Correspondence concerned with the governance of the Trust and the trustees.
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Correspondence concerned with managing the finances of the Gibb Memorial Trust
Storey Charles Ambrose 1888-1967Copy of a postcard sent by C.A. Storey to give instructions regarding folding, gathering, collating and sewing certain Volumes with the remaining flat sheets returned to the store at Mill Lane.
Storey Charles Ambrose 1888-1967Printed copy of speech given by the Public Orator in presenting Dr Mark Aurel Stein for the Degree of Doctor of Science honoris causa . The Speech is given in Latin and bears reference to Hiuen-Tsiang, Chinese pilgrim A.D. 649, whom Stein claimed as his "guide and patron saint". Two identical copies of this speech each with handwritten annotation correcting the title of Stein's book from Sand-buried Cities of Khotan to Sand-buried Ruins...
Stein Marc Aurel 1862-1943 Knight Scholar Explorer ArchaeologistTwo cards from University Press, Cambridge, to C.A. Storey to acknowledge receipt of folios.
Cambridge university pressCorrespondence concerned with delegates attending the Congress. These are:
- Letter from Hans R. Roemer, Deutsche MorgenLandische Gesellschaft, to the Royal Asiatic Society to inform of delegates coming to the Congress. Typed, dated 6 July 1954.
- Letter from Meer S. Basri to Mrs Davis, Royal Asiatic Society, to ask for a confirmatory letter of his attendance at the Congress so he may obtain a visa. Typed, dated 14 July 1954.
- Letter from Denis Sinor, Organising Committee, to Mrs Davis, Royal Asiatic Society, concerning leaflets advertising the Congress and her offer of help for the Congress. Typed, dated 21 July 1954.
- Letter from Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to the Permanent Under-Secretary of State, to confirm Meer S. Basri's attendance at the Congress. Typed, dated 22 July 1954.
- Letter from Vivian Gaster to Royal Asiatic Society to ask to become a member of the Congress. Handwritten, dated 1 August 1954.
- Letter from Meer S. Basri to Mrs Davis, Royal Asiatic Society, to inform that he has obtained his visa. Handwritten, dated 16 August 1954.
- Letter from President, Royal Asiatic Society, to delegates at the Congress to invite them to become members of the Royal Asiatic Society. Typed, undated.
The 23rd International Congress of Orientalists was held in Cambridge in 1954. The material connected with this Congress includes correspondence concerning organising and finance of the Congress, correspondence regarding attendance, General programme, correspondence regarding the publication of the Proceedings of the Conference and a further research enquiry.
Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland