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Correspondence concerning the donations of Meredith-Owens book royalties from his book, 'Islamic Painting and the Arts of the Book', dated 18 September 1976 - 12 October 1976.

Letter from G.M. Meredith-Owens to Diana Crawford, RAS Secretary, in which he apologises for the delay in returning the article she sent and the essay by "Vagabond". He does not think the article is of sufficient standard to be published in the Journal. The essay shows more promise but he does not think that it is worthy of the prize. Typed with printed letterhead, 1 side dated 18 November 1964. On the letter Diana Crawford has handwritten a draft of the letter sent to Michael Salt to inform him that he is the winner of the Prize Essay Competition, dated 11 February 1965.

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.

Persian Literature: A Bio-bibliographical Survey Volume II was divided into 3 parts. Only the first of these was published within Storey's lifetime. After the Royal Asiatic Society received Storey's bequest it was decided to continue publishing his volumes. They employed Mrs Ann Walsh to undertake the work supervised by James Douglas Pearson (Part 2) and G.M. Meredith -Owens (Part 3). The parts were published:

• Vol. II, pt. 1. A. Mathematics. B. Weights and Measures. C. Astronomy and Astrology. D. Geography, London, 1958 [pp. 1-192]
• Vol. II, pt. 2. E. Medicine (prepared for publication by Ann Walsh and J. D. Pearson), London: Luzac and Co., 1971 [pp. 193-346]
• Vol. II, pt. 3. F. Encyclopaedias and Miscellanies; G. Arts and Crafts; H. Science; J. Occult Arts (prepared for publication by Ann Walsh, with the assistance of G. M. Meredith-Owens), Leiden: Brill, 1977 [pp. 347-499]

The archival material in this series is concerned with the preparation and publication of this volume.

Persian Literature: A Bio-bibliographical Survey Volume II, Part 3 was published in 1977 using original material created by Storey. It was compiled by Ann Walsh under the supervision of G.M. Meredith-Owens. The archival material associated with this publication is:

• Volume entries - handwritten entries for the Volume, created by Storey and annotated by Walsh.
• Xerox copies of some of the entries for the Volume.
• Duplicate and unused handwritten notes as identified by Ann Walsh.
• Indices of authors and titles - typed, created by Ann Walsh.
• Lists of location of manuscripts - handwritten, created by Ann Walsh.