File RAS COLL4/4/4 - Disposal of Newspapers and Books to the British Library

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GB 891 RAS COLL4-RAS COLL4/4-RAS COLL4/4/4

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Disposal of Newspapers and Books to the British Library

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  • 2004 - 2005 (Creation)

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(1973)

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The British Library was created on 1 July 1973 as a result of the British Library Act 1972. Prior to this, the national library was part of the British Museum. The library is located on Euston Road, London, The British Library is a major research library, with items in many languages and in many formats, both print and digital: books, manuscripts, journals, newspapers, magazines, sound and music recordings, videos, play-scripts, patents, databases, maps, stamps, prints, drawings. The Library's collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial holdings of manuscripts and items dating as far back as 2000 BC. The library maintains a programme for content acquisition.

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(1823 - present)

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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 subjects connected with and for the encouragement of science, literature and the arts in relation to Asia'. It continues as a forum for those who are interested in the languages, cultures and history of Asia to meet and exchange ideas.

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Correspondence and lists concerned with the transfer of copies of the Ceylon Gazette, Sumarchar Durpan, and Commercial Register and Advertiser (Singapore). Further correspondence and list concerning the transfer of books to the India Office Library at the British Library. Five items.

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  • English

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    Dates of creation revision deletion

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