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Acquisition Policies for Collections of the Royal Asiatic Society.

Documents concerning Acquisitions to the Collections consisting of Acquisitions Policies and Donation Agreements. These documents are all held electronically.

Two typed documents listing acquisitions to the Society's collections. These are named "Acquiisitions (1931-1934)", and "Acquisitions (1943-1993).

Acquisitions Policy for the Society covering General Information, Books Received for Review, and Gifts and Bequests. Approved by the Library Committee, 18 September 1997, Noted by Council 9 October 1997. Electronic document.

Acquisitions Policy for the Society covering General Information, Books Received for Review, and Gifts and Bequests with items highlighted in red that had been updated from 1997 policy. Adjusted after Library Committee Meeting 28 April 2011. Electronic Document

"Action Plan for the RAS Collections". Document laying out reports on the state of the Collections and priorities for action in their continuing care. Written by Kathy Lazenblatt, Librarian, and Helen Cordell, Honorary Librarian. Electronic document.

The additional items of correspondence are:

• Letter from Alex H. Wilson, T.L. Wilson & Co., Solicitors, to Ella Sykes, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to give his advice concerning the appointment of a further trustee for the Society and the right of the Society to sell its possessions. Typed, 2 pieces, dated 14 February 1923.
• Postcard from Professor S. Langdon to Col Hoysted, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to inform that he would represent the Society on the Council of Bell School, dated 18 June 1935.
• Copy of a letter to Miss Kennedy from British Council, Colonial Office, regarding the possibility of absorbing the Royal Asiatic Society, 1 piece, dated 20 November 1940.
• Letter from B. Chatterjee, Military Secretary to the President of India, to Sir Richard Winstedt, President, Royal Asiatic Society, to inform the Society that the President graciously consents to be a Vice-Patron of the Society, dated 5 May 1952. With the letter is a a certificate stating Dr Rajendra Prasad, President of the Republic of India, is pleased to be Vice-Patron of the Royal Asiatic Society.

The additional items of correspondence for this time period are:

• Correspondence with Selwyn Press concerning the printing of a letterhead for the Society, 4 pieces, dated 16 August 1971 - 10 May 1972.
• Correspondence regarding possible support for the Society from the British Academy, 6 pieces, dated 21 May - 4 June 1973.
• Correspondence regarding finding alternative premises, 2 pieces, dated 10 April 1974.
• Correspondence regarding an expert opinion on the constitutional position of the Society, 34 pieces, dated 8 September - 9 October 1978.
• Letter from G.A. Calver concerning investment of money, dated 24 September 1980.
• Correspondence between Ishwari Raj Pandey, Ambassador, Royal Nepalese Embassy, and Dennis Duncanson, President, regarding the memorial lecture for Sir Ralph Turner. The ambassador wishes to present a book of poems from the late King Mahendra, 3 pieces, dated 2 and 9 May 1985.
• Letter from Yvonne Calver to Frank Steele, President, to thank him for his letter on the death of her husband, Gordon A. Calver, 1 piece, dated 2 April 1990.
• Correspondence between Kit Naylor and David MacDowall, President, concerning corporate support for the Society, 8 pieces, dated 18 July - 1 December 1994.
• Correspondence regarding possible moving of premises, sharing premises with other institutions, or disposal of the collections, 9 pieces, dated 2 December 1995 - 22 July 1996.
• Correspondence regarding trustees' liabilities for the collections, 42 pieces, dated 23 September 1996 - 8 September 1997.
• Letter from the President, Anthony Stockwell to Fellows of the Society to highlight the activity of the Society in the past year, 3 pieces, dated December 2018.

Documentary material created by Arthur West when donating the portfolios to Dr. Burgess in 1906. These include: a contents page, information about the West brothers and their work, numbered lists and correspondence.

Handwritten research notes. These include further Foreign Office Notes and bibliographical material. The title for this file was taken from the original folder in which the material was housed.