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This archive consists of correspondence, documentation, reports and allied material concerned with the conservation of the Collections of the Society. The Society has not kept comprehensive records throughout its history. Further information pertaining to the conservation of the collections may be found in the Minutes for the meetings of the Council and Library Committees. Conservation continues in the life of the Society. More recent records are held in the Society's records management system and will be transferred to the archive in due course.

The Papers of Charles Ambrose Storey are mainly concerned with gathering material for his research into Persian Literature. They include his own notes and draft publications and additional notes by people who subsequently worked with his research.

Loans and Disposals 1931-1935. Correspondence and a typed list of items that have been loaned or disposed with from the Society's Collections in the period 1931-1934. This is a more modern list - it is unknown when it was created, 2 pages. The correspondence is:

• Three letters concerning the transfer of a packet of Papers of Robert Needham Cust to the School of Oriental and African Studies. Three typed letters, dated 27 July - 29 July 1932.
• Letter from the National Central Library to Royal Asiatic Society thanking for the two books given to the Society. Typed with printed letterhead, dated 27 October 1932.
• Three letters concerning the transfer from the Royal Asiatic Society to the Library, India Office, of a manuscript letter and report from J.J. Walker to Sir George T. Staunton, dated Fuhchow 1847. dated 14 November 1935- 23 June 1937.

"List of MSS Presented by Mr. Hodgson to the India Office Library, August 1864". Printed pamphlet listing all the manuscripts that Hodgson donated to the India Office Library. Printed material with some annotations, dated August 1864.

Letter from V. Nicolas to Charles Ambrose Storey to ask for Storey to urgently return Persian Manuscript General Collection No. 4080 as it has been requested for loan.

India Office Library loan forms for items loaned to Charles Ambrose Storey.

India Office Library Annual Report for the Financial Year 1927-8. Printed report giving details of the Library's activities, written by Charles Ambrose Storey, dated 21 January 1929.

Correspondence and reports primarily concerned with Storey cataloguing manuscripts in the India Office Library collections.

Further correspondence and lists from Arthur John Arberry, Assistant Librarian, and V. Nicolas, India Office Library, to Charles Ambrose Storey concerning manuscripts for Storey to catalogue.

Further correspondence and lists from Arthur John Arberry, Assistant Librarian, and V. Nicolas, India Office Library, to Charles Ambrose Storey concerning manuscripts for Storey to catalogue.