Identificatie
referentie code
Titel
Datum(s)
- 1931 - 1932 (Vervaardig)
Beschrijvingsniveau
Omvang en medium
Context
Naam van de archiefvormer
Institutionele geschiedenis
Naam van de archiefvormer
Naam van de archiefvormer
Biografie
Aurel Stein was born in Budapest in 1862. He studied at the Universities of Vienna, Leipzig and Tübingen, graduating in Sanskrit and Persian and receiving his Ph.D. from Tübingen in 1883. Stein came to England in 1884 to continue his studies and became a British citizen in 1904. Stein made four major expeditions to Central Asia to study its archaeology and published books about these expeditions. He brought back many artefacts to Britain. He died in Kabul in 1943 and is buried there.
Naam van de archiefvormer
archiefbewaarplaats
Geschiedenis van het archief
Directe bron van verwerving of overbrenging
Inhoud en structuur
Bereik en inhoud
The material in this series includes correspondence regarding the conferment of the medal, regarding the purchasing and making of the medal, with Aurel Stein, with press agencies, an invitation to the occasion of the presentation of the medal, and press cuttings regarding the event.
Waardering, vernietiging en slectie
Aanvullingen
Ordeningstelsel
Sub-series were created to reflect the different material:
- RAS TGM/13/1 - Correspondence regarding conferment of the Medal
- RAS TGM/13/2 - Correspondence regarding purchase of the Medal
- RAS TGM/13/3 - Correspondence with Aurel Stein
- RAS TGM/13/4 - Correspondence with Press Agencies
- RAS TGM/13/5 - Presentation Invitation
- RAS TGM/13/6 - Newspaper cuttings
Voorwaarden voor toegang en gebruik
Voorwaarden voor raadpleging
Voorwaarden voor reproductie
Taal van het materiaal
Schrift van het materiaal
Taal en schrift aantekeningen
Fysieke eigenschappen en technische eisen
Toegangen
Verwante materialen
Bestaan en verblifplaats van originelen
Bestaan en verblijfplaats van kopieën
Related units of description
The Council Minutes for 14 January 1932 record that the President nominated Sir E. Denison Ross, Sir J.H. Stewart Lockhart, and Mrs Oldham as the Committee for the Gold Medal, and this was again recorded in the Minutes for 11 February 1932. In the Minutes for 10 March 1932, it was recorded that it was unanimously agreed that the Medal should be offered to Aurel Stein, and also that Mr Pinches estimate for 22ct medal at £32 be accepted.
In the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society 1932 (3), pp. 751-766 there is a report of the Presentation of the Triennial Gold Medal to Sir Aurel Stein.
Within the RAS Collections there is a small archive of the Personal Papers of Aurel Stein. These are catalogued on to Archives Hub . There are also a large collection of Stein photographs, details of which can be found on the Library Catalogue.
Aantekeningen
Alternative identifier(s)
Trefwoorden
Onderwerp trefwoord
Geografische trefwoorden
Naam ontsluitingsterm
- Royal Asiatic society of Great Britain and Ireland 1823- London, England (Onderwerp)
- John Pinches Medallists (Onderwerp)
- Hoysted Desmond Murree Fitzgerald 1874-1945 Royal Engineer, Secretary RAS (Onderwerp)
- Stein Sir Marcus Aurel 1862-1943 Archaeologist, explorer (Onderwerp)
- Dundas Lawrence John Lumley 1876-1961 2nd Marquis of Zetland (Onderwerp)