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Persian Literature: A Bio-bibliographical Survey Volume II was divided into 3 parts. Only the first of these was published within Storey's lifetime. After the Royal Asiatic Society received Storey's bequest it was decided to continue publishing his volumes. They employed Mrs Ann Walsh to undertake the work supervised by James Douglas Pearson (Part 2) and G.M. Meredith -Owens (Part 3). The parts were published:

• Vol. II, pt. 1. A. Mathematics. B. Weights and Measures. C. Astronomy and Astrology. D. Geography, London, 1958 [pp. 1-192]
• Vol. II, pt. 2. E. Medicine (prepared for publication by Ann Walsh and J. D. Pearson), London: Luzac and Co., 1971 [pp. 193-346]
• Vol. II, pt. 3. F. Encyclopaedias and Miscellanies; G. Arts and Crafts; H. Science; J. Occult Arts (prepared for publication by Ann Walsh, with the assistance of G. M. Meredith-Owens), Leiden: Brill, 1977 [pp. 347-499]

The archival material in this series is concerned with the preparation and publication of this volume.

Charles Storey's main work was in collating the information for, and writing part of his bio-bibliographical survey of Persian Literature. Volume I is in 2 parts but was published in sections by Luzac & Co. Volume I covers Qurʾānic Literature; History and Biography and was originally published:

• Part 1, Sec. I: Qurʾānic Literature, London, 1927.
• Part 1, Sec. II: fasc. 1. A. General History. B. The Prophets and Early Islam, London, 1935.
• Part 1, Sec. II: fasc. 2. C-L. Special Histories of Persia, Central Asia and the remaining parts of the world except India, London, 1936.
• Part 1, Sec. II: fasc. 3. History of India, London, 1939..
• Part 2, Biography, Additions and corrections, Indexes, London, 1953.

The material in this series is concerned with the writing and publication of this volume:

• Volume I entries - handwritten descriptions which became the entries in Volume I. This is incomplete. The pages present are numbered, 87, 91, 93, 96, 101, 103, 118, 175, 202, 360, 308, 405, 408, 442-546, 548-718, 852, 871, 877, 887-888, 897, 900, 905, 1036-1106, 1114-1116, 1120-1121, 1129-1130, 1137-1140.
• Corrections for Volume I Part 1. These appeared in Part 2 - handwritten notes listing the corrections needed listed by page and line. The corrections only run to page 205 of the publication. The notes are page numbered but incomplete. Those present are 2-97, 100-126, 211-217, 220-221, 228-237, 245-254, 259-272, 295-299.
• Index for Volume I Part 1 - handwritten lists of entries 191-281. A note states that these were sent to Austin (publisher) on 22 August 1934.
• Draft of the opening pages of Part 1 plus other introductory pages. These are handwritten and numbered by Storey li-lxiii, lxv-lxxx, lxxxii-lxxxiii. They have been numbered in a different hand 4246, 4249-4261, 4263-4278, 4288-4289.
• Proof copy for pp.1-16, of Part I
• Complete proof copy for Part 2 with some handwritten annotations.
• Proof copies for parts of Volume I, Part 2. These have been annotated and dated as to their reading or return and consist of: pp. 781-796 dated 23 December 1946; pp. 893-924 dated 16 October 1947; pp. 925-941, 2 copies, dated 26 March 1947 NS 2 November 1950; pp. 941-988, dated 2 February 1948; pp. 989-1020, dated 23 February 1948; pp. 1021-1068, undated; pp.1069-1084, dated 10 November 1948; pp.1085-1164, dated 27 October 1950.

The Royal Asiatic Society put on an exhibition, "Persian and Indian Manuscripts and Paintings from the Collection of the Royal Asiatic Society", hosted by the British Museum. This material covers the organisation, publicity, correspondence and speech by the President connected with the Exhibition. In conjunction with the exhibition, the publication Persian Paintings in the Collection of the Royal Asiatic Society by B.W. Robinson was published. Most of the material concerning this publication is held within the publications archives but some publicity material is included in these Papers.

Pamphlet to advertise the exhibition "Persian and Indian Manuscripts and Paintings from the Collection of the Royal Asiatic Society" at the British Museum. Printed material with colour plates, 5 copies.

Author: W.E.D. Allen. Title: Russian Embassies. Section from Allen's book, pp.73-74 headed 'Persia and Caucasia' with some annotations.

Permission Release from Angus Graham to the University of Hawaii Press to publish his essay.

Permission from the General of police at Marseille for Thomas Manning to go to Toulon. Dated 27 fructidor an 10 (14 September 1802). Handwritten and stamped, 1 piece, 1 side

Catalogues and handlists for periodicals and newspapers in the Royal Asiatic Society's collections:

• 'Handlist of the Periodical Titles in the Library of the Royal Asiatic Society', ring bound pamphlet created June 1997.
• 'List of Newspapers Held in the R.A.S. Library, May 1998', computer printed, 10 pages.
• 'List of Current Periodicals on the Reading Room Shelves, 13th October 1998', computer printed, 10 pages.
• 'R.A.S. Periodical Holdings: Brief Details June 1997, Part rev. July 2001', computer printed, 52 pages.

Electronic documents - all these were created into archival documents in April 2024. Their original creation date is noted in the list.

• 'Bound Serials 7 June 1997' - created 05/07/2001.
• 'Current Periodicals List [1998]' - created 21/10/1998.
• 'R.A.S. Periodical Holdings: Brief Details June 1997. Part rev. July 2001. Rev July 2004' - created 11/03/2003.
• 'Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society 1940-2001, Alphabetical list of articles in JRAS by AUTHOR' - created 06/06/2002.

Pepita Seth received her Medal on 24 October 2023. The material associated is:

• Interview with Pepita Seth (2022 Burton Medal Recipient) - copy of a blogpost for 1 July 2022, archival electronic document created September 2024.
• Publicity Poster for conferment of the medal and Seth's lecture, 'In God's Mirror: The Theyyams of Malabar', 24 October 2023, 2 jpeg documents.
• Digital photographs of the lecture and receiving of the medal, 6 photographs.

Pencilled plan, with position in relation to Siwalapur and Dakkim with notes in Indian script on reverse. Undated.