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Correspondence concerning the transliteration of scripts for use in the Journal. During the 1930s there was concern regarding the printing of non-Latin alphabet scripts. This generated correspondence and administrative documents:

• Correspondence concerning the transliteration of Tibetan. The main correspondents are F.W. Thomas, H.W. Bailey, D.S. Margoliouth and Colonel Hoysted, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society. 16 pieces, dated 20 October 1937 - 31 October 1938.
• Correspondence concerning the transliteration of Chinese and Japanese script. The main correspondents are W. Perceval Yetts, S. Yoshutake, Sir Harold Parlett and Colonel Hoysted. 16 pieces, dated 26 July 1938- 1 December 1938.
• Correspondence and administrative documents concerning transliteration of all scripts. The main correspondents are the Deutsche Morgenlandische Gesellschaft, W. Perceval Yetts and Colonel Hoysted. 11 items, dated 11 January 1939 - 10 November 1939.

The Royal Asiatic Society has produced a Journal from the early years of its formation and continues to do so. This material covers the records made in the production, administration and distribution of the Journal.

In 1923 the Royal Asiatic Society celebrated its Centenary. This archival material contains a scrapbook with Centenary correspondence and invitations, further congratulatory correspondence, material concerning the Centenary Events, and correspondence concerning the publication of a Centenary Volume.

Report on Bill for Centenary Supplement which details the estimates and agreements between Austins Printers and the Royal Asiatic Society, concluding that Austins had not overcharged for the work done. Signed W. Percival Yetts.

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.

Correspondence regarding the excavation undertaken by Quaritch Wales in Kedah, Malaysia. 44 handwritten and typed letters.

Five sets of correspondence concerning:

• Correspondence related to Quaritch Wales' time in Kedah
• Correspondence with Leonard J. Robbins
• Correspondence concerning the publication of Siamese State Ceremonies
• Correspondence concerning some photographs and a replica of a Siamese lion
• Correspondence with the Department of Fine Arts

Correspondence and reports regarding the publication of the Centenary Volume.

Card from Prof. W. Perceval Yetts to Col. Hoysted, RAS Secretary, to ask him to look at paragraph 8 concerning the names of the Indian rulers. Handwritten, with printed letterhead, dated 19 January 1939.

This material contains correspondence and notices concerned with the administration of the prize.