Typed transcripts of the Letters from Roger Ingpen to Oscar Eckenstein. The five letters are divided between 3 sheets of paper.
Letter from Lewis C.Loyd to Colonel Hoysted offering to donate his Richard Burton Collection to the RAS and thanking him for sending a copy of Sir Arnold Williams' Burton lecture. Handwritten, dated 5 March 1938. The letter encloses a further official… read more
Letter from Lewis C. Loyd to Colonel Hoysted to arrange for Colonel Hoysted to come to view the Collection. Handwritten, dated 16 March 1938.
Letter from Colonel Hoysted to N.M. Penzer concerning a bookcase on sale at Sotheby's which could be bought to house the Burton Collection. Typed, dated 14 November 1938. Also reply from N.M. Penzer concerning his dismay that the RAS had muddled the… read more
Letter from Colonel Hoysted to Lewis C. Loyd to inform him of the purchase of a bookcase to house the Burton Collection. Typed, dated 23 November 1938.
Letter from Colonel Hoysted to Lewis C. Loyd showing his appreciation for Loyd's offer to defray the costs of transporting the Collection and agreeing with its delivery the following week. Typed, dated 6 January 1939.
Note to say that My Loyd had delivered most of the books in the Burton Collection, some of such value they should be kept separately under local and key. Loyd has also volunteered to help the Librarian with cataloguing the Collection, using Mr Penzer's… read more
"Sir R.F. Burton: Library Lecture to the Royal Commonwealth Society" by C.E.J. Whitting, 1 July 1958. Typed copy of speech, 10 sheets.
Zonder titelTwo copies of Royal Asiatic Society Library Burton Collection Check List Prepared by C.E.J.W (C.E.J. Whitting) and A.W. 9 August 1972. This is a complete list of all the Richard Burton material held in the RAS Collections in 1972. Typed, each 41 sheets.
Zonder titelLetter from E.J Passant, Foreign Office, to The Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, offering the donation of Richard Burton's Consular Hat and the walking stick presented to Burton in 1863 by the King of Dahomey. Typed, dated 11 August 1949.
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