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Digital material relating to the ‘Access to Justice’ project in East Timor, implemented by The Asia Foundation (TAF), for which Collins served as the Country Director in East Timor from 2002 to 2003, and funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The material includes:

• ‘TAF-USAID East Timor Access To Justice Project Narrative’: a word document in three parts outlining the challenges and opportunities, strategy and approach as well as proposed activities and expected results of the project
• ‘TAF East Timor Legal Glossary’: a spreadsheet containing legal terminologies in Indonesian, with parallel translations in English and Portuguese. This document is developed in connection to the project, as a resource for legal professionals and as the basis of a subsequent East Timor legal dictionary. See the narrative document for more details.

Publications, research papers, draft reports and other research material relating to Cambodia, dealing with subjects of ethnicity, religion, education, governance, justice, etc.

Printed genealogical material and maps relating to two princely states of British India, Kharan and Makran, now part of the Balochistan/Baluchistan province of Pakistan, including:

• Offprint of Appendix I of Kharan Gazetteer, Volume VIIA of the Baluchistan District Gazetteer Series, 1907, being the printed genealogical tree of the Nausherwanis of Kharan and Makran. Note at the bottom states that the tree is in disagreement with that given in Makran Gazetteer published in the same Gazetteer series, and that this tree was prepared from information supplied by the Chief of Kharan so is probably more correct
• Printed genealogical tree of the Kakar Tribe which is found in the Kharan region, tracing the lineage of the tribe from Qais Abdul Rashid. Prepared by Mir Shams Shah, K. B., Settlement Extra Assistant Commissioner in Baluchistan, and produced by Major A. H. McMahon, Revenue Commissioner in Baluchistan, December 1901. Probably an appendix of an edition of the Baluchistan District Gazetteer Series
• Coloured printed map of Makran on a 1 inch to 16 miles scale, showing its boundaries, major roads, tracks and rivers. No. 28[8]8, printed by Thomason College, Roorkee in February 1907. 47cm (h) x 48cm (w)
• Coloured printed map of Kharan on a 1 inch to 10 miles scale, showing its boundaries, routes, rivers and Kharan Chief’s military outposts. No. 3235, printed by Thomason College, Roorkee in August 1907. 46cm (h) x 46cm (w)

Correspondence, insurance quotes, and indemnity certificates concerning the permanent loan of material to the British Museum. This material consists of:

• The commemorative inscription of the Ananta-Vasudeva temple at Bhuvanesvar, dated 1278 A.D.
• Three Ujjain copper-plate grants of the rulers of Malwa
• The Taxila Plate of Patika.
• Other stone inscriptions

These items were already at the British Museum before the first letter dated 6 June 1967 and have remained there. The correspondence includes some to confirm that the material is still with the British Museum. Much of the correspondence are photocopies of original letters. 67 items.

A typed manuscript of the Master’s thesis of Collins. Entitled "An Investigation into the Division of the Chams in Two Regions", it explores the Cham people in Indochina. The thesis was submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Asian Studies, in the Graduate Division of the University of California, Berkeley, in 1966. The thesis is 77 pages and is preceded by the title, dedication and index pages.

"A religious song - recorded by M. Dwarká Prasád, teacher of Chi village school, Dahaká (illegible totally) of Mainpuri": Mast hain puré sadhu faqír… With translation: The saints are really perfect madmen… Unsigned but in Rámgharíb Chaubé's hand. Handwritten, 3 sides, undated.

A series of four maps of Thailand. They cover: Chiangmai (Jienghmai) Nagorn Sridharmaraj (Nakhon Si Thammarat) Bangkok Songkhla (Songala)

Collection of maps of India used by Barbara Ingham on her travels

Scale: 1:1,000,000 and 1:25000
Size: 50x80 cm
Area: Thailand and Bangkok

These are complimentary maps from a magazine - two sided and covered in plastic.

Catalogues and handlists for the maps in the Society's collections. The digital documents were created as archival documents in 2024.

• Card catalogue - handwritten descriptions of the maps on index cards.

Electronic Documents

• 'Maps list with dimensions highlighted' - first created in 2019 and modified in 2021. Excel document.
• 'Philip Jagessar map List' - first created in 2021. Philip Jagessar, as a postdoctoral researcher, researched and listed the Society's map collection. Excel document.
• 'Maps of Arabia in the Royal Asiatic Society collections' - first created in 2021, pdf document.