Unidad documental compuesta RAS COLL4/3/2 - Donation of the Royal Asiatic Society's Chinese Library to Leeds University

Correspondence regarding the donation of RAS Chinese Library to Leeds University, 1963, and lists concerning the material given. (Please note further material was given in 2005). These are:

• Correspondence with Lady Teichman and the Royal Asiatic Society regarding the donation of her husband, Sir Eric Teichman's Chinese books to the Society. These then became part of the disposal - 2 letters.
• Letter to Professor Owen Lattimore from Royal Asiatic Society to congratulate him on his appointment as Director of the new Department of Chinese Studies at Leeds University. Typed, dated 13 November 1962.
• Correspondence with Sir Roger Stevens regarding his appointment as Vice-Chancellor of Leeds University and his approval as a member of the Royal Asiatic Society - 4 letters and one newspaper cutting.
• Correspondence regarding the transfer of the Chinese books to the Brotherton Library at Leeds University and a grant of £500 made to the Royal Asiatic Society in appreciation of its gift - 6 letters.
• Two copies of a Shelf List of Chines Holdings from the Royal Asiatic Society - one is a photocopy of a handwritten list, the other a computer typed list.

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