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Letter from Norman Mosley Penzer to Miss Sykes to inform her that at a special committee meeting of the Burton Memorial Fund on 10th January it was resolved that after the die for the triennial medal had been purchased, then the Memorial fund balance and responsibility for the Medal is to be handed over to the Royal Asiatic Society.

Four items of published material relating to the inauguration of the Burton Memorial Medal.

"Burton Memorial Fund" - a printed pamphlet to advertise the Burton Memorial Fund and ask for subscriptions. The front cover bears a portrait of Burton from the Royal Geographical Society Collections.

Two casts for the Burton Memorial Medal. One side has the head of Burton and the inscription "SIR RICHARD BURTON. KCMG. 1821-1890" and the other side has a laurel wreath and the inscriptions "RICHARD BURTON MEMORIAL MEDAL" and "PRESENTED TO" with space for the recipients name. One is a complete medal, the other is in two halves each with one side plain and the other in the form of the medal.

The material in this series consists of correspondence concerning the conferment of the Medal and some newspaper cuttings about Bertram Thomas.

Letter from D.S. Margoliouth to Colonel Hoysted, Secretary of Royal Asiatic Society, in which he notifies Colonel Hoysted that N.M. Penzer and Mr Gibb have been invited to form the Burton Memorial Medal Committee for the 1931 award. He writes about inscriptions which have now been deciphered and also discusses whether a Dr Nielsen's paper might be unpublishable due to its polemic.

Letter from Colonel Hoysted, Secretary of Royal Asiatic Society, to Miss M. Christabel Draper in which he agrees to send a ticket to the lecture when the date is confirmed

Letter from E.S.M Perowne to Colonel Hoysted, Secretary of Royal Asiatic Society, in which he recommends that the Committee opt for the better medal and case so that it might assume a greater importance. He suggests that the decision should rest with the President of the Society. An annotation shows that the President agreed with commissioning the better medal.

Three newspaper cuttings concerned with Bertram Thomas' journey across Rub' al Khali.

Three notes in the Secretary of the Royal Asiatic Society, Colonel Hoysted's hand. These are:

• Note on 1934 selection committee appointed by the Council.
• Note on Council Meeting of 12 April 1934 when no suggestions were given for a suitable recipient to be awarded the medal.
• Note to state that at the meeting of 14 June 1934 the name of Miss Freya Stark was recommended by the Committee.