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Letter from Louis H. Gray, Columbia University, expressing his gratitude for being elected as a Corresponding Member. dated 18 June 1941.

Two letters regarding the death of Sir Aurel Stein. First one from F. G. Kenyon, former President of the British Academy, replying to Richard Winstedt to state that the Academy has no intention of organising a memorial to Sir Aurel Stein, and that the Academy will become the trustees of a fund for archaeology under his will, dated 15 February 1944. The other from Sir E. D. Maclagan to Richard Winstedt, proposing options to commemorate the passing of Sir Aurel Stein, dated 8 March 1944.

Letter to Mohamed [Ibrahim] Ahmed informing him that he was elected a member, dated 13 October 1961. With the original envelop.

Letter from Bodhicari Upasika Jayasili (Reverend Mrs Jacquetta Gomes) enclosing details of Dr Balangoda Ananda Maitreya Mahanayaka Thera Agga Maha Pandita taken from Budumaga (Vol.1 No. 3, 1994), and proposing him as a member of the Society, dated 26 September 1994.

Letter from the Australian Honours Secretariat, seeking the Society’s view on Professor Anthony Crothers Milner’s achievements for their consideration of an award within the Order of Australia and enclosing a guideline for referees, dated 23 September 2005.

Since its early years, the Society has maintained the tradition of proposing foreigners of eminent attainments, rank or situation, or persons who have rendered distinguished service towards the attainment of the objects of the Society, to be an Honorary Member. The total number of Honorary Members was for many years limited to thirty according to the Rules of the Society. When a vacancy opened up, primarily due to death of members, the Council would propose and invite selected individuals to fill up the vacancy.

This sub-series contains correspondence regarding invitation of Honorary Membership as well as further correspondence between the Society and its Honorary Members. Most of the 19th-century correspondence did not survive in the archives.

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

The Society has, and continues to, run its membership on a subscription basis, with members paying different subscription rates according to their types of membership. Historically, the first payment of subscription was due on election, and then annually on the first date of January of each year. This series contains the bound volumes of ledgers recording these subscription payments from members. There is only one ledger dating to the 19th century, covering the period from 1823 to 1838. The remaining volumes date from 1924 to the late 20th century, and the volume for 1977-1988 is wanting.