RAS Catalogue Illustrations - list of the illustrations to be included in the Catalogue.

Printed material collated by Raymond Head in researching the catalogue. These are:

• "The Earliest Representation of Borobudur" by J.E. van Lohuizen - de Leeuw - printed booklet.
• "Thai Manuscripts: An Exhibition in the British Library 23 January - 30 June 1983" - printed leaflet about the exhibition.
• Photocopy of a printed list of books about Persia. Has handwritten annotations and handwritten note.
• "Britain and her Buffer States, David Mclean, Royal Historical Society, 1979". Photocopy of a page from the Proceedings of the Asiatic Society concerning the designs of the Allahabad column by Captain Edward Smith.

Two photographs collected by Head in researching the Catalogue. These are: "Interior of the chamber cut in the Rock at the base of the Great Pyramid of Egypt, Drawing by Fitzclarence, Pub. in his journal facing p.460" Photograph of a hill village from the studio of Prudence Cuming Asoc. Ltd., 36 Dover Street, London.

These Papers were all produced in the compiling of the A Catalogue of the Paintings and Drawings in the Royal Asiatic Society, London. which was published by the Royal Asiatic Society in 1991. The material includes a manuscript proof, correspondence connected to the artworks of the Society, correspondence and lists for compiling the index, and notes and articles which Head collected and collated during his research.

Notes collated and some draft articles by Raymond Head, plus articles and photographs collected by him in researching for the Catalogue.

Letter from the Librarian, Royal Society to Raymond Head to enclose a photocopy of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the India Office Library and to inform him that no manuscripts from William Jones remain at the Royal Society. The photocopy is with the letter.

Letter from T D Rogers, Assistant Librarian, Bodleian Library, to Raymond Head to inform him that they cannot find any drawings by Brian Houghton Hodgson in the Department of Western Manuscripts of the Oriental Department of the Bodleian Library.

Letter from T D Hobbs, Assistant Librarian, Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, to Raymond Head to state that the College does not possess any portraits or busts of Thomas Manning. He also believes there are none of Manning's books are in the Library, though because there is no provenance catalogue, it is possible they have some. However there are no diaries.

Letter from Susan Sloman to Raymond Head to discuss William Alexander and George Staunton. She sends a copy of an article from The Connoissuer with her letter and suggests a catalogue on William Alexander which might also be helpful. The article is with the letter - "Lord Macartney's audience with the Emperor of China" by Susan Legouix from the Connoissseur, February 1979, pp.122-127.

Letter from Roderick Whitfield, Department of Oriental Antiquities, British Museum, to Raymond Head to give titles of reference books that maybe of help to Head. He writes that he found the Morrison prints most interesting and suggests they receive conservation treatment at the earliest opportunity. He also advises regarding "the painting on the wall in the hall".