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The 26th International Congress of Orientalists was held in New Delhi in 1963. These papers concern preparatory organisation. They are:

• Letter from the International Union of Orientalists to the Royal Asiatic Society to enclose the minutes of their meeting in Tokyo, October 1961, and the statutes of the Union. They ask for the Society's to remit their quota to enable the work towards the next Congress. Typed, dated 3 May 1962.
• Letter from the International Union of Orientalists to the Royal Asiatic Society to follow up on their letter of 3 May as they had not yet received a reply from the Society. Typed, dated 3 July 1962.

This series contains 2 copies of the printed notice about the Essay Competition and a letter from Professor W. Simon concerning one of the entries.

This series contains, the notice concerning the Prize Essay, correspondence and a copy of the Prize-winning essay.

Within this series there is correspondence concerning the conferment of the Medal and its Presentation and allied lecture; correspondence concerning the procurement of the Medal; correspondence with media; an invitation card for the Presentation; and newspaper cuttings.

The series consists of administrative notices and correspondence with potential candidates.

Correspondence and Printed Material regarding the award of the Burton Memorial Medal to Wilfred Patrick Thesiger, and his work.

The material available for Meetings of the Library Committee in the years 1967-1970. They consist of:

• List of Library Committee Members 1966
• Minutes of the First Meeting of the Library Committee, 10 March 1966
• Agenda for Library Committee, 8 June 1967
• Draft minutes of a meeting of the Library Committee, 8 June 1967
• Agenda for Library Committee Meeting, 20 June 1968
• Minutes for Library Committee Meeting, 20 June 1968
• Agenda for Library Committee Meeting, 15 September 1970
• Minutes for Library Committee Meeting, 15 September 1970

The 27th International Congress of Orientalists was held in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, in August 1967. The material concerned with this Congress includes administrative correspondence and organisation for the drinking horn (see RAS ICO/1) to be at the Congress.

The series consists of administrative correspondence and notices; and copies of the two prize-winning essays.

This series contains correspondence regarding the conferment of the Medal, correspondence regarding the purchase of the Medal; correspondence with media organisations; newspaper cuttings; and material concerning the death of Hamilton Gibb. See Related Material for further information