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The records of the Gold Medal cover the institution of the medal and the conferment of the Honour in subsequent years. They include examples of the medal, the original Declaration of Trust, and subsequent printed version of the declaration, correspondence and newspaper cuttings. However there are not records for all instances of the presentation of the Medal. Researchers are advised to also examine the Council Minutes and the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society (both held in the RAS Collections) when researching concerning the Gold Medal and its recipients.

This series consists of correspondence between William Allen and Vladimir Minorsky. The material dates from later in Minrosky's life but he is still active in producing translations of material. Much of the correspondence concerns both his and Allen's work in translation. There is also a printed bibliography.

Letter from Professor Vladimir Minorsky to Sir Richard Winstedt, President of the Royal Asiatic Society, to thank him for the letter telling that he had been awarded the Society's Gold Medal which had arrived on his 85th birthday. In principle he accepts the date of 10th May for the presentation of the Medal but hopes to confirm later. Typed letter with printed letterhead, dated 12 February 1962.

Letter from V. Minorsky to W.E.D. Allen in which Minorsky writes of his shock on hearing of Allen's wife's operation and its repercussions. He writes concerning volume 2 of Gibb's publication, he has found volume 1 a useful work of reference. He writes that he is to go to London on the following day to receive the Triennial Gold Medal of the Royal Asiatic Society. Dated: 9 May 1962.