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Information about, and evidence of engagement with the artworks of the Society. For collections with a significant amount of material, a separate subseries was created.

The material for this period consists of:

• Invitation card for the Anniversary General Meeting on 9 May 1963. Printed card.
• Agenda for Anniversary General Meeting on 13 May 1965 and notification concerning Election of Officers for 1965-66. Printed paper.
• Agenda for Anniversary General Meeting on 12 May 1966 and notification concerning Election of Officers for 1966-67. Printed paper, 2 copies of Agenda.
• Agenda for Anniversary General Meeting on 11 May 1967 and notification concerning Election of Officers for 1967-68. Printed paper.
• Notification concerning Election of Officers for 1968-69. Printed paper.
• Agenda for Anniversary General Meeting on 8 May 1969 and notification concerning Election of Officers for 1969-70. Printed paper.
• Agenda for Anniversary General Meeting on 14 May 1970 and notification concerning Election of Officers for 1970-71. Printed paper, 2 copies of Agenda.
• Press release for publication on 15 May 1970 listing the Honorary Officers elected at the Meeting and the lecture given by Professor C.D. Cowan, typed.
• Notification concerning Election of Officers for 1971-72. Printed paper.
• Agenda for Anniversary General Meeting on 11 May 1972 with notification concerning Election of Officers 1972-73. Printed paper.
• Agenda for Anniversary General Meeting on 10 May 1973 and notification concerning Election of Officers for 1973-74. Printed paper.
• Agenda for Anniversary General Meeting on 9 May 1974 with application form for the Cocktail Party on the same day and and notification concerning Election of Officers for 1974-75. Printed paper.
• Notification concerning Election of Officers for 1975-76. Printed paper.
• Agenda for Anniversary General Meeting on 13 May 1976 and notification concerning Election of Officers for 1976-77. Printed paper.
• Agenda for Anniversary General Meeting on 12 May 1977 and notification concerning Election of Officers for 1977-78. Typed with printed letterhead.
• Press release for Anniversary General Meeting, 12 May 1978. Typed with printed letterhead.
• Agenda for Anniversary General Meeting on 10 May 1979. Typed with printed letterhead.
• Newspaper cuttings reporting the Anniversary General Meetings from The Times, 13 May 1966, 12 May 1967, 15 May 1970, 12 May 1972, 9 May 1975 and 14 May 1976; and the Daily Telegraph 12 May 1767, 10 May 1968, 9 May 1969, 15 May 1970, 13 May 1971 and 9 May 1975.

The Society's collections hold two Jambudvipa - RAS Cat.065.001 and RAS Cat.069.001. The information about these is:

• 'Royal Asiatic Society, Number 065.001, Jambudvipa, a Jain map of the universe, c.1830' - an article by Dr Nalini Balbir concerning this item. Also with this is another article by Balbir, 'Jain Yantra kept at the Royal Asiatic Society', dated January 2012.
• 'Science Museum: 5000 years of Science and Innovation - Illuminating India' - advertising brochure for the exhibition in which the Society's Jambudvipa is featured, 2017-2018.
• 'The Silk Road to Silicon Valley - 5000 years of Indian innovation' - copy of an article from The Times, 3 October 2017 concerning the Science Museum exhibition in which the Jambudvipa was shown.

The material available for the Anniversary General Meetings from 1981-2000 is:

• Newspaper cutting from the Times, 15 May 1981, reporting on the occasion of the Society's Anniversary General Meeting.
• Photocopy of a newspaper cutting from the Daily Telegraph, 11 May 1984, reporting on the Reception held at the Society after their Anniversary General Meeting.
• Agenda and Application form for Reception Tickets for the Anniversary General Meeting, 14 May 1987. Typed, 1 sheet.
• Versions of a press release and allied correspondence regarding the President, Frank Steele, who took up office at the Anniversary General Meeting on 12 May 1988.Typed and handwritten, 7 pieces.
• Memo from L. Collins, Secretary, to members of the Society, 4 March 1993, to request any nominations for Officers of the Society reach her by 4 April 1993. On the reverse is a list of the current Council of Management. Typed, 1 piece.
• Agenda for the Anniversary General Meeting, 12 May 1994.Typed, 2 pieces.
• Agenda, Application form for Reception Tickets for the Anniversary General Meeting, 11 May 1995 and notification concerning Election of Officers for 1995-96. Typed, 2 pieces.
• Minutes of Anniversary General Meeting 11 May 1995.Typed, 1 piece.
• President's Agenda for Anniversary General Meeting, 1995. Typed with handwritten annotations, 1 piece.
• Appendix to Report of Council 1994. This report would have been presented at the 1995 AGM. Typed, 1 piece.
• Agenda and Application form for Reception Tickets for the Anniversary General Meeting, 9 May 1996 and notification concerning Election of Officers for 1996-97. Typed, 3 pieces.
• Council's Report to the Members of the Royal Asiatic Society for the Year ending 31 December 1995. Photocopy, 18 pieces.
• Memo from L. Collins, Secretary, to members of the Society, 23 February 1996, to request any nominations for Officers of the Society reach her by 4 April 1996. Typed, 1 piece.
• Memo from L. Collins, Secretary, to members of the Society, March 1997, to request any nominations for Officers of the Society reach her by 4 April 1997. Typed, 2 pieces.
• Agenda and Application form for Reception Tickets for the Anniversary General Meeting, 8 May 1997. Typed, 1 piece.
• Agenda and Application form for Reception Tickets for the Anniversary General Meeting, 14 May 1998 and notification concerning Election of Officers for 1998-99. Typed, 2 pieces.
• Minutes of the Anniversary General Meeting, 13 May 1999, with the Financial Statement, recommendations for Council and for election of Fellows. Typed, 3 pieces.
• Admission ticket for the Lecture and Reception following the Anniversary General Meeting, 13 May 1999, typed, 1 piece.
• Agenda and Application form for Reception Tickets for the Anniversary General Meeting, 11 May 2000. Typed, 1 piece.
• Minutes of the Anniversary General Meeting, 11 May 2000, with Nominations for Council 2000-2001 and notification for the procedure of Election of Officers. Typed, 4 pieces.
• Invitation card for the Anniversary General Meeting with Doreen Ingrams Memorial Lecture, on 11 May 2000. Printed card.

Universities Essay Prize - cutting from The Times newspaper announcing the winner of the competition as Mr. Asa Briggs of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. Printed, dated 1 February 1940.