Series RAS JOUR/12 - Administrative Correspondence

Identity area

Reference code

GB 891 RAS JOUR-RAS JOUR/12

Title

Administrative Correspondence

Date(s)

  • 1901 - ongoing (Creation)

Level of description

Series

Extent and medium

1 folder +electronic handwritten, typed, computer printed, printed and electronic

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 ofread more

Name of creator

Name of creator

Name of creator

Biographical history

Simon Everard Digby was born in India in 1932 and was educated at Stowe School and Trinity College, Cambridge. He travelled in India and Pakistan before returning to England to complete a PhD at the School of Oriental and Africa Studies. He returned toread more

Name of creator

(18/02/1914 – 30/09/1998)

Content and structure area

Scope and content

The majority of administrative correspondence is only kept for its working life. This series contains representative samples of the types of administrative letters and those considered to be of archival value, dating from 1901 to the current day.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Some documents are closed. Please contact the archivist for further details.

Language of material

  • English

Access points

Subject access points