Identity area
Reference code
GB 891 RAS COLL1-RAS COLL1/4-RAS COLL1/4/6
Title
1986
Date(s)
- 1986 (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 material for 1986 contains:
- Minutes for the Library Committee Meeting, 9 January 1986. With this is a paper by the Library Policy Committee concerning the Collections. Typed documents.
- "Redefinition of the Library" - report proposing a Team of … read more
Conditions of access and use area
Language of material
- English
Allied materials area
Related units of description
The Council Minutes for 13 February 1986 record that they approved too recommendations of the Library Committee on future policy for the Library. The Minutes for 10 April 1986 record that it was agreed that a number of extra experts should be approached… read more