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With the Covid pandemic, some lectures became virtual events. Zoom recordings were made for the following lectures:

• 13 July 2020: Jonathan Bloom, 'Architecture of the Islamic West'.
• 17 August 2020: Professor Sarah Ansari, 'Boundaries of Belonging'.
• 26 August 2020: Diana Darke, 'Stealing from the Saracens'.

Working Draft of the Byelaws, undated.

Various items connected with the Society's emblems:
Wood block for printing the Society's tree emblem and motto. Wood block for printing of elephant emblem. Steel engraving of Royal Asiatic Society seal. Two examples in green wax of the seal of the Society's elephant emblem. One example in red of the Society's elephant emblem. Plaster cast of the Society's tree emblem and motto with a fragment of the Society's emblem with wreath.

Correspondence concerning organising a lecture at Winchester College. These are:

• Letter from B.W. Robinson, President, Royal Asiatic Society, to The Headmaster, Winchester College to thank for his letter about timings of the lecture and to suggest a talk about the Persian national epic, dated 23 May 1972.
• Letter from The Headmaster, Winchester College, to B.W. Robinson, President, Royal Asiatic Society, to inform that he will be in contact in the future concerning the date for the lecture, dated 2 June 1972.
• Letter from The Headmaster, Winchester College, to B.W. Robinson, President, Royal Asiatic Society, to suggest that the lecture is presented to the Archaeological Society in February or March of the following year, dated 11 October 1972.
• Letter from B.W. Robinson, President, Royal Asiatic Society, to The Headmaster, Winchester College to state his agreement with the Headmaster regarding the talk and that he would wait to hear about a date, dated 17 October 1972.

In 1889 a Memorandum of Agreement was signed between the Royal Asiatic Society and W.H. Allen and Company concerning the publishing of the Journal. This series contains that Memorandum and associated correspondence.

Correspondence regarding the possibility of giving a lecture at Wellington College. These are:

• Letter from B.W. Robinson, President, Royal Asiatic Society, to the Headmaster, Wellington College, to ask whether the College might be interested in hosting a lecture, dated 1 January 1973.
• Letter from F.F. Fisher, Master, Wellington College to B.W. Robinson, President, Royal Asiatic Society, to inform that he would ask colleagues concerning hosting a lecture, dated 8 January 1973.
• Letter from R.E.H. Strachan, Administrative Assistant to the Master, to B.W. Robinson, President, Royal Asiatic Society, to state that the Master expects that Mr Willey would be interested and will contact Robinson directly, dated 6 March 1973.
• Letter from Peter Willey, Wellington College, to B.W. Robinson, President, Royal Asiatic Society, to ask if he would like to come and see the College's exhibition and to suggest planning for a date for the lecture, dated 14 March 1973. Annotated on this letter is a reply from B.W. Robinson to send his apologies that he would not be able to get to the exhibition and to agree that May would be a good time for the lecture.

Correspondence concerning the bequest of Professor Walter Perceval Yetts involving the residue of his estate after the death of his widow and his two sisters. The majority of the correspondence dates from 1972-1974 with a supplementary letter of 25 February 1982.

Correspondence concerned with the Legacy of W.H. Moreland on his death in 1938 in which the Society were bequeathed some of his possessions, the income from his publications and one quarter of his estate upon the death of other named members of his family. The correspondence concerning this dates from 1938-1940.
There is further correspondence from 1956-1958 after the death of his family members and also earlier correspondence concerning publication of his books, dated 1922-1923.

Visitors' Book for the Sesquicentenary Reception containing the signatures of the guests including those of Her Majesty the Queen and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh.

Correspondence, planning information, newspaper cuttings and photographs concerning the Prince's visit to the Royal Asiatic Society in 2002.