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Correspondence with Raymond Head mainly concerned with identification of artworks in the Society's Collections.

Correspondence with Garland Cannon:

• Draft letter from Raymond Head to Professor Cannon to ask for help in determining the provenance of the artworks that belonged to Sir William Jones in the Society's Collection. Dated 19 January 1983.
• Letter from Garland Cannon to Raymond Head to state that he was pleased to hear about the Jones' drawings at the Royal Asiatic Society and asks to be kept informed of progress in their cataloguing. He suggests contacting Ray Desmond at the India Office Library to find out more information. Dated 2 February 1983.

Letter from Richard A Howard, Professor of Dendrology, The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University, to Raymond Head to ask for Head's help with his work on Alexander Anderson, the second director of the botanical garden in St. Vincent.

Letter from the Librarian, Royal Society to Raymond Head to enclose a photocopy of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the India Office Library and to inform him that no manuscripts from William Jones remain at the Royal Society. The photocopy is with the letter.

These Papers were all produced in the compiling of the A Catalogue of the Paintings and Drawings in the Royal Asiatic Society, London. which was published by the Royal Asiatic Society in 1991. The material includes a manuscript proof, correspondence connected to the artworks of the Society, correspondence and lists for compiling the index, and notes and articles which Head collected and collated during his research.