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Correspondence with the Inland Revenue Valuation Office, (St. Marylebone Area), concerning the Exemption from Rating for Scientific and Literary Societies as defined by the Scientific Societies Act, 1945, and how this ruling affects the rates paid by the Royal Asiatic Society, 4 items, dated 12 February 1952 - 17 September 1952.

Correspondence concerned with the Journal sent and received in the 1950s and 1960s. These are:

• Correspondence concerning the publication of an article by the late Sir Ellis Minns on "Frozen Scythic Barrows". These include letters from [L.J] Lindgren to Sir Richard Winstedt, and William Watson, Assistant keeper, Department of Oriental Antiquities, British Museum, to Mrs Davis, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society. Four letters, dated 7 June 1954 - 15 February 1957. The last letter is annotated with a note to state that Dr Lindgren had failed to complete the editing of the article and more recent articles had now superseded its relevance.
• Letter from R.M.S. Morrison to Sir Richard Winstedt to thank him for agreeing to put the paper, "On the beginnings of the Ismaili Dawat in Northern India" by Dr. Abbas H. al-Hamdani before the Editorial Committee for possible publication in the Journal, dated 2 February 1956. With the letter is an extract from a letter by Dr al-Hamdani that Morrison had received.
• Letter from H. Ellinton to the Royal Asiatic Society, to enquire whether the Society had published a report on the excavations carried out by Dr Viola Pettit, dated 8 January 1957.
• Letter from K.A.C. Creswell to Sir Richard Winstedt complaining about the lack of reviews of his publications, dated 12 September 1962.
• Letter from Edward Ullendorff to D.M. Lang to inform that after the Conference in July he would be in a position to know which of the Ethiopic material would be relevant for the Journal, dated 11 April 1963.
• Correspondence concerning the printing of the article "Etudes d'Orientalisme dédiées à la mémoire de Lévi-Provencal". Three items, dated 18 November - 11 December 1963.
• Correspondence concerning an article by Mr. M. Abir which was considered to Asiatic for the Journal of African History and a subsequent later revised publication in Les Annales. Nine items, dated 18 February 1964- 9 November 1965.

Correspondence between the Society and the following Honorary Fellows dating from 1960s to 1970s. These are mostly internal and outgoing letters concerning issue of diploma and membership invitation, with replies from the members. For some, there is accompanying material such as biographies, copies of press release, news clippings, postcards and obituaries.

Elected 1945
Professor H. S. Nyberg

Elected 1946
Professor Georg Morgemdieme
Professor Gaston Wiet

Elected 1958
Professor S. C. A. Schaeffer
Professor K. A. Nilakanta Sastri
Professor E. Waldschmidt

Elected 1961
Professor J. Pedersen

Elected 1962
Professor Igor Michailovic Diakonoff, with additional letters regarding the Society's greetings of his 60th and 75th birthdays

Elected 1963
Professor Etienne Lamotte, with a notice of death

Elected 1964
Professor George Tsereteli

Elected 1967
Professor Vasily Invanovich Abaev
Professor Louis Legeti

Elected 1969
Dr Enrico Cerulli
Professor Annemarie von Gabain
Professor M. B. Emeneau

Elected 1970
Professor Paul Wittek
Professor William F. Albright
Professor H. J. Polotsky

Elected 1971
Dr Gunnar Jarring

Elected 1974
Dr C. Sivaramamurti
Professor Mujtaba Minovi
Professor Nikolay Aleksandrovich Baskakov

Elected 1975
Professor Andrey Nikolayevich Kononov
Professor Giuseppe Tucci, with additional correspondence with the Buckingham Palace
Professor George C. Miles
Professor I. Stchoukine
Professor Murad Kamil
Professor Suniti Kumar Chatterji
Professor Gordon A. Calver (as Fellow honoris causa)
Dr John Hansman (as Fellow honoris causa)

Other correspondence:

• Three letters from Eric C. Naylor nominating Dr Alan E. Haw to be elected an Honorary Member, dated April 1965, October 1967 and December 1968, and replies from the Society. 8 pieces.
• Letter from V. P. Rehbar concerning application to be sent for Honorary Fellowship and the Society’s publication scheme, dated June 1966. 1 piece. Note that V. P. Rehbar’s name did not appear in the list of members
• Letter from Shri Vidhata applying to be an Honorary Fellow of the society, with details of qualifications, dated January 1967. 3 pieces
• Letter from P. S. Belvalkar informing the Society of the death of his father, Dr S. K. Belvalkar (elected 1946), dated March 1967. 2 pieces
• Letter from Professor J. Gonda from the Netherlands informing the Society of the death of Professor R. Heine-Geldern (elected 1946) and Professor F. D. K Bosch (elected 1948), and reply from the Society, dated January 1969. 2 pieces
• Telegram from Jacques Ryckmans informing the Society of the death of Monsignor Gonzague Ryckmans (elected 1948), including a printed obituary, [September 1969]. 2 pieces
• Letters regarding the nomination of Professor Hsia Nai (Xia Nai), Deputy Head of the Delegation of Archaeological Finds of the People’s Republic of China, 1973-1974; Professor Hsia Nai’s reply declining the nomination, dated February 1975; and a subsequent letter, from Dr Michael Loewe, regarding the renewal of the invitation. Hsia Nai was re-nominated as an Honorary Fellow in the Council meeting on 13 June 1985, only a few days before his death. 8 pieces
• Letters from Professor Edward Ullendorff, proposing Professor Sabatino Moscati and Professor C. H. Gordon to be new Honorary Fellows, dated 13 October 1973 and 28 January 1974. 4 pieces

Correspondence from the 1960s. This contains:

• Correspondence with Price Waterhouse & Co. concerning creating separate trust funds for staff pensions and dilapidation of the Society's property, 4 pieces, typed, dated 24 January 1964 - 25 May 1964.
• Correspondence with the Royal Society and British Academy regarding rate relief for the Royal Asiatic Society and obtaining a grant from the British Academy to compensate for the change in rates, 35 pieces, typed, dated 30 April 1964 - 29 January 1970.
• Correspondence with Price Waterhouse & Co. concerning enquiries made by the Chief Inspector of Claims concerning new investments made by the Society, 2 pieces, typed, dated 16 November 1967 - 17 November 1967.

Correspondence from the period 1961-1980:

• Correspondence from the British Academy to inform of grants of £500 and £300 to cover bills for binding at the Royal Asiatic Society. Typed, 4 pieces, dated 22 May 1963 - 28 May 1964.
• Correspondence from the Survey of Manuscripts on Asia and Africa in the British Isles concerning the Society's contributions. Typed, 5 pieces, dated 12 -25 May 1965.
• Letter from A.H. Bivar, Royal Asiatic Society President, to Diane Crawford, Royal Asiatic Society Secretary, concerning gaining a grant from the newly-projected British Library for the support the Society has given historically to the National Central Library. Typed, 1 piece, dated 4 June 1972.
• Letter from the Historical Records Project, British Library of Political and Economic Science, London School of Economics, concerning a visit to see the Society's records which would help in compilation of their reports. Typed, 1 piece, dated 30 May 1973.
• Letter from the Ford Foundation, New York, to inform that the Society has been given a grant for renovation of the library and study rooms, and conservation of manuscripts and books. Typed, 3 pieces, dated 30 April 1975.
• Report from the Security Advisor to Museums and Galleries in the UK, and accompanying letter, concerning the Royal Asiatic Society's premises at Queen Anne Street. Typed, 3 pieces, dated 12-18 November 1976.
• Correspondence with Austin Coates concerning his publications being part of the Society's Collections. Typed with handwritten annotations, 5 pieces, dated 21 March - 5 April 1977.
• Correspondence concerning damage to books due to flooding in the Society's basement at Queen Anne Street. Typed, 2 pieces, dated 5-18 September 1979.
• Letter from John Hansman to inform that he is leaving a print of the Thatched House Tavern (site of the inaugural meeting of the Society) and that he is seeking alternative accommodation for his books currently stored at the Society. Typed, 1 piece, 2 September [1976].

Letters regarding the Society’s invitation to various foreign diplomats and monarchs to become its Foreign Extraordinary Fellows, including:

• Outgoing letter to and reply from General Honkon Lee, Ambassador of the Korean Embassy, accepting the invitation. 2 pieces, dated 22-27 February 1963
• Outgoing copy invitation letters the Soviet Union Ambassador, Kuwait Ambassador and Jordanian Ambassador, with the Jordanian Ambassador’s one marked ‘rejected 2 months ago’. 3 pieces, all dated 2 January 1967
• Outgoing letter to and reply from Zeki Kuneralp, Turkish Ambassador, accepting the invitation. 2 pieces, dated 23 February-1 March 1971
• Letters to the Ethiopian Ambassador and from Professor Edward Ullendorff regarding the invitation to the Emperor of Ethiopia. 5 pieces, 23 February-3 December 1971
• Condolence message to the Royal Swedish Embassy for the death of King Gustaf VI Adolf, a Foreign Extraordinary Member of the Society for 18 years, with subsequent letters and a telegram regarding his memorial service in Westminster Abbey. Includes further printed material regarding the memorial service, including an admission card, a copy of the order or service and a news clipping. 10 pieces and 1 booklet, 18-24 September 1973
• Letter from Prince Mikasa of Japan, accepting the invitation and related correspondence. 3 pieces, 8-16 May 1975
• Letter from Phan Wannamethee, Thai Ambassador, accepting the invitation. 1 piece, 19 February 1979
• Outgoing letter to and reply from Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, son of Aga Khan III, accepting the invitation. 3 pieces, dated 20 June-7 October 1991
• Letter from Dr A. A. Shareef, Tanzanian High Commissioner, accepting the invitation, with related correspondence from Dr G. S. P. Freeman-Grenville and Dr. D. W. Mac Dowall regarding the background of Shareef, and an enclosed CV of Shareef for the Society’s reference. 7 pieces, 24 July 1996-16 January 1997
• Letter from Zeng Rong, Secretary to Chinese Ambassador to the UK, expressing the Ambassador's appreciation of the possibility of becoming an honorary member and enquiring for more information. 1 piece, 18 March 1999. Ambassador Ma Zhengang was elected as a Foreign Extraordinary Fellow in 1999

• Letter from Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to Treasurer, International Union of Orientalists, to send the Society's contribution, dated 7 October 1965.
• Letter from Treasurer, International Union of Orientalists, to Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to confirm receipt of the money, dated 14 October 1965.

Letter from Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to Treasurer, International Union of Orientalists, to send the Society's contribution, dated 24 October 1966.

• Letter to Sir Harold Bailey to inquire whether Louis Bazin is still the Treasurer of the International Union of Orientalists, dated 20 February 1968.
• Letter from Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to Treasurer, International Union of Orientalists, to send the Society's contribution, dated February 1968.

Correspondence from 1968 and 1969. These are:

Letter from S.K. Mitra, General Secretary, Asiatic Society, to the Secretary, Royal Central Asiatic Society to inform that Professor Dr. N.N. Das Gupta is going to Europe and they would like to take this opportunity of strengthening bonds with the Society. Dated 5 September 1968.

Letter from S.K. Mitra, General Secretary, Asiatic Society, to the Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society to give the academic qualifications of Dr Chatterjee. Dated 12 March 1969.