Identity area
Reference code
GB 891 RAS COLL3-RAS COLL3/8-RAS COLL3/8/2
Title
Correspondence
Date(s)
- 1991 - 2013 (Creation)
Level of description
Subseries
Context area
Name of creator
Name of creator
Name of creator
(1823 - present)
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 of… read more
Repository
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Correspondence relating to acquisitions in this time period. Some of these are electronic documents which may be accessed in the Reading Room.
System of arrangement
The Correspondence was divided into one file containing more minor acquisitions and further files for significant or larger acquisitions.
Conditions of access and use area
Language of material
- English
Access points
Name access points
- Royal Asiatic society of Great Britain and Ireland 1823- London, England (Subject)
- National Army Museum (Subject)
- Victoria and Albert Museum (Subject)