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Correspondence and a newspaper cutting concerned with the conferment of the Burton Memorial Award on Robert Bertram Serjeant.

Letters concerned with the conferment of the Burton Memorial Medal on Professor Robert Bertram Serjeant.

Letter from Professor R.B. Serjeant to Miss E.V. Gibson, Secretary of Royal Asiatic Society, to advise on the inscription he would prefer.

Letter from Professor R.B. Serjeant to Miss E.V. Gibson, Secretary of Royal Asiatic Society, to accept the honour of the award of the Medal and to write that he will need to confirm the lecture date after checking his travel plans. He also asks about the nature of the lecture he will have to deliver.

The Sir Richard Burton Medal – On 12 April 1921 the Council of the RAS agreed to found a Richard Burton memorial lecture in commemoration, that year, of the 100th anniversary of Burton's birth. A fund was established to finance the lecture and by 1923, £60 had been subscribed. It was decided in March 1923 that part of this would be used to fund the Burton Medal. This would be awarded to the person chosen to deliver the lecture, which was to deal with Burton, his travels or some suitable subject of exploration. The presentation and the lecture would take place triennially. The medal was designed in 1924 by Pinches, to be cast in silver and gilded. In practice those chosen to give the Burton lecture were expected to have undertaken exploration and research in the East, and more particularly in close association with local people, or in difficult circumstances. A fund was established to finance the lecture and by 1923, £60 had been subscribed. It was decided in March 1923 that part of this would be used to fund the Burton Medal.
This archive contains papers pertaining to the inauguration and awarding of the Sir Richard Burton Medal

The Papers includes:

• Correspondence
• Administrative documents
• Printed materials including newspaper articles
• Examples of the Medal
• Photographs