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W.H. Allen and Company
GB 891 RAS JOUR-RAS JOUR/3 · Series · 1889 - 1892
Part of Royal Asiatic Society: Journal

In 1889 a Memorandum of Agreement was signed between the Royal Asiatic Society and W.H. Allen and Company concerning the publishing of the Journal. This series contains that Memorandum and associated correspondence.

Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland
Two print blocks
GB 891 RAS JOUR-RAS JOUR/17-RAS JOUR/17/5 · File · [1900 - 1950]
Part of Royal Asiatic Society: Journal

Two Print blocks probably used in early 20th century for printing in the Journal.

Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland
Transliteration Schemes
GB 891 RAS JOUR-RAS JOUR/9 · Series · 20th Oct 1937 - 10th Nov 1939
Part of Royal Asiatic Society: Journal

Correspondence concerning the transliteration of scripts for use in the Journal. During the 1930s there was concern regarding the printing of non-Latin alphabet scripts. This generated correspondence and administrative documents:

  • Correspondence concerning the transliteration of Tibetan. The main correspondents are F.W. Thomas, H.W. Bailey, D.S. Margoliouth and Colonel Hoysted, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society. 16 pieces, dated 20 October 1937 - 31 October 1938.
  • Correspondence concerning the transliteration of Chinese and Japanese script. The main correspondents are W. Perceval Yetts, S. Yoshutake, Sir Harold Parlett and Colonel Hoysted. 16 pieces, dated 26 July 1938- 1 December 1938.
  • Correspondence and administrative documents concerning transliteration of all scripts. The main correspondents are the Deutsche Morgenlandische Gesellschaft, W. Perceval Yetts and Colonel Hoysted. 11 items, dated 11 January 1939 - 10 November 1939.
Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland
GB 891 RAS JOUR-RAS JOUR/16-RAS JOUR/16/6 · File · 16th Jan 1878
Part of Royal Asiatic Society: Journal

'The Intercourse of China with Eastern Turkestan and the Adjacent Countries in the Second Century B.C.' by Thomas William Kingsmill, published in the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society New Series, Vol. 14, No. 2 (Apr., 1882), pp. 74-104. The manuscript is written in a large soft-covered notebook and dated Shanghai, January 16 1878.

Kingsmill Thomas William
Subscriptions Volumes
GB 891 RAS JOUR-RAS JOUR/13-RAS JOUR/13/1 · File · 1925 - 1966
Part of Royal Asiatic Society: Journal

Subscriptions Volumes - bound volumes containing the names of subscribers with dates of payment and when they were issued with the Journal. Includes individuals, exchanges and book sellers. Nine volumes all handwritten, dated 1925-1927, 1928-1930, 1940-1942, 1943-1945, 1952-1954, 1955-1957, 1958-1960, 1961-1963, 1965-1966.

Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland
Subscriptions
GB 891 RAS JOUR-RAS JOUR/13 · Series · 1925 - 1999
Part of Royal Asiatic Society: Journal

This series contains lists of subscribers, both individuals and organisations, and some associated administrative material.

Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland
Subscription Lists
GB 891 RAS JOUR-RAS JOUR/13-RAS JOUR/13/2 · File · 1967 - 1998
Part of Royal Asiatic Society: Journal

Subscription Lists. Typed or computer generated, dated 1967-1970, 1971-1974, 1975-1978, 1979-1982 (institutions only), [1990], 1991 (4 sets), 1992, 1993 (2 sets), 1994 (+ list of institutions), 1995 (4 sets), 1997 (2 sets), 1998 (2 sets).

Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland
GB 891 RAS JOUR-RAS JOUR/4 · Series · 1931 - 1977
Part of Royal Asiatic Society: Journal

The printing of the Journal went to Stephen Austin and Sons, Ltd. in the late 1800s. This series contains some later correspondence between the printers and the Society.

Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland