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Archival description
GB 891 RAS CEN · Fonds · 1922 - 1925

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.

Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1823- London, England
Membership
GB 891 RAS ALL1-RAS ALL1/24 · Series · 1991 - 1993
Part of Asiatic Society

"List of Life Members Up to: 1991" - a typed list of the Life Members of the Asiatic Society bearing the annotation 'Read 25 Feb 1993'.

Asiatic Society of Bengal
Centenary Events
GB 891 RAS CEN-RAS CEN/2 · Series · 1923
Part of Royal Asiatic Society: Centenary

Printed material created in connection with events held to mark the Centenary of the Royal Asiatic Society. Many of these are duplicates of material in RAS CEN/1.

Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland
Administrative Documents
GB 891 RAS LEC4-RAS LEC4/5-RAS LEC4/5/3 · Subseries · 1980 - 1989
Part of Royal Asiatic Society Lectures and Events: General Meetings, Lectures and Book Launches

Administrative documents concerned with Lectures and General Meetings:

  • Advertising documents and correspondence concerned with the Royal Asiatic Society's celebration of the bicentenary of the Asiatic Society of Bengal which took place at the General Meeting of 12 January 1984 with Sir Cyril Philips lecturing on 'The Young Wellington in India'. There was also a lecture held at the British Library, given by Garland Cannon, on 14 March 1984, in connection with their exhibition, 'Sir William Jones and the Asiatic Society of Bengal', which ran from 20 January - 29 April 1984. 14 items, dated 16 March 1978 - 3 July 1984.
  • 'Fabric of History', a newspaper article from the Evening Standard about the home of Philippa Scott. The article was kept as she pulled out of giving a lecture at short notice. Dated 21 December 1988.
  • Correspondence with Walid Arafat concerning his lecture, 2 items, dated 31 December 1988.
  • Letter from Helen Ballhatchett concerning her forthcoming lecture, 1 item, dated 4 March 1989.
  • Letter from Dr I. Raeside concerning his forthcoming lecture, 1 item, dated 24 October 1989.
  • Biographical Notes for Christopher Aslet, 3 items, dated 11 December 1989.
Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland