Lease Agreements between the Howard de Walden Estates Limited and the Royal Asiatic Society for the property 56 Queen Anne Street.
Howard de Walden EstatesThis archive consists of correspondence, documentation, reports and allied material concerned with the loans of the Collections of the Society to other institutions predominantly for exhibition but sometimes for more long-term care. The Society has not kept comprehensive records throughout its history. Further information pertaining to the Loans from the Society can be found in the Minutes for the meetings of the Council and Library Committees. Loans continue in the life of the Society. More recent ones are held in the Society's records management system and will be transferred to the archive in due course.
Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1823-'Sale of Dr. A. Clarke's Library: Desirable for the R.A.S.' - a list of items that would be helpful additions for the Royal Asiatic Society Collections, including their lot numbers and day of sale, from the Auction for the Library of Dr Adam Clarke. The author of the list has also added current prices of the items at second-hand booksellers. The Rev. Dr. Adam Clarke was a linguist, particularly in Middle Eastern and Oriental languages (including Persian, Arabic, Ethiopian, Coptic and Sanskrit) which enabled him to play an important part in the work of the Bible Society.
Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1823-