Bestanddeel RAS COLL9/4/2/1 - Correspondence 1920-1970

Samples of correspondence concerning journal exchange for the period 1920-1970:

• Letter from Harold Alfred MacMichael, colonial administrator, to Mrs Fraser, Royal Asiatic Society Secretary, concerning the journal Sudan Notes and Records. Handwritten, 1 piece, dated 6 November [1927].
• Letter from Charles Otto Blagden, School of Oriental Studies, to Colonel Hoysted, Royal Asiatic Society Secretary, concerning a journal about Burma (Myanmar). handwritten, 1 piece, dated 26 June 1932.
• Letter from Mahmahopadhaya, Chief-Editor and Secretary, Ganganatha Jha Research Institute, concerning the possible exchange of their Journal, the Banganatha Jha Research Journal. Typed, 1 piece, dated 26 November 1943.
• Letter from the British Council concerning a possible exchange with the Finno-Ugrian Society for their publication, Julkaisut. Typed, 1 piece, dated 29 July 1948.
• Letter from O.A. Nanajana Arami, Honorary Secretary, Tanjore Maharaja Serfoji's Saraswathi Mahal Library, Thanjavur concerning the possible exchange with one of their publications. Typed, dated 5 February 1965.
• Letter from the Editor, Research Publications, Sanskrit College, Calcutta (Kolkata), to ask for missing copies of the Society's Journals. Typed, 1 piece, dated 25 August 1965.
• Correspondence with Deutsche Staatsbibliothek concerning possible exchange of journals. Typed, 10 pieces, dated 30 September 1966 - 15 May 1968.
• Letter from the Dacca University Library, East Pakistan (Dhaka, Bangladesh), to send a complimentary copy of their catalogue of Persian, Urdu and Arabic manuscripts and ask for an exchange publication in return. Typed, 1 piece, dated 23 February 1967.
• Correspondence with the Sudasien-Institut, University of Heidelberg, Germany, concerning exchange of journals between the institutions. Typed, 3 pieces, dated 2 August - 15 January 1968.
• Letter from the Numismatic Society of India to acknowledge receipt of the Royal Asiatic Society's journals. Typed, 1 piece, dated 13 December 1967.
• Correspondence with the Journal of Tamil Studies, Madras (Chennai)concerning possible exchange of journals. Typed, 2 pieces, dated 4 May - 3 August 1970.