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The Papers of Horace Geoffrey Quaritch Wales contain papers relating to his archaeological work in southeast Asia including expedition notes, personal notebooks, diaries, manuscript proofs, correspondence, newspaper cuttings and maps. Listed within this catalogue are objects and items of furniture which were also part of the bequest of Quaritch Wales' wife, Dorothy, to the Royal Asiatic Society.

Notebook: black, soft bound, dated October 1928. It contains handwritten notes on

• 1. History of Indian and Indonesian art, Ananda K. Coomarasusramy
• 2. Bhagawat Gita, trasnlated by A Corbelow Thompson
• 3. Hinduism and Buddhism, Eliot
• 4. Indian Sculpture and painting, Havell.

Hand-written journals documenting travel, with observations, and notes about fieldwork. They contain materials in these categories : Journal of Travel and observation H.G.Q Wales 1923-1928 : Vol I and Vol II Greater India Research Expedition Field Note Book, 1935 Greater India Research Expedition Season 1935-1936 Greater India Research Expedition, Journal of Excavations 1935, Also a continuation of the rough draft of 1937/9 results The Greater India Research Committee Malayan Campaign 1937-8, Field Note Book

Journal, hardcover, red, titled "Greater India Research Committee Season 1935-36 (Siam) Field Note Book Part II: Sri Thep ([Amphur, Kjiem, Chengrai, Pejabun,] Siam)" containing pencil notes and drawings. There are drawings of Prang Song Phi Nong in Sri thep, Prang Sri thep, boundary stone, inscription (pallava script), Khao Khlang Nok,Siva linga, the male statue [ Krishna lifting Govardhan Hill P.68] and the head of a male sculpture.

Journal, hardcover, blue, titled, "The Greater India Research Committee Malayan Campaign 1937-8, Field Note Book 3 (Perak and Johore)", containing ink and pencil notes and drawings. It contains archaeological notes and drawings in Perak and Johore such as the archaeological site in Keta Tinggi and the drawing of a stone tool.

Notebook: hardback, bound in red & black, ruled, with some entries dated in 1931. It contains notes on books such as "Siam : some general remarks on its productions, and particularly on its imports and exports, and the mode of transacting business with the people" by D.E. Malloch., "Siam, the land of the white elephant, as it was and is" by George B. Bacon, and on Indian history.