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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.

Documents and correspondence concerned with the initial bequest and how it should be applied. These are:

• 'Excerpt from Trust Disposition and Settlement of Major-General James George Roche Forlong, of No. 11, Douglas Crescent, Edinburgh, dated 3rd March, 1898' - copy of the terms of the bequest to the Royal Asiatic Society along with those of two codicils, dated 22 February 1901 and 28 October 1902. Typed, 3 pieces.
• Letter from Martin, Milligan and Macdonald to the Royal Asiatic Society informing of the death of Mrs Lavinia Forlong and that as her executors they wish to inform the Society of her bequest of a portrait in oil of General Forlong which they will despatch to the Society. They also act for General Forlong's trustees and will write further concerning his bequest. This letter is annotated, 'Portrait received 15th Sept, Acknowledged 16th Sept'. Typed, 1 piece, dated 8 September 1913.
• Letter from Martin, Milligan and Macdonald to the Royal Asiatic Society to ask whether the Government or other parties had decided to create a School for the study of Oriental languages. Typed, 1 piece, dated 10 October 1913.
• Copy of a letter from Charlotte Hughes, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to Martin, Milligan and Macdonald to send documents concerning the possibility of setting up of a School. She also informs that a building in Finsbury Circus is being prepared. Handwritten, 1 piece, dated 17 October 1913.
• Letter from Martin, Milligan and Macdonald to Charlotte Hughes, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to thank for her letter and reports and to note she will send the latest report. Typed, 1 piece, dated 18 October1913.
• Letter from Alex Wilson, T.H. Wilson & Co., Solicitors, to Charlotte Hughes, Royal Asiatic Society, to enclose a letter from Martin, Milligan and Macdonald stating they are preparing the bequest but because the markets were depressed they did not wish to force the sales. Wilson advises the Society accepts this situation. The letter is with this letter. Typed, 2 pieces, dated 28-29 November 1913.
• Letter from T.W. Rhys Davids to Charlotte Hughes to share his opinion upon the Bequest of Forlong. He writes that Forlong made the bequest in response to an appeal to help with the Oriental Translation Fund, and therefore her interpretation of the codicil he believes is correct. Handwritten, 1 piece, dated 10 February 1914.
• Letter from Alex Wilson to Charlotte Hughes to send the cheque received from the solicitors of General Forlong Executors. He asks for information with regard to a small school of Oriental studies referred to in the codicil. Typed, 2 pieces, dated 26 February 1914.
• Letter from Alex Wilson to Charlotte Hughes to give advice to the Society as trustees of the fund. He encloses a copy of the case as submitted to Sir Robert Finlay, barrister, and a memorandum of the costs. These are not with the letter, Typed, 1 pieces, dated 11 May 1914.
• 'Forlong Bequest Committee Report, February 23rd 1917' - report of the meetings of the Committee in February and on 7th May. Typed, 1 piece.
• 'Application of Forlong Trust' - notes about how the Forlong Trust may be used. Written by Charles James Lyall, Member of the Council. Handwritten, 1 piece, dated 21 May 1917.
• Letter from Alex Wilson to Ella Sykes, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to enquire regarding the Forlong Fund and the exact position regarding the money and the proposed School. This is annotated by Ella Sykes concerning her reply. Typed with handwritten annotations, 2 pieces, dated 2 July 1921.
• Letter from Alex Wilson to Ella Sykes to thank for her letter and to advise that he felt payment for printing of the Lectures given could be delivered under the Fund. The letter has a postscripts suggesting the lectures might be published in the Society's Journal. Typed, 2 pieces, dated 8 July 1921.
• Letter from Alex Wilson to Ella Sykes to advise the Society to work with the Governing Body of the School of Oriental Studies in order to work out the use of the interest from the Forlong Bequest. Typed, 2 pieces, dated 13 March 1922.
• 'James Forlong Bequest Proposals' - a report suggesting the monies from the bequest be divided between Lectures, Bursaries, Publications and Research. Typed, 1 piece, undated.
• 'Report of the Committee of James G.R. Forlong Fund' for 28 March 1922 minuting the decisions made at the meeting. Typed, 1 piece.
• Letter from Edward Perowne, Solicitor, to Ella Sykes to give his opinion upon the use of the Forlong Fund as he will be unable to attend the Finance Meeting. Typed, 3 pieces, dated 25 April 1922.
• 'James Forlong Fund Committee, October 24th, 1922' - report of the meeting of the Fund Committee. Typed, 1 piece.

Administrative documents, correspondence and printed materials pertaining to the foundation of the Richard Burton Memorial Fund and inauguration of the giving of the Burton Medal. There are also some examples of the Medal.

Correspondence, drafts and reports concerning the inauguration of the International Union of Orientalists.

Description: Blue and green patterned hard cover notebook with unruled blue pages, written in ink. Single insert. Identified as West 60 in de Menasce handlist.
Contents: An Avestic glossary transliterated, with sparse references.
Inserts: An extremely short note where symbols are drawn next to "vendidad," "yasna," Gatha," etc.

Description: Black softcover notebook with unruled pages, handwritten in ink. Identified as West 53 in de Menasce handlist.
Contents: "Incipient sketch of vocabulary" Pahlavi-English Dictionary with references to Denkart.

Incomplete draft of Reflections and Replies by Angus Graham.

Incomplete letter from Joseph Hooker to Brian Houghton Hodgson from Pemiongchi, Sikkim, in which he writes of his explorations. He had been travelling with Campbell who had left that morning for Darjeeling and will go on to [Tetulga]. He describes the Bhatiyas at Sikkim and compares them with those of Bhutan and Nepal. He describes the temples at Tapiding where "vishnus and sivas with accompanying obscenities abound". He writes concerning the geology of the areas - upper layers granite and lower of stratified rock. Handwritten, 2 pieces, dated 2 January [1848-1850].