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In 1984, the Asiatic Society celebrated its bicentenary. This material is concerned with the celebrations held in both Britain and India. These are:

Letter from the Director, Royal Asiatic Society, to John Burton-Page to ask if he would be the Society's contact to 'celebrate Sir William Jones in 1984'. Typed, dated 8 May 1978.

Letter from Garland Cannon, Professor of Linguistics, Texas A&M University, to Joan C. Lancaster, Director, India Office Library and Records, to respond to her suggestion of a London site for an International Symposium on the Bicentenary of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. With this letter are others of support to and from Allan H. Fry, American Society of Geolinguistics, and to Mr. Afgani, Cologne, Germany. All these letters are photocopies, dated 13 May - 30 May 1978.

Letter from E.V. Gibson, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to Professor Ballhatchet to enclose literature for a possible symposium in 1984 for the bicentenary. Typed, dated 16 February 1982.

Correspondence between Dennis Duncanson, President, Royal Asiatic Society, and Barry C. Bloomfield, The British Library, concerning the possibility of an exhibition at the British Library and the offer of a paper from Garland Cannon. Two letters, dated 29 June-20 September 1982. With this correspondence are copies of the correspondence between Ray Desmond and Garfield Cannon concerning the paper, two letters, dated 30 August - 7 September 1982.

Correspondence between Dennis Duncanson, President, Royal Asiatic Society, and P.C. Gupta, President, Asiatic Society, concerning the celebrations planned in London and inviting members of the Asiatic Society to be part of them. Two letters, dated 11 -25 November 1982.

Note to the President, Royal Asiatic Society, to inform of a phone call from Mr Twite of the British Council concerning the Asiatic Society's intentions for celebrating their bicentenary. Typed, dated 14 December 1982.

Correspondence between the British Council, the Royal Asiatic Society and the Asiatic Society concerning the visit of Dr Chandan Roy Chaudhuri, General Secretary, Asiatic Society, to England and the chance for him to discuss the bicentenary celebrations. 3 letters and a reference, dated 28 July - 10 October 1983.

Letter from Satya S. Pachori, University of North Florida, to Dennis Duncanson, President, Royal Asiatic Society, to inquire regarding the possibility of presenting a paper at any forthcoming celebration of the bicentenary of the Asiatic Society, dated 12 October 1983.

Letter from R.H. Robins, Honorary Secretary, The Philological Society, to the Royal Asiatic Society to inquire regarding their plans to celebrate William Jones in 1984 as the Philological Society were considering a celebration in 1986 of 200 years since Jones' 'famous address to the Asiatick Society in 1786', dated 17 October 1983. With the letter are cards for the Meetings and the Council of the Philological Society.

Letter from Dr Chandan Roy Chaudhuri, General Secretary, Asiatic Society, to Dennis Duncanson, President, Royal Asiatic Society, to invite him to be present at their celebrations to be inaugurated by Smt. Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India, on 15 January 1984, dated 11 October 1983.

Correspondence between Tan Sri Dato' Mubin Sheppard, Honorary Secretary, Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, and Dennis Duncanson, President, Royal Asiatic Society, concerning the potential bicentenary celebrations of the Asiatic Society. Two letters, dated 10 -31 October 1983.

Letter from E.V. Gibson, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to Fellows of the Society to inform them of the celebration of the Bicentenary of the Asiatic Society which the Royal Asiatic Society will hold on 12 January 1984. Dated 28 October 1983.

Letter from Dr Chandan Roy Chaudhuri, General Secretary, Asiatic Society, to the Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to give details of the bicentenary celebrations, to ask the presence of the Society and also requesting that the Society should celebrate the bicentenary. Dated 29 November 1983.

Letter from Hugh Cortazzi, British Embassy, Tokyo, to Dennis Duncanson, President, Royal Asiatic Society, to send a letter of congratulations to the Asiatic Society from the Asiatic Society of Japan and to ask for him to forward it. The letter is with this one, both dated 2 December 1983.

Correspondence from Tan Sri Dato' Mubin Sheppard, Honorary Secretary, Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, to Dennis Duncanson, President, Royal Asiatic Society, concerning a representative from the Malaysian Branch at the bicentenary celebrations of the Asiatic Society. Two letters, dated 4-23 December 1983.

Letter of congratulations from the Council and Fellows of the Royal Asiatic Society to the Council and Fellows of the Asiatic Society which is to be sent by the hand of Sir Cyril Philips, Vice-President of the Royal Asiatic Society. Undated.

Letter from the President, Royal Asiatic Society to Dr Chandan Roy Chaudhuri, General Secretary, Asiatic Society, to express the Society's gratification at the news brought back by Sir Cyril Philips concerning the Asiatic Society, particularly concerning its future. Dated 23 March 1984

"Rediscovery of our Heritage (The Inaugural Speech at the Bi-Centenary Celebrations of the Asiatic Society at Calcutta on 11th January 1984), Indira Gandhi", printed pamphlet containing the speech.

"The British Library Exhibition Notes: Sir William Jones and the Asiatic Society of Bengal". Printed exhibition leaflet held from 20 January - 29 April 1984 at the British Library, 3 copies.

Newspaper article "Letter from Calcutta" with section entitled, "Society in Distress" concerning the financial predicament of the Asiatic Society as it approaches its 200th anniversary. From The Illustrated Weekly of India, 6 February 1983.

Photocopy of a newspaper article, "Asiatic Society on verge of closure" regarding the state of the Asiatic Society. From Calcutta, The Telegraph, 14 March 1983.

Information regarding conferences and study events held from 2007-2010. These are:

2007
17-18 May: The International Seminar, 'Britain and the Malay World' , organised by the Royal Asiatic Society in collaboration with the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society.

• Programme including abstracts for papers presented, spiral bound book, with 3 additional pages inserted regarding accommodation and Malaysian restaurants in London.
• Sample invitation for the reception to celebrate the symposium held in honour of the 50th anniversary of Malaysia's independence.
• Correspondence concerning the administration of the seminar, 10 pieces, dated 12 December 2006-11 September 2007.

27 July: A Workshop on ' Historiography, pedagogy and future histories of 1857', held at the Royal Asiatic Society with funding by the Society, the British Academy and the University of Edinburgh's 'Mutiny at the Margins' research project.

• Programme for the event with list of speakers and papers presented, 2 versions, 3 pieces.

2008
4 October: Study Day, 'A Journey through Kazakhstan', in association with The British Museum, the Royal Asiatic Society and the British-Kazakh Society, held at the BP Lecture Theatre, British Museum.

• Programmes for the study day, 4 versions of differing detail, the most detailed containing full abstracts for the papers, 21 pieces.
• Correspondence of congratulations on the success of the day, 1 piece, undated.
• CD-ROM produced by the British-Kazakh Society of the Kazakh Study Day.

• "MBRAS Newsletter" for June 1996 giving details of forthcoming events and publications.
• "MBRAS Newsletter" for December 1997 giving news of the Society.

• Letter from Michael Pollock, Librarian, Royal Asiatic Society, to the Malaysian Branch, to ask whether he can acquire a copy of the Second Supplement, 1974-1983, of the Index Malaysiana. Typed, dated 25 April 1995.
• Letter from Linda Bree, Editor, Cambridge University Press, to Michael Pollock, Librarian, Royal Asiatic Society, to ask for the address of the Malaysian Branch. The reply is appended to this letter. Typed, dated 26-28 September 1995.
• News Bulletin from Malaysian Branch advertising forthcoming talk, Annual General Meeting and Publications. Talk is dated 21 July 1995.

• Correspondence between Tan Sri Datuk Mubin Sheppard, Honorary Secretary, Malaysian Branch, and the Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, regarding the exchange of advertisements for the Societies in each Society's Journal. Five letters, typed, dated 5 December 1986-30 July 1987.
• Correspondence between Tan Sri Datuk Mubin Sheppard, Honorary Secretary, Malaysian Branch, and the Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, regarding the change of address of the Malaysian Branch. Two letters, typed, dated 5 February-16 February 1988.
• "The Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. A Complete List of Members of the MBRAS on 1st December 1989". Printed pamphlet.

• Correspondence between Tan Sri Datuk Mubin Sheppard, Honorary Secretary, Malaysian Branch, and Dennis Duncanson, President, Royal Asiatic Society, concerning representation of the Malaysian branch at the forthcoming celebrations of the 106th anniversary of the Royal Asiatic Society. Six letters, typed, dated 6 October 1982-10 March 1983.
• Letter from Tan Sri Datuk Mubin Sheppard, Honorary Secretary, Malaysian Branch, to Dennis Duncanson, President, Royal Asiatic Society, concerning the request from the Chairman of the Penang Museums Board for the presentation by the Royal Asiatic Society of the painting, "A View of Flag Staff Point on Prince of Wales Island taken on board the Viper Snow, 22nd October 1787." Typed, with copy of image, dated 17 January 1984.
• Letter from Tan Sri Datuk Mubin Sheppard, Honorary Secretary, Malaysian Branch, to E.V. Gibson, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to thank for the information which unfortunately arrived too late to be included in the current issue of the Journal. Typed, dated 25 June 1985.

• Correspondence between Tan Sri Datuk Mubin Sheppard, Honorary Secretary, Malaysian Branch, and Diana Crawford, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, concerning the forthcoming centenary of the Malaysian Branch and requests to find information regarding the affiliation of the Society within the Royal Asiatic Society's records. Five letters, typed, dated 1 September-30 December 1976.
• Correspondence between the Librarian, Flinders University of South Australia, and the Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, concerning obtaining microfilm of the Journal of the Malaysian Branch. Two letters, typed, dated 2 May-17 May 1977.
• Correspondence between Svets Book Services and the Royal Asiatic Society concerning the address of the Malaysian Branch. Two letters, typed, dated 17 June-24 June 1977.
• Copy of a letter to all Members of the Malaysian Branch from Tan Sri Datuk Mubin Sheppard, Honorary Secretary, concerning consideration of a change of name for the Society. Typed, dated 1 July 1977.
• Correspondence between Tan Sri Datuk Mubin Sheppard, Honorary Secretary, Malaysian Branch, and the Secretary and President, Royal Asiatic Society, concerning the centenary celebration of the Malaysian Branch. Five letters, typed, dated 21 September-27 December 1977.
• Correspondence between Vice-Admiral Sir Peter Cazalet and Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, concerning the Centenary Volume of the Journal of the Malaysian Branch. Two letters, handwritten and typed, dated 19 November -25 November 1977.
• Letter from E.V. Gibson, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to the Honorary Secretary, Malaysian Branch, to thank for providing their up-to-date details for enclosure in the Society's Journal. Typed, dated 19 September 1978.
• Correspondence between Tan Sri Datuk Mubin Sheppard, Honorary Secretary, Malaysian Branch, and E.V. Gibson, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to ask concerning the current status of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. Two letters, typed, dated 25 January-13 February 1979.

• Correspondence between Michael R. Dove and Diana Crawford, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society concerning possible subscription to the Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. Two letters, handwritten and typed, dated 10 May-16 May 1973.
• Correspondence between Maxwell Scientific International and the Royal Asiatic Society concerning shipment of Journals of the Malaysian Branch to the University of Alberta. Two letters plus copy of invoice, letters dated 8 March-26 March 1974.
• Correspondence between Victor King, University of Hull, and Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, concerning becoming a member of the Malaysian Branch. Two letters, typed, dated 14 May-29 May 1974.
• Correspondence between G. Rosenberg, British Library, and the Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, concerning obtaining copies of the Journal of the Malaysian Branch. Two letters, typed, dated 30 September-16 October 1974.
• Correspondence between the University of New Zealand and the Royal Asiatic Society concerning obtaining a copy of the Index of the Journal of the Malaysian Branch. Two letters, typed, dated 5 June-18 June 1975.
• Correspondence between W.E. Saarbach GMBH and Royal Asiatic Society concerning obtaining copies of the Journal of the Malaysian Branch. Two letters, typed, dated 6 June-24 June 1975.
• Correspondence between Paul de Wilde and Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, concerning contents of the Journal of the Malaysian Branch. Two letters, typed, dated 25 September-1 October 1975.
  8 Correspondence between Tan Sri Datuk Haji Mubin Sheppard, Honorary Secretary, Malaysian Branch, and Diana Crawford, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, concerning the change of Sheppard's title for the Society's records and the current address of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. Two letters, typed, dated 25 December 1975-15 January 1976.

• Correspondence from D.K Bassett, University of Malaya in Kuala Lumpar, to Richard Winstedt, President, Royal Asiatic Society. Two typed letters, dated 30 July 1962, one to inform of proposed change of name of the Malayan Branch and to ask regarding legal clarification of the designation, "Royal"; the second regarding an article of Bassett's published in the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society on the East India Company in Cambodia.
• Correspondence between the Secretaries of the two Societies concerning reciprocal member privileges. Two letters, typed, dated 30 January-17 July 1967.
• Correspondence concerning the exchange of the Journals of the two Societies. Three letters, typed with handwritten inserts and typed, dated 28 February 1969-1 August 1969.
• Newspaper cutting from the Daily Telegraph, entitled "Slow Police" concerning a history of the Malayan police in the Journal of the Malayan Branch, dated 26 April 1969.
• Correspondence between Jennifer M. Scarce, Assistant Keeper, The Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh, and Diana Crawford, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, concerning locating an article from the Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. Two letters, typed, dated 20 May-29 May 1969.
• Correspondence between Rayner Norton and the Secretary of the Royal Asiatic Society regarding obtaining an article from the Journal of the Malaysian Branch. Two letters, handwritten and typed, dated 3 May-9 June 1970.