Series RAS DSM/1 - Inauguration

Correspondence and administrative documents concerned with the setting up of the Denis Sinor Medal. These are:

• Letter from Denis Sinor, Distinguished Emeritus Professor, to an unknown recipient to enquire regarding the instigation of a triennial gold medal for a major work published on an Inner Asian subject, the medal being in memory of his time serving the Royal Asiatic Society as the Honorary Secretary. He asks the recipient to discover whether such a suggestion might be welcome by the Council. Typed with handwritten annotations, 1 piece, undated.
• Letter from A.D.H. Bivar, President, Royal Asiatic Society, to David Morgan to ask his opinion of a letter from Denis Sinor concerning his instructions for the medal. Typed, 1 piece, dated 15 July 1991.
• Letter from David Morgan to A.D.H. Bivar with his opinion that he would welcome the award as someone strongly interested in Central Asia and he advises to continue the dialogue with Sinor concerning the details of the award. Handwritten, 1 piece, dated 22 July 1991.
• Letter from Terence Mullaly, President, British Art Medal Society, to Professor A.D.H. Bivar to send the details of the medallist Jacqueline Stieger. With the letter is am article concerning the T.E. Lawrence centenary commemorative medal designed by Stieger. Typed, 2 pieces, dated 24 July 1991.
• Letter from Denis Sinor to A.D.H. Bivar to inform he is still very interested in the medal and will be in London in January when they could discuss the issue. Typed, 1 piece, dated 7 January 1992.
• Letter from A.D.H. Bivar to Denis Sinor to inform of the proposals accepted by the Council concerning the medal. Typed, 1 piece, dated 9 January 1992.
• Letter from A.D.H. Bivar to Denis Sinor to inform of estimates for the medal and of the need to formalise the design. Typed, 1 piece, dated 20 February 1992.
• Letter from Denis Sinor to A.D. H. Bivar to inform of his preferred design and to give his thanks to the Council. Typed, 1 piece, dated 28 February 1992.
• Letters from Lydia Collins, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to Joan Bellamy, J.R. Gaunt & Son Ltd., and F.G. Custerton, Royal Mint, to give full details of the medal and ask for a written quotation to produce five. Typed, 2 pieces, dated 5 March 1992.
• Letter from Jonathan Hellings Kiff, Royal Mint, to Lydia Collins to send the quotation. Typed with handwritten annotations, dated 16 March 1992.
• Letter from Joan Bellamy, J.R. Gaunt & Son, to provide the quotation. Typed with handwritten annotations, date 19 March 1992.
• Letter from M. Luton, Sales Manager, Toye, Kenning & Spencer (Birmingham) Ltd., to provide a quotation. Typed,1 piece, dated 20 March 1992.
• Letter from Lydia Collins to Denis Sinor to send him the written estimates. These are with the letter. Typed, 2 pieces, dated 31 April 1992.
• Letter from Denis Sinor to Lydia Collins to advise to accept the Royal Mint estimate. Typed, 1 piece, dated 6 April 1992.
• Letter from Lydia Collins, to J.H. Kiff, Royal Mint to give the Society's preference for the medal and a cheque to cover 90% of the costs. The designs are with the letter. Typed, 3 pieces, dated 6 May 1992.
• Letter from Jonathan Kiff to Lydia Collins to send a modified design. Typed, 2 pieces, 13 May 1992.
• Letter from Lydia Collins to Johnathan Kiff to send further suggestions for the medal. Typed 2 pieces, dated 19 May 1992.
• Letter from Jonathan Kiff to Lydia Collins to send a further modified design. Typed, 2 pieces, 28 May 1992.
• Letter from Lydia Collins to Johnathan Kiff to send one further suggestion for the medal. Typed 1 piece, dated 3 June 1992.
• Letter from Jonathan Kiff to Lydia Collins to send a further modified design. Typed, 2 pieces, 19 June 1992.
• Letter from Lydia Collins to Jonathan Kiff to ask him to proceed with production of the plaster cast. Typed, 1 piece, dated 25 June 1992.
• Letter from David Morgan to A.D.H. Bivar to enclose a letter from Denis Sinor in which Sinor gives some suggestions for the first recipient of the Medal. Sinor's letter is with this one. Handwritten and typed, 3 pieces, dated 1 - 23 July 1992.
• Letter from A.D.H. Bivar to Denis Sinor to acknowledge he has seen the letter Sinor sent to David Morgan and to also write about the possibility of Sinor delivering a lecture at the Society. Typed, 1 piece, dated 13 July 1992.
• Letter from Jonathan Kiff to Lydia Collins to send two photographs of the plaster model. Typed, 1 piece, dated 12 August 1992.
• Letter from Lydia Collins to Jonathan Kiff to return one of the photographs signed and dated as approved. Typed, 1 piece, dated 10 September 1992.
• Letter from Denis Sinor to A.D.H. Bivar to inform he will probably be unable to deliver a lecture. He wonders if the medal has been minted. Typed, 1 piece, dated 22 September 1992.
• Three black and white photographs, 1 transparency and two slides of the medal.