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Wax impression of Richard Burton’s “joke” seal with accompanying sketch of seal by Bernadette Rivett. The motto states:’Don't you wish you may get it’.

In correspondence held in the Royal Asiatic Society Library Archives, Mary S. Lovell suggests that the wax seal was produced by one side of a three-sided seal device made for Burton. One side carried the Burton arms, the second the Burton motto and the third was the thumb to nose cartoon found within this archive. Burton gave it to his cousin George Burton, with the advice to use it when he wrote to a 'damned snob'. Present whereabouts of the seal is unknown.

Drawings of copper plates and inscriptions found at Bhandoop in Salsette, the drawings were made around 1850.

Photocopy of an article from History Today , August 1998, entitled "In Honour of the Royal Asiatic Society", advertising and reviewing the Exhibition.

Newspaper article, 'In Memory of Marshal Georgi Zhukov', accompanied by details of his funeral. From Soviet News, 2 July 1974.

Page 105, beginning with "in regard to the religions..." Typed copy of text.

In the car, thinking while she drives, draft of a poem by Angus Graham.

"In the Marshes of Iraq" - an article by Wilfred Thesiger within Aramco World for November-December 1966.

Correspondence and administrative documents concerned with the setting up of the Denis Sinor Medal. These are:

• Letter from Denis Sinor, Distinguished Emeritus Professor, to an unknown recipient to enquire regarding the instigation of a triennial gold medal for a major work published on an Inner Asian subject, the medal being in memory of his time serving the Royal Asiatic Society as the Honorary Secretary. He asks the recipient to discover whether such a suggestion might be welcome by the Council. Typed with handwritten annotations, 1 piece, undated.
• Letter from A.D.H. Bivar, President, Royal Asiatic Society, to David Morgan to ask his opinion of a letter from Denis Sinor concerning his instructions for the medal. Typed, 1 piece, dated 15 July 1991.
• Letter from David Morgan to A.D.H. Bivar with his opinion that he would welcome the award as someone strongly interested in Central Asia and he advises to continue the dialogue with Sinor concerning the details of the award. Handwritten, 1 piece, dated 22 July 1991.
• Letter from Terence Mullaly, President, British Art Medal Society, to Professor A.D.H. Bivar to send the details of the medallist Jacqueline Stieger. With the letter is am article concerning the T.E. Lawrence centenary commemorative medal designed by Stieger. Typed, 2 pieces, dated 24 July 1991.
• Letter from Denis Sinor to A.D.H. Bivar to inform he is still very interested in the medal and will be in London in January when they could discuss the issue. Typed, 1 piece, dated 7 January 1992.
• Letter from A.D.H. Bivar to Denis Sinor to inform of the proposals accepted by the Council concerning the medal. Typed, 1 piece, dated 9 January 1992.
• Letter from A.D.H. Bivar to Denis Sinor to inform of estimates for the medal and of the need to formalise the design. Typed, 1 piece, dated 20 February 1992.
• Letter from Denis Sinor to A.D. H. Bivar to inform of his preferred design and to give his thanks to the Council. Typed, 1 piece, dated 28 February 1992.
• Letters from Lydia Collins, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to Joan Bellamy, J.R. Gaunt & Son Ltd., and F.G. Custerton, Royal Mint, to give full details of the medal and ask for a written quotation to produce five. Typed, 2 pieces, dated 5 March 1992.
• Letter from Jonathan Hellings Kiff, Royal Mint, to Lydia Collins to send the quotation. Typed with handwritten annotations, dated 16 March 1992.
• Letter from Joan Bellamy, J.R. Gaunt & Son, to provide the quotation. Typed with handwritten annotations, date 19 March 1992.
• Letter from M. Luton, Sales Manager, Toye, Kenning & Spencer (Birmingham) Ltd., to provide a quotation. Typed,1 piece, dated 20 March 1992.
• Letter from Lydia Collins to Denis Sinor to send him the written estimates. These are with the letter. Typed, 2 pieces, dated 31 April 1992.
• Letter from Denis Sinor to Lydia Collins to advise to accept the Royal Mint estimate. Typed, 1 piece, dated 6 April 1992.
• Letter from Lydia Collins, to J.H. Kiff, Royal Mint to give the Society's preference for the medal and a cheque to cover 90% of the costs. The designs are with the letter. Typed, 3 pieces, dated 6 May 1992.
• Letter from Jonathan Kiff to Lydia Collins to send a modified design. Typed, 2 pieces, 13 May 1992.
• Letter from Lydia Collins to Johnathan Kiff to send further suggestions for the medal. Typed 2 pieces, dated 19 May 1992.
• Letter from Jonathan Kiff to Lydia Collins to send a further modified design. Typed, 2 pieces, 28 May 1992.
• Letter from Lydia Collins to Johnathan Kiff to send one further suggestion for the medal. Typed 1 piece, dated 3 June 1992.
• Letter from Jonathan Kiff to Lydia Collins to send a further modified design. Typed, 2 pieces, 19 June 1992.
• Letter from Lydia Collins to Jonathan Kiff to ask him to proceed with production of the plaster cast. Typed, 1 piece, dated 25 June 1992.
• Letter from David Morgan to A.D.H. Bivar to enclose a letter from Denis Sinor in which Sinor gives some suggestions for the first recipient of the Medal. Sinor's letter is with this one. Handwritten and typed, 3 pieces, dated 1 - 23 July 1992.
• Letter from A.D.H. Bivar to Denis Sinor to acknowledge he has seen the letter Sinor sent to David Morgan and to also write about the possibility of Sinor delivering a lecture at the Society. Typed, 1 piece, dated 13 July 1992.
• Letter from Jonathan Kiff to Lydia Collins to send two photographs of the plaster model. Typed, 1 piece, dated 12 August 1992.
• Letter from Lydia Collins to Jonathan Kiff to return one of the photographs signed and dated as approved. Typed, 1 piece, dated 10 September 1992.
• Letter from Denis Sinor to A.D.H. Bivar to inform he will probably be unable to deliver a lecture. He wonders if the medal has been minted. Typed, 1 piece, dated 22 September 1992.
• Three black and white photographs, 1 transparency and two slides of the medal.

Correspondence and administrative documents concerned with the inauguration and commissioning of the medal. These are:

• 'Gold Medals - Memorandum to House and Events Committee, for 11 May 2000', memorandum from Giles Tillotson, Director, Royal Asiatic Society, setting out his suggestion for the procedure for awarding the new medal. Typed, 1 piece, undated.
• Letter from Farrokh Vajifdar to Giles Tillotson to explain his thoughts regarding the new medal. Typed, 2 pieces, dated 11 February 2000.
• Letter from Dr G.S.P. Freeman-Grenville to Giles Tillotson to thank for his letter and the memorandum and to express his opinion regarding the medal. Typed, 1 piece, dated 14 February 2000.
• Copy of an email from Luke Syson, British Museum, to Rachel Ward, Council Member, Royal Asiatic Society, to provide a list of potential medallists to create the new medal for the Society, Typed, 1 piece, dated 16 May 2000.
• 'Proposed Procedure for the new Royal Asiatic Society Award (replacing the former Gold Medal)' - memorandum from Giles Tillotson concerning the procedure for selection for recipients for the new medal. Typed, 1 piece, dated November 2000.
• Copy of an email from Rachel Ward to Giles Tillotson to give details of approximate costing for the medal and her preferences for its style. Typed, 1 piece, dated 9 February 2001.
• Copy of an email from Giles Tillotson to Rachel Ward to thank her for her help and suggest she writes a memorandum for the next House and Events Committee meeting giving the details of the costings. Typed, 1 piece, dated 14 February 2001.
• Copy of an letter from Rachel Ward to Danuta Solowiej-Wedderburn, Medallist, to express the Society's interest in possibly commissioning the design of a Medal from her. Typed, 1 piece, dated 16 February 2001.
• Letter from Danuta Solowiej-Wedderburn to Rachel Ward to thank her for the invitation to submit her portfolio. She provides provisional costings and enclose a portfolio catalogue and cards. Typed, 1 piece, dated 6 April 2001. The portfolio and catalogue are with the letter. These are printed and computer printed.
• 'Medal for the Royal Asiatic Society Award' - memorandum from Rachel Ward for the Events and House Committee concerning possible medallists and their costs. Typed, 1 piece, dated 27 April 2001. (On the reverse of this is a further copy of Rachel Ward's letter to Danuta Solowiej-Wedderburn, dated 16 February 2001.)
• Letter from Rachel Ward to Danuta Solowiej-Wedderburn to ask for drawings ready for the next committee meeting on 27 September 2001. She also encloses the Society's lecture programme and gives some suggestions re the design of the medal. Typed, 1 piece, dated 25 May 2001.
• Letter from Danuta Solowiej-Wedderburn to Rachel Ward to send designs for the medal. Typed, 1 piece, dated 23 September 2001. With the letter are 10 sheets of designs.
• Letter from Danuta Solowiej-Wedderburn to Rachel Ward to send a design in progress and ask for comments. Typed, 1 piece, dated 8 November 2001.
• Letter from Danuta Solowiej-Wedderburn to Rachel Ward to send a plaster model ready for casting. Typed with handwritten annotation by Rachel Ward, 1 piece, dated 25 November 2001.
• Letter from Danuta Solowiej-Wedderburn to Rachel Ward to send an invoice for her work and to inform that the Medal and Coins Department at the British Museum is interested in purchasing a copy. Typed, 1 piece, dated 5 January 2002.
• Copy of an email from Giles Tillotson to Adrian Thomas, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to suggest a timetable regarding the procedure for the award of the new medal. Typed, 1 piece, dated 18 February 2002.
• Letter from Danuta Solowiej-Wedderburn to Rachel Ward to detail the results of her investigations into foundries and to give costs for production of 6 medals. Typed, 1 piece, dated 6 March 2002.
• Copies of emails between Rachel Ward and Philip Attwood, British Museum, concerning the possible purchase of a medal by the museum. Typed, 1 piece, dated 13 May 2002.
• Copies of emails between Danuta Solowiej-Wedderburn, Rachel Ward and Adrian Thomas regarding payment for the medals. Typed, 1 piece, dated 13 and 19 December 2002.
• 'Commissioning a medal: celebration and reward' - copy of an article from British Arts Medal which features the new Royal Asiatic Society medal. Photocopy, 2 pieces, dated 2002.
• Letter from Danuta Solowiej-Wedderburn to Rachel Ward to enclose one bronze cast of the medal and invoice for five. Typed, 1 piece, dated 5 November 2003. The invoice is with the letter. Handwritten, 2 pieces, dated 5 November and as paid 11 November 2003.
• Copy of an email from Rachel Ward to Alison Ohta, Director, Royal Asiatic Society to provide a description of the Royal Asiatic Society Medal. Typed, 1 piece, dated 11 December 2003.

There is also a bronze cast of the Medal within a presentation case.

The material in this series covers the inauguration of the medal including the original Declaration of Trust and examples of the Medal. There is also an offprint of an article from the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1984, "The Emblems, Medals and Medallists of the Royal Asiatic Society" by John Hansman, which contains information pertinent to researchers of the Triennial Gold Medal.