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Letter from Dorothy Stede to Col. Hoysted, RAS Secretary, to thank him for his letter and express her delight to hear of the award. She will be able to attend the Anniversary General Meeting. Handwritten, dated 16 January 1935.

Letter from Col. Hoysted, RAS Secretary, to Dorothy A.L. Stede to write that he is directed by the President and the Council of the Royal Asiatic Society to inform her that she has been judged the winner of the Universities Prize Essay. He asks whether she will be available for a presentation at the Anniversary General Meeting on 9 May 1935. Typed, dated 15 January 1935.

This sub-series includes letters to the press and universities concerning the Universities Prize Essay, and a note by the Prize Selection Committee concerning their choice of winner.

Letter from Col. Hoysted, RAS Secretary, to The Press Association, to ask that the notice concerning the Universities Essay Prize be distributed for insertion in the daily press. With the letter is the notice which concerns the origins of the Prize and the Essay title chosen for 1935. Typed material, 2 pieces, letter dated 29 January 1935.

Standard Letter from Col. Hoysted, RAS Secretary, to The Registrar, University, to invite their attention to the Universities Prize Essay Competition and ask whether their university would be interested in submitting Essays. Typed letter, undated.

Standard Letter from Col. Hoysted, RAS Secretary, to The Porter, __ College, to ask them to display the notice concerning the Universities Prize Essay in an attempt to increase the number of participants in the competition. With the letter is a printed notice concerning the Competition, the essay title and the general rules. Typed letter and printed notice, notice dated 4 February 1935.

Notification from the Committee that the prize be awarded to the essay bearing the quotation "we are all in difficulty..." Handwritten and signed by the Committee, dated 8 November 1935.With this is a note of Evan Glyndwr Jones address and his tutor's signature from the University of Bristol. Handwritten, with printed letterhead, undated.

Two letters, one to The Press Association and one to The News Editor, The Near East, to ask for a notice to be distributed and inserted in the Papers concerning the winner of the Universities Essay Prize. With the letters is a statement concerning the winner for 1935 - Even Glyndwr Jones and that of 1934, Miss Dorothy A.L. Stede. Typed material, 3 pieces, letters dated 16 November 1935.

This sub-series contains correspondence with universities and press, correspondence concerning the award of the prize and a notice of the 1936 essay title.

Letter from R.B. Mowat, University of Bristol, to Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to ask whether it is possible for one of their students to enter the competition though he has been matriculated for six years rather than the specified five years in the rules. He asks whether an exception could be made as one of the years had been spent with training in the Education Department, during which time independent research was not allowed. Typed letter with printed letterhead, dated 13 February 1936.