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In caring for the collections and making them accessible to researchers various lists and catalogues have been collated throughout the Society's history. Some of these have been published but many are unpublished or in draft form prior to publication. These have been kept as important sources of both information about the nature of the collections and also how the Society has historically organised them. Please note, however, that not all the items in the catalogues and lists are still within the Society's collections.

Historic catalogues and handlists created for the Society's books:

• 'Royal Asiatic Society: MSS. Catalogue of the Chinese Library 1881' - two large handwritten bound volumes with leather spines and gold titling on their front covers containing details of the Chinese books in the Royal Asiatic Society in 1881.

• 'Catalogue of the Chinese Library of the Royal Asiatic Society' - a hard cover notebook with title on the front board containing a list of the Chinese books in the Library under subject headings. This is undated. Please note the boards are loose from the notebook.

• 'Chinese books of which the Library of the R.A.S. has apparently more than one copy' - handwritten list, 4 sides, identifying duplicates. With this list is a second list, 2 sides of 'Chinese Books apparently not in the R.A.S. Library and in the University College Library in duplicate apparently'. Both are undated but the paper of the second list is watermarked for 1859.

• 'Catalogue of The Russian Books in the possession of The Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland' - handwritten notebook without boards detailing Russian books, undated.

• Annotated Proofs for the 'Catalogue of Printed Books published before 1932 in the Library of the Royal Asiatic Society'. The publication was printed in two volumes in 1940. The proofs are pasted into 6 large bound volumes and are extensively annotated.

• Photocopy of the Card Catalogue - a card catalogue was created for the Society's collection probably dating from post-1945. This is a series of photocopies of that catalogue created to form a back up and divided according to the drawers containing the cards. There are 17 archival folders. The copy for Drawer 6 FAA - GOS is absent.

• List of Complimentary Copies of Books & Magazine, published by the Burma Translation Society, Rangoon Burma' with annotated title, 'Accessions in Burmese 1954'. Typed list, 2 pieces, dated 1954.

• 'A Few Rare Books Found in this Library' - typed list of 68 books on 4 sheets of foolscap paper.

• 'List of Rare Books held in R.A.S. Old & New Strong Rooms (May 1969), computer printed with handwritten annotations, 28 pages held together with a red plastic spine. This list is located in the Reading Room Office.

• List of publications undertaken with the James G. Forlong Fund, Miscellaneous R.A.S. Publications, the Dr B.C. Law Trust Fund, Royal Asiatic Society Seminar Papers, The Oriental Translation Fund original and new series, the Prize Publication Fund, and the R.A.S. Monograph Fund, computer printed, 9 pages, c. 1999.

• 'Japanese Vernacular Language Books at the R.A.S.' created in 2000, with associated background information, computer printed, 14 pages. This list is located in the Reading Room Office.

• 'South Asia - Official Publications - Back Basement' - computer printed list, 2 pages, undated.

• 'List of Aurobindo Books' - computer printed, 8 pages, undated.

Electronic documents - all these were created into archival documents in April 2024. Their original creation date is noted in the list.

• 'THE SIR GEORGE THOMAS STAUNTON COLLECTION HELD IN THE R.A.S. LIBRARY - BOOKS (UP-DATED LIST AS AT THURSDAY 18TH MARCH 1999) - first created in 1998 and updated in 1999.
• 'Books on Central Asia in the RAS Library' - created 04/02/2003.
• 'Borneo Books' - created 12/04/2011.
• 'Contents of Items Located in Old Strong Room as of April 1998' - created 22/06/1998.
• 'Early Turkish Books' - created 06/09/2010.
• 'Preliminary Catalogue of Japanese Books catalogued by Peter Kornicki in October 2007, with notes by Akira Hirano, September 2007', document created 21/11/2007.
• 'Pre 1820 book's - created 13/05/201.
• 'Turkish Printed Books' - prepared by Evrim Bimbas with introductory email and report, document created 11/07/2011.

Lists concerned with pamphlets within the Society's collections:

• 'Sir Gerard Clauson's Collection of Offprints' - list of offprints given to the Society by Gerard Clauson. Typed, 3 pieces, [19702].
• 'Draft List of the Contents of most of the Bound Volumes of Pamphlets' - computer printed, 62 pages, undated. This list is located in the Reading Room Office.

Electronic documents - all these were created into archival documents in April 2024. Their original creation date is noted in the list.

• 'Miscellaneous Materials in the Royal Asiatic Society Library, London, A Working List' prepared by Yogesh Mishra, December 2007 - created 08/01/2008.
• Bound pamphlets - created 29/09/2000.

Catalogues and handlists for periodicals and newspapers in the Royal Asiatic Society's collections:

• 'Handlist of the Periodical Titles in the Library of the Royal Asiatic Society', ring bound pamphlet created June 1997.
• 'List of Newspapers Held in the R.A.S. Library, May 1998', computer printed, 10 pages.
• 'List of Current Periodicals on the Reading Room Shelves, 13th October 1998', computer printed, 10 pages.
• 'R.A.S. Periodical Holdings: Brief Details June 1997, Part rev. July 2001', computer printed, 52 pages.

Electronic documents - all these were created into archival documents in April 2024. Their original creation date is noted in the list.

• 'Bound Serials 7 June 1997' - created 05/07/2001.
• 'Current Periodicals List [1998]' - created 21/10/1998.
• 'R.A.S. Periodical Holdings: Brief Details June 1997. Part rev. July 2001. Rev July 2004' - created 11/03/2003.
• 'Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society 1940-2001, Alphabetical list of articles in JRAS by AUTHOR' - created 06/06/2002.

Catalogues and handlists for manuscripts in the Sino-Tibetan group of languages:

• 'Four Tibetan Mongolian Mss. given to the Royal Asiatic Society by the Rev'd Robert Yuille - as identified and numbered by Professor Charles Bawden in March 1978' - typed list of the manuscripts, 1 piece.

Electronic document - archival document created in 2024.

• 'CHINESE MANUSCRIPTS' - box list for the Chinese manuscripts in the Society's collections, first created in 2008.

This series contains catalogues and handlists for books, pamphlets, and periodicals.

Catalogues and handlists for the maps in the Society's collections. The digital documents were created as archival documents in 2024.

• Card catalogue - handwritten descriptions of the maps on index cards.

Electronic Documents

• 'Maps list with dimensions highlighted' - first created in 2019 and modified in 2021. Excel document.
• 'Philip Jagessar map List' - first created in 2021. Philip Jagessar, as a postdoctoral researcher, researched and listed the Society's map collection. Excel document.
• 'Maps of Arabia in the Royal Asiatic Society collections' - first created in 2021, pdf document.

Catalogues and handlists for manuscripts in Southeast Asian languages and scripts notably Thai, Javanese and Malay:

• 'List of Raffles; Javanese MSS. in the Library of the Royal Asiatic Society, London' created by R.O. Winstedt and P. Voorhoeve in 1950 - handwritten list of the Javanese manuscripts donated to the Society by Sir Stamford Raffles, listing 48 manuscripts.
• 'Royal Asiatic Society: Raffles's Javanese MSS. Hand List 1956' - typed list with handwritten annotations, 4 pieces.
• 'Royal Asiatic Society: Siamese MSS. Hand List 1956' - typed list with handwritten annotations, 3 pieces.
• 'List of the Malay Manuscripts in the Library of the Royal Asiatic Society, London' compiled by P. Voorhoeve. Offprint from the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, Parts 1&2, April 1963. Printed with handwritten annotations.
• List of manuscripts in Balinese, Madurese, Sundanese, Javanese and Old Javanese, 33 pieces, and further list of manuscripts in Malay and Mawken, 77 pieces, prepared by M.C. Ricklefs. With the lists is a letter from M.C. Ricklefs. Department of History, SOAS, to Simon Digby, Honorary Librarian, Royal Asiatic Society to send the list and to inform of his intention that they will become part of a union catalogue for such manuscripts in British libraries which he is compiling with P. Voorhoeve. The letter is dated 6 October 1972.
• 'Royal Asiatic Society, Thai Manuscripts' - computer printed list of the Thai manuscripts with accompanying copy of an email from Jana Igunma, British Library, to Kathy Lazenblatt, Librarian, Royal Asiatic Society, to send the list and comment on some manuscripts of special interest. 4 pieces in total, the email is dated 24 January 2014.

This series contains catalogues and handlists for the manuscripts within the Society's collections.

Catalogues and handlists for the archives within the Society's collections. These are:

General Archival Lists

• A Catalogue of the English Manuscripts in the Library of the Royal Asiatic Society, London, 1833. - A handwritten bound volume detailing English manuscripts concerning Asian topics sent to the Society in its early years. There is an index at the front followed by a summary for each manuscript listed. Those that are still in the Society's collections have become part of the archives. Quarter bound with green leather and marbled board.
• 'Royal Asiatic Society' - summary lists of many of the Personal Papers and Special collection material in the Society's collection. Typed, 2 pieces, foolscap paper.
• 'Presentations' - summary list of mainly archival material. Typed, 2 pieces, foolscap paper.
• A list of the archival material thought to be worthy of closer attention during a survey conducted by John Payne in 1993. With the list is a letter from John Payne to Michael Pollock, Librarian, Royal Asiatic Society explaining his findings. Typed, 6 pieces.
• 'List of Documents - Box "A"' - list of the items kept within one of the boxes which historically had been considered archival material. Computer printed, 7 pieces, dated 13 July 2005.
• 'Archival Material' - a list of institutional records kept within the archives and the type of material. Typed,3 pieces, c.1990s.
• 'RAS Archives Assorted numbered letters and papers' - short list of individual archival items and their location. Typed, 3 pieces. c.1990s.
• 'Documents in the Catalogues and Handlists Box 17/1/2007' - two versions, one listing in numerical order and the other according to types of material. The majority of material in the box was archival. Computer printed, 6 and 7 pieces.
• 'Catalogue and Handlists Box: Captain Newbold Papers' - list giving details of the Newbold papers to be found within the Catalogues and Handlists box. Computer printed, 2 pieces.
• 'Papers possibly read before the RAS in the 1840s and other documents of interest' - list of archival documents, 3 pieces, computer printed.
• 'Royal Asiatic Society Archives' - detailed list of the archives in the Society as known at the time and their location in the Society's library. This list was compiled by Simon Fenwick, an external assessor, in 2007. Computer printed, 11 pieces.
• 'Summary list of RAS papers which need to be listed' - summary of some of the papers of the Collection. Computer printed, 2 pieces.
• 'Manuscript “statistical survey” volumes etc at the Royal Asiatic Society' - list of volumes created by Francis Buchanan Hamilton, Sir Henry Miers Elliot, and Elliot & Hutchinson. Created in 2012 (Archival electronic document created in 2024).

Papers of Brian Houghton Hodgson

• 'Royal Asiatic Society: The Brian Hodgson Papers' - a summary list of the collections created by David Waterhouse in 2002. (Archival electronic document created in 2024)
• 'Inventory of Hodgson's private papers at the Royal Asiatic Society, London' - a more detailed list of the papers held at the Society, created by Ramesh Dhungel in 2008. Computer printed, 39 pages.

Papers of William Claxton Peppé

• 'Preliminary handlist of transcripts of the William Claxton Peppé correspondence from the papers of Neil Peppé, Esq., prepared by Charles Allen with additions by Kathy Lazenbatt', Royal Asiatic Society Librarian. Detailed list including some transcriptions of correspondence created in 2008. (Archival electronic document created in 2024).

Papers of Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson

• 'Sir Henry Rawlinson's letters to his sister Miss Maria Rawlinson, later Mrs Brooke Smith' - typed list given date and location where the letters were written. 3 pieces, foolscap.
• 'Henry C. Rawlinson Letter in the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, London; process of deciphering Old Persian cuneiform from Bisitun Inscriptions in Iran' - list of the letters associated with this. Computer printed, 3 pieces.
• 'Rawlinson Box 1: 13 packets' - table of the packets and contents. Computer printed, 3 pieces.
• 'Items in Box I as at June 2010'; 'Items in Box II as at June 2010'; 'Items in Box III as at June 2010'; 'Items in Box IV as at June 2010'; and 'Items in Box V as at June 2010' - detailed lists prepared by Roger Parson, RAS Volunteer in 2010. (Archival electronic document created in 2024).