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Correspondence and report concerning the Meeting of the Bureau of the International Council of Orientalists at Faarevejle-Bjergene, Denmark on 19 September 1965.

Minutes of Meetings held between Royal Asiatic Society and Cambridge University Press to discuss matters of Journal production for 12 July 1990, 14 July 2003, 15 December 2006, 22 May 2008, May 2008, 1 December 2008, 27 November 2009, 16 April 2013, 6 May 2015, 27 April 2016, 20 April 2017 and 12 April 2018.

Printed cards detailing the dates of the meeting for 1865 and 1868-9.

Printed cards with a list of the Council, information about the Library, and listing the dates of Meetings at the Royal Asiatic Society with the names of the speakers and titles of their lectures. These are for January -June 1990, 1990-91, 1991-92, 1992-93, 1993-94, 1994- 95, 1995-96, 1996-97, 1997-98, 1998-99, 1999-2000.

Notices for Summer Lecture Series:

• 14 May - 9 July 1996 - 'Islamic Culture and the European Traditions' held at the Wellcome Institute Auditorium.
• 22 April - 10 June 1997 - 'Empire and Identity: Ruler and Realm in Early Asia', held at the Wellcome Institute Auditorium.

• 21 April - 9 June 1998 - 'Archaeology and the nation in Asia: Issues of Power and Identity' held with the Institute of Archaeology, University of London.

  Change of Lecture, Date or Venue Notices:

• 14 March 1991: Shelagh Vainker, 'Early Chinese Textiles in the British Museum'.
• 13 June 1991: Dr Giles Tillotson, 'The Indian Travels of William Hodges'.
• 10 June 1993: Doreen Ingrams, 'Journeys in the Hadhramaut in the 1930s and 1940s', Burton Memorial lecture.
• 9 December 1993: Dr G.S.P. Freeman-Grenville, 'The Gold of Sofala: from East Africa to India and China'.
• 20 April 1994: F. Nigel Hepper and Professor Ib Friis introduce a film about the Niebuhr Expedition to Egypt and the Yemen 1761-1767 with an account of the plants collected by Forsskal.

Printed cards listing the dates of Meetings at the Royal Asiatic Society with the names of the speakers and titles of their lectures. These are for 1965 (March -June), 1965-1966, 1966-1967, 1967-1968, 1968-1969, and 1969-1970. The last of these for 1969-70 also details the Council for that year and details about the Library.

There are also handwritten and typed draft lists for lectures for 1961-1963.

Printed cards with a list of the Council, information about the Library; and listing the dates of Meetings at the Royal Asiatic Society with the names of the speakers and titles of their lectures. These are for 1980-81, 1981-82, 1982-83, 1983-84, 1984-85, 1985-86, 1986-87, 1987 0ctober to December, 1988, February to June, 1988-89, 1989-90.

Printed cards with a list of the Council, information about the Library; and listing the dates of Meetings at the Royal Asiatic Society with the names of the speakers and titles of their lectures. These are for 1970-71, 1971-72, 1972-73, 1973-74, 1974-75, 1975-76, 1976-77, 1978-79, 1979-80. The card for 1975-76 is a photocopy of the original.

"Meet The Kachins, Our Head-Hunting Allies In Burma" by Quaritch Wales from The Star Weekly, Toronto, 10th March 1945, p.15.

Handwritten research notes, made by Roff, on disease and sanitation. The notes are arranged by author of the work, 74 pieces. With the notes are two printed pamphlets about the New York Academy of Medicine Library.

Two casts for the Burton Memorial Medal. One side has the head of Burton and the inscription "SIR RICHARD BURTON. KCMG. 1821-1890" and the other side has a laurel wreath and the inscriptions "RICHARD BURTON MEMORIAL MEDAL" and "PRESENTED TO" with space for the recipients name. One is a complete medal, the other is in two halves each with one side plain and the other in the form of the medal.