Identity area
Reference code
GB 891 RAS ALL6-RAS ALL6/1
Title
1962-1970
Date(s)
- 1962 - 1970 (Creation)
Level of description
Series
Extent and medium
12 items
Context area
Name of creator
(1823-)
Administrative history
The Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland was founded by the eminent Sanskrit scholar Sir Henry Thomas Colebrooke on the 15th March 1823. It received its Royal Charter from King George IV on the 11th August 1824 'for the investigation of… read more
Name of creator
Name of creator
(1877-)
Administrative history
The Malaysian Branch was founded at the Raffles Library, Singapore, in November 1877, as the Straits Asiatic Society. It applied for incorporation with the Royal Asiatic Society which was enacted the following year when it was renamed as the Malayan… read more
Repository
Content and structure area
Scope and content
- Correspondence from D.K Bassett, University of Malaya in Kuala Lumpar, to Richard Winstedt, President, Royal Asiatic Society. Two typed letters, dated 30 July 1962, one to inform of proposed change of name of the Malayan Branch and to ask regarding … read more
Conditions of access and use area
Language of material
- English
Access points
Subject access points
Name access points
- Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland (Subject)
- Royal Scottish Museum (Subject)