Identity area
Reference code
GB 891 RAS GOV9-RAS GOV9/7
Title
Ephemera
Date(s)
- 1823 - ongoing (Creation)
Level of description
Series
Context area
Name of creator
(1823-)
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
Ephemera associated with the governance of the Society including headed notepaper, copies of death certificates, examples of seals and logos and a photographic copy of a picture of the interior of the Thatched House Club where the initial meeting of the Society was held.
Conditions of access and use area
Language of material
- English