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In 2022, three Burton Memorial Medals were given by the Royal Asiatic Society to:

• Dr. Peter Alford Andrews and Mrs. Mügül Andrews for their study on Eurasian tents.
• Pepita Seth for her exploration of the closed worlds of the Guruvayur Temple and Theyyam Rituals in Kerala.
• Professor Tim Williams for his exploration, archaeological and documentation projects in Beirut and Central Asia, and for his collaborations with local partners on the Silk Road and for UNESCO and ICOMOS Silk Roads mapping.

Much of the material concerned with the awarding of these medals is still within the current records. However there are some publicity material and photographs. Associated with the award of the medal in 2022 is:

• 'The Sir Richard Burton Medal, 2022' - part of the blogpost, Reflecting on 2021, posted on 17 December 2021. Archival electronic document created in September 2024.

Minutes of and papers for the Library Committee Meetings for 2023, covering the following meetings:

• 9 February 2023 (wanting)
• 27 April 2023
• 26 October 2023

In 2023 the Society appointed Professor Benjamin Hopkins (George Washington University), Professor Susanne Brandtstädter (Koln), Professor Magnus Marsden (Sussex), Dr Rian Thum (Manchester), and Professor Nile Green (UCLA) to be the adjudicators.

The Prize was won by Dr. Thomas Barrett (University of Oxford), for his thesis Foreigners and the Making of the Chinese Diplomat.

The shortlisted candidates were Dr. Kelsey Granger (University of Cambridge) for Gifts from afar: The Creation of an Imperial Lapdog in Tang-Song China; Dr. Mariano Errichiello (School of Oriental and African Studies) for IIme Ksnum: an Esoteric Interpretation of Zoroastrianism, History and Beliefs; and Dr Yui Chim Lo (University of Oxford) for Imagining the Continent’s Future: China, India and Post-War Asia, 1937-1949.

The archival material consists of a publicity poster (digital) for the award ceremony and 5 digital photographs taken at the event which was held on 25 May 2024.

Minutes of and papers for the Library Committee Meetings for 2024, covering the following meetings:

• 8 February 2024
• 25 April 2024
• 26 September 2024

The Agendas, Minutes and Papers for the Library Committee Meetings for 2025, covering the following meetings:

• 13 February 2025

In 2008 the Asiatic Society celebrated its 225th anniversary. Correspondence connected with this anniversary is:

Letter from Ramakanta Chakrabarty, General Secretary, Asiatic Society, to The President, Royal Asiatic Society, to inform of the forthcoming anniversary celebrations and to request the President's presence at the Inaugural Ceremony. Dated 14 August 2007.

Letter from Professor Anthony Stockwell, President, Royal Asiatic Society, to Professor Ramakanta Chakrabarty, General Secretary, Asiatic Society, to write on behalf of the Council of the Royal Asiatic Society to send congratulations upon the anniversary but to send regrets that he will be unable to attend. Dated 19 November 2007.

Correspondence concerning a 50th Birthday reception for the Prince of Wales. These are:

• Letter from Master of the Household, Buckingham Palace, to Lydia Collins, Royal Asiatic Society, to state the Queen's intention to host a reception at Buckingham Palace to mark Prince Charles' 50th birthday and asking the Society to nominate a representative to attend the event. Typed with printed letterhead, dated 18 August 1998.
• Invitation List for the Birthday Reception to be held in 13 November 1998. Printed form with handwritten insertions.

"A 1921 Letter to an Enquiring Stranger" by Witter Bynner and "Witter Bynner - A poet for our Times" by Horatio Colony, both published in The Literary Review, plus draft and published poems.

A Bhojpuri rāga song known as the Morang song referring to an expedition to Burma. English title says "Moran song: on the expedition to Burmah land sung at Nepal Durbar, Feb [5] 1830. Handwritten in Bhojpuri, dated February 1830.

A black & white photograph inscribed on verso in ink with "Malay Head, Dora Gordine, Town Hall, Singapore" There are also pencil annotations which seem to be calculations for including the photograph in a publication, and a request to the return the photograph to Hon. R. Hare, Dorich House, Kingston Vale, SW15. The Malay Head was sculpted from bronze by Dora Gordine in 1930-31, being exhibited at the Women's International Arts Club, Suffolk Street Galleries, London, in 1934, at the Royal Academy in May 1938 and at the Royal Glasgow institute in 1938 and again in 2006. It is in the Collections of the Former Parliament House, Singapore.