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GB 891 RAS SESQ-RAS SESQ/16-RAS SESQ/16/5 · File · 1972 - 1975
Part of Royal Asiatic Society: Sesquicentenary

Correspondence concerning American Contributions. These fall into three areas:

  • Correspondence concerning funding from the Rockefeller Foundation including correspondence between B.W. Robinson, President of Royal Asiatic Society, and C.H. Philips, Director of SOAS; correspondence by John Hansman; and correspondence from the Rockefeller Foundation; 8 items.
  • Correspondence mainly with Professor R. Bayly Winder concerning American contributions to the Sesquicentenary Appeal, 38 items.
  • Correspondence concerning gaining tax exemption for the donations, 20 items.
Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland
GB 891 RAS SESQ · Fonds · 1966 - 1979

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.

Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1823- London, England