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Correspondence with the Inland Revenue Chief Inspector of Taxes and Price Waterhouse & Co., concerning the investment of the B.C. Trust Fund, 2 items, dated 29 April 1970 - 15 May 1970.

Sample correspondence from 1971-1980:

• Correspondence with the South Asian Studies Association concerning exchange of their journal, South Asia. Typed, 2 pieces, dated 18 August -7 December 1971.
• Letter from the Archaeological Survey of India to inform the Society will continue to receive Epigraphia Indica and the Annual Report on Indian Epigraphy. Typed, 1 piece, dated 18 July 1972.
• Correspondence from A.D.H. Bivar concerning the National Central Library becoming a subscribing library. Typed, 2 pieces, dated 7 October 1972.
• Correspondence with Deutsche Staatbibliothek concerning exchange of publications. Typed, 2 pieces, dated 2 November - 4 December 1973.
• Letter to the Association pour l'avancement des Etudes iranniennes concerning an exchange for their journal, Studia Iranica. Typed, 1 piece, dated 19 July 1974.
• Correspondence with the Centre de Documentation et de Recherches sur l'Asie du Sud-Est et le Monde Insulindien, Paris, concerning exchange for their journal. Typed, 2 pieces, dated 17 June - 10 September 1974.
• Correspondence with the Library of the Academy of Sciences of the GSSR concerning exchange of publications. Typed and printed, 2 pieces, dated 4 July - 11 September 1974.
• Letter from the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives, Himachal Pradesh, India, thanking the Society for their donation of publications and sending their own The Tibet Journal. Typed, 1 piece, dated 22 October 1975.
• Correspondence with the Sultanate of Oman concerning exchange with their publication the Journal of Omani Studies. Typed, 8 pieces, dated 15 January 1976 - 12 July 1978.
• Correspondence concerning the exchange of Studia Iranica. Typed, 5 pieces, dated 3 January - 29 April 1977.
• Letter from the Intercultural Research Institute, Kansai University, Osaka, Japan, concerning the exchange of their journal the Journal of Intercultural Studies. Typed, 1 piece, date 21 January 1977.
• Letter from the National Library of Peking (Beijing), China, concerning an exchange with the Royal Asiatic Society. With the letter are lists of possible publications for exchange. Typed and printed, 7 pieces, dated 10 February 1977.
• Letter from the Institute of Ethnology, Taiwan, concerning exchange of their journal the Bulletin of the Institute of Ethnology. Typed, 1 piece, dated 24 February 1977.
• Letter from the University of Buenos Aires concerning possible exchange of journals. Typed in Spanish with handwritten English translation, dated 11 March 1977.
• Correspondence with the Bihar Research Society concerning missing volumes in the exchange. Typed, 2 pieces, dated 2 February - 12 July 1978.
• Correspondence with the American Historical Association concerning an exchange with the American Historical Review. Typed, 3 pieces, dated 6 March - 15 June 1978.
• Correspondence with the Archaeological Survey of India concerning missing volumes in the exchange process. Typed, 2 pieces, dated 13 April -17 July 1978.
• Letter from the American Schools of Oriental Research concerning a breakdown in receipt of Journals. Typed, 1 piece, dated 8 August 1979.
• Correspondence concerning an exchange with institutions in Leningrad. Typed and handwritten, 2 pieces, dated October 1980 - 15 June 1981.

Correspondence concerned with the Journal sent and received in the 1970s and 1980s. These are:

• Correspondence between the Royal Asiatic Society, W.E.D. Allen and Professor G.A. Daniyalov, Vice-President of the Daghestan Filiale of the Soviet Academy of Sciences concerning asking Daniyalov to write an article for the Journal on his archaeological discoveries at the Aul of Arakanee in the distirct of Kumukh, Central Daghestan. 7 letters, dated 8 November 1971 - 22 May 1972.
• Correspondence concerned with a specially bound edition of the Journal in honour of Sir Mortimer Wilson for His Imperial Majesty, Mohammed Reza Shah Pahlavi. Two letters, dated 15 and 23 June 1972.
• Correspondence between the Royal Asiatic Society and Anthony R. Walker concerned with the possible publication of his paper on the Red Lahu people in the hills of northern Thailand. 3 letters, dated 2 - 21 February 1972.
• Correspondence between the Royal Asiatic Society, F.R.C. Bagley, Mrs M.N. Bagley and C.E. Bosworth concerned with the possible publication of an article by F.R.C. Bagley, Lecturer in Persian Studies, University of Durham, about Khuzestan, written after a visit to the region. 5 letters, dated 28 October - 4 December 1972.
• Correspondence between Friedhelm Hardy and Simon Digby concerned with the possible publication of Hardy's article on Madhavendra Puri. 2 letters, dated 2 -13 November 1972.
• Letter from Charles Beckingham, Hon. Editor, to Dennis Duncanson, Chairman of the Publications Committee, regarding the possible payment of book reviewers. He also suggests that David Morgan might be a suitable candidate to work alongside him, and then replace him as Editor of the Journal. 1 letter, dated 10 April 1984.

• Letter from Treasurer, International Union of Orientalists, to Royal Asiatic Society to ask for the membership dues not yet received for 1972, dated 10 February 1973.
• Letter from Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to Treasurer, International Union of Orientalists, to send money due, dated 27 February 1973.

• Letter from Treasurer, International Union for Oriental and Asian Studies, to Royal Asiatic Society to ask for the membership dues for 1974, dated 26 September 1974.
• Letter from Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to Treasurer, International Union for Oriental and Asian Studies, to send money due, dated 22 October 1974.

• Letter from Treasurer, International Union for Oriental and Asian Studies, to Dr. A.D.H. Bivar, Royal Asiatic Society, to ask for membership dues; to inform regarding the appointment of the Vice-President of the Union as President of the International Council for Philosophy and Humanistic Studies; to bring to attention that UNESCO were preparing contracts with the Union for research; and to give dates of the forthcoming General Assembly in Mexico City in 1976. Dated 6 November 1975.
• Letter from Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to Treasurer, International Union for Oriental and Asian Studies, to submit the Society's membership fees for 1975, and to ask further details of the contracts for research being prepared by UNESCO. Dated 12 January 1976.
• Letter from Treasurer, International Union for Oriental and Asian Studies, to Royal Asiatic Society to thank for membership fees and to give more information regarding the research contracts. Dated 21 January 1976.

• Letter from Treasurer, International Union for Oriental and Asian Studies, to Royal Asiatic Society to ask for membership dues and to send a report from the Secretary General and amended statutes, dated 29 November 1976. A copy of the statutes is with the letter.
• Letter from Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to send membership dues, dated 14 December 1976.

• Letter from Treasurer, International Union for Oriental and Asian Studies, to Royal Asiatic Society to ask for membership dues, dated 28 September 1977.
• Letter from Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to Treasurer, International Union for Oriental and Asian Studies, to inform that at the last Council meeting of the Society it was decided that the Society wished to tender its resignation from the International Union for Oriental and Asian Studies, dated 15 November 1977.

Correspondence between the Society and its Honorary Members dating from the mid-1970s to early 2000s. These are mostly letters concerning suggestions for candidates, proposals for Council and membership invitation, with replies from the members.

Elected 1975
Professor Nikolai Aleksandrovich Baskakov

Elected 1978
Professor Paul Balog
Professor Joshua Blau
Professor Claude Cahen
Professor Kazuo Enoki
Professor Inalcik Halil
Professor Tadeusz Lewicki
Professor Hajime Nakamura
Professor H. K. Sherwani
Professor D. E. Hettiaratchi

Elected 1984
Professor Sukumar Sen

Elected 1985
Mr Hirad C. Chaudhuri
Professor Juan Vernet Gines
Professor M. C. Subhadradis Diskul
Professor B. N. Mukherjee
Academician M. I. Useinov

Elected 1991
Dr Ivan Hrbek
Professor Erik Zurcher
Professor Tatsuro Yamamoto
Professor Walther Heissig
Professor Jonas C. Greenfield
Professor A. K. Narain
Professor Ahmad Hasan Dani
Dr Firoze M. Kotwal
Professor A. A. Duri
Professor David Ayalon
Professor Jane Aubin
Mrs Eveline Poree-Maspero (already passed away at the time of invitation)
Elizabeth Samson

Elected 1993
Professor Dieter Schlingloff
Dr Parmeshwari Lal Gupta
Professor Paul Thieme
The Reverend Professor Michele Piccirillo

Elected 1998
Mr Hugh Bett (Fellow honoris causa)
Dr Robert Jones (Fellow honoris causa)

Other correspondence:

• Letter from A. D. H. Bivar informing the Society of the death of Professor Emile Benveniste (elected 1946), dated March 1977
• Letters from Mr J Nagar nominating M. M. Nagar, former Director of State Museum and Archaeology in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, as a Honorary Fellow, with details of his qualifications, and reply from the Society, dated April 1977
• Letter from Jean Naudou, Professor of Sanskrit and Indian Civilisation at University of Lille III, informing the Society of the death of Professor Philippe Stern (elected 1948), dated May 1979
• Letter from Denis Sinor, Distinguished Professor of Uralic-Altaic Studies at Indiana University, informing the Society of the death of Professor W. Norman Brown (elected 1952), Deny and S. Elisseef (elected 1955), dated January 1980
• Letter from S. K. Punjya from University of Warwick recommending Juan Mascaro, a Sanskrit scholar, as an Honorary Fellow, with a memorandum from Professor J. C. Wright from SOAS giving his opinion on Juan Mascaro, 1985-1986
• Documents relating to proposal for Honorary Fellows 1994, including a letter from Dr G. S. P. Freeman-Grenville, proposing architect Isam Awwad (also a RAS member), with a relevant news clipping; and a CV of Professor Gregory Bongard-Levin. With a note saying ‘not yet considered’
• Letter from A. D. H. Bivar relaying a request from Professor A. H. Dani for possible consideration of Professor Mohammad Salim as an Honorary Member, with details of qualifications, dated January 2004

Correspondence with the Inland Revenue Claims Branch concerning the changes in the Deed of Covenants for the Society, 8 pieces, dated 1 February 1980 - 1 May 1980, typed and handwritten.