Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1904 - 1929 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
Context area
Name of creator
Name of creator
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
This material concerns the conferment of the Medal each year. However there is limited archival material and only for some of the years in which the medal was awarded. Therefore sub-series and files were created only for those years for which material is present.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
The material was organised chronologically into sub-series and files thus:
- RAS PGM/2/1 - 1904
- RAS PGM/2/2 - 1905
- RAS PGM/2/3 - 1907
- RAS PGM/2/4 - 1914
- RAS PGM/2/5 - 1916
- RAS PGM/2/6 - 1921
- RAS PGM/2/7 - 1922
- RAS PGM/2/8 - 1923
- RAS PGM/2/9 - 1926
- RAS PGM/2/10 - 1929
Conditions of access and use area
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Language of material
Script of material
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Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
The Council Minutes Books of the Royal Asiatic Society have decisions minuted regarding the institution of the Medal, the yearly establishment of a Committee to choose the essay titles and to judge the entrants, with subsequent conferment of each Medal and Book prizes. The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society also contains information in its "Proceedings of the Royal Asiatic Society"sections, particularly in the annual Report of the Annual General Meeting.