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The 27th International Congress of Orientalists was held in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, in August 1967. The material concerned with this Congress includes administrative correspondence and organisation for the drinking horn (see RAS ICO/1) to be at the Congress.

Administrative material for the Congress. These are:

• Letter from Edwin Yamauchi, Rutgers University, to Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to ask for details of the time and place of the next International Congress of Orientalists and to ask regarding details of the Lidzbarski Medal. Typed, dated 28 November 1965.
• Letter from Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to Edwin Yamauchi, Rutgers University, to inform him that the next Congress would be held at the University of Michigan on 13 August 1967 for which the Secretary-General is Professor R.H. Fifield. Particulars for the medal could be obtained from Professor A.J. Arberry. Typed, dated 6 December 1965.
• "XXVII International Congress of Orientalists" invitation and first announcement. Printed, dated January 1966.
• Letter from O.W. Wolters to Richard Winstedt to ask it he would be willing to present a paper at the 27th Congress. Typed, dated 1 June 1966.
• Letter from Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society to O.W. Wolters to inform him of the death of Sir Richard Winstedt. Typed, dated 16 June 1966.
• Letter from Russell H. Fifield, Secretary-General, Organising Committee, to Royal Asiatic Society to invite the Society to be officially represented at the Congress. Typed, dated 7 October 1966.
• Letter from Jean Filliozat, Societé Asiatique, to Norman Brown, President, XXVIIth International Congress, to report on the discussion with his colleagues of the proposals to revise the statutes of the congress. Typed, dated 9 May 1967.
• Letter from Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to Secretary-General, XXVIIth International Congress, to inform of the Society's official representatives. Typed, dated 15 June 1967.
• Correspondence between Professor D.C. Twitchett and Royal Asiatic Society regarding him being an official representative of the Society at the Congress. Three letters, typed, dated 15 June - 14 July 1967.
• Letters to John Burton-Page and R.J. Loewe from Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to enclose the delegate form for the Congress. Two letters, typed, dated 14 July 1967.
• Delegate certificate for V.L. Ménage from the Royal Asiatic Society for the XXVIIth International Congress. Printed with typed inserts, undated.

Much of the correspondence within the Graham papers is connected to his publications and activities and has therefore been catalogued in those series. This series contains those letters that do not easily fit into the other categories of the collection.

The International Congress of Orientalists, initiated in Paris in 1873, was an international conference of Orientalists. It was later renamed as the International Congress of Human Sciences in Asia and North Africa and then as the International Congress of Asian and North African Studies. This material covers the interaction of the Royal Asiatic Society with the Congress in the time period 1889 to 1993.

Letter from Denis C. Twitchett, East Asian Studies, Princeton University, to Colleague to inform of the revival of the publication "Asia Major" and to ask for articles and contributions for consideration.

The Papers of Angus C. Graham include material pertaining to both book and article publications, to reviews written and to his translation, poetry and short story work. It includes correspondence with other academics in his field and with some poets. There is material pertaining to appointments that he has held and conferences attended, notebooks, diaries and a single photograph. There is also a considerable volume of others' articles and some material concerning others' academic appointments.

Five reviews for Two Chinese Philosophers: Ch'eng Ming-tao and Ch'eng Yi-ch'uan .

Two Chinese Philosophers: Ch'eng Ming-tao and Ch'eng Yi-ch'uan was published by Lund Humphries (London) in 1958 and Reprinted as Two Chinese Philosophers: The Metaphysics of the Brothers Cheng by Open Court (LaSalle IL) in 1992. This material consists of reviews for the first edition and correspondence regarding the reprint.