Letter from Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to Phoenix Assurance Co. Ltd. to ask for cover for the drinking horn during its time in Ann Arbor in the custody of Mr. H.L. Shorto. Typed, dated 18 July 1967.
• Letter from Phoenix Assurance Co. Ltd. to Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to enclose the Policy for cover of the drinking horn. Typed, dated 27 July 1967. The policy is with this letter.

The International Union of Orientalists was founded in September 1951 in Istanbul at the International Congress of Orientalists. It was renamed in 1973 as the International Union for Oriental and Asian Studies. This material covers the interaction of the Royal Asiatic Society with the Union in the time period 1951-1977.

Correspondence, drafts and reports concerning the inauguration of the International Union of Orientalists.

Letter from Hamilton Gibb to Mrs Davis, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to send his suggestions for the titles for the Prize Essay Competition and also to send a draft letter to Monsieur Bacot of the Société Asiatique concerning the draft Statutes of the proposed International Union of Orientalists. He asks if the Royal Asiatic Society has received a copy of the draft Statutes. With his letter is that to Monsieur Bacot, also dated 28 July 1951.

Letter from Hamilton Gibb to Mrs Davis, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to suggest that she writes to Professor Bosch-Gimpera of UNESCO to obtain a draft of the Statutes.

Letter from Mrs Davis, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to Professor Bosch-Gimpera, UNESCO, to request a copy of the statutes for the proposed International Union of Orientalists.

Letter from Professor Bosch-Gimpera to Mr(s) Davis, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to send a copy of the draft Statutes. These are with the letter.

Letter from Professor Dr. Zeki Velidi Togan, President of Organising Committee of XXIInd International Congress of Orientalists, to the Royal Asiatic Society to send a draft of the statutes for the International Union of Orientalists and to state that the foundation of the proposed Union will be dealt with a the meeting of the Congress in Istanbul.

Letter from Hamilton Gibb to Mrs Davis, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to state that due to lack of a subvention by UNESCO towards the cost of a General Assembly of the Union, it has been decided to postpone the meeting.

Letter from Hamilton Gibb, Acting Assistant Secretary, International Union of Orientalists, to Mrs Davis, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to inform that it has been proposed to hold a General Assembly of the Union at Paris in September 1953. He provides an agenda and asks that a representative be delegated.