Identity area
Reference code
GB 891 RAS COLL1-RAS COLL1/4-RAS COLL1/4/3
Title
1983
Date(s)
- 1983 (Creation)
Level of description
Subseries
Context area
Name of creator
(1823 - present)
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
Repository
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The items for this year are:
- "Financial Decision of the Library Committee 13/1/83" - photocopy of a handwritten list concerning Library Expenditure. Signed by G.A. Calver, Honorary Treasurer.
- Letter from B.C. Bloomfield to Gordon A Calver to give some … read more
Conditions of access and use area
Language of material
- English
Allied materials area
Related units of description
The Council Minutes for 10 February 1983 record that in the Report of the Library Committee the Society's Collection had been listed and that the Librarian had presented a collection of contemporary Ethiopian drawings and the Hon. Librarian, a collection… read more