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Correspondence concerning organising a lecture at Winchester College. These are:

• Letter from B.W. Robinson, President, Royal Asiatic Society, to The Headmaster, Winchester College to thank for his letter about timings of the lecture and to suggest a talk about the Persian national epic, dated 23 May 1972.
• Letter from The Headmaster, Winchester College, to B.W. Robinson, President, Royal Asiatic Society, to inform that he will be in contact in the future concerning the date for the lecture, dated 2 June 1972.
• Letter from The Headmaster, Winchester College, to B.W. Robinson, President, Royal Asiatic Society, to suggest that the lecture is presented to the Archaeological Society in February or March of the following year, dated 11 October 1972.
• Letter from B.W. Robinson, President, Royal Asiatic Society, to The Headmaster, Winchester College to state his agreement with the Headmaster regarding the talk and that he would wait to hear about a date, dated 17 October 1972.

In 1973 the Royal Asiatic Society celebrated its Sesquicentenary (150 years). The archival material includes Planning committee administration; material connected with the various events held, exhibitions put on and publications produced in celebration of the occasion; and material concerned with fundraising for the Society.