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Two copies of photograph of the frontage of 74 Grosvenor Street, one of which is mounted on board. Of unknown date.

A floor plan of 74 Grosvenor Street showing the second floor and the attic, drawn by architect B. H. Jackson at Eagle House, Wimbledon. The plan includes pencil annotations indicating some of the tenants occupying the rooms, including the Japan Society and the Persian Society. The drawing is on tracing paper, which is very brittle and has disintegrated into several pieces.

Cambridge University Press began publishing the Society's Journal in 1991. This is still ongoing. The material in this series includes memoranda of agreement, a publication license agreement, meeting minutes, final accounts, correspondence and administrative documents, and advertising leaflets.

The Fellowship & Development Committee was established in 2012 when the Council approved the proposal of widening the remit of the Fundraising Committee to include the Society's membership.

Oversight of the membership was previously under the remit of the Events & House Committee, but it was hoped that this restructuring would help energise the Society's membership by tying it into fundraising activities and lighten the overcrowded Events & House Committee.

This series contains the agenda, appended papers and minutes of the Fellowship & Development Committee meetings, including those held on:

• 13 October 2011
• 8 December 2011
• 16 February 2012
• 12 April 2012
• 14 June 2012
• 20 September 2012
• 10 January 2013
• 14 March 2013
• 3 October 2013
• 12 December 2013
• 2 October 2014
• 15 January 2015
• 12 March 2015
• 24 September 2015
• 19 November 2015
• 11 February 2016
• 5 May 2016
• 29 September 2016
• 9 March 2017

This series contains the forms submitted by individuals for applying membership (predominantly Resident or Non-Resident Members) and lists of applicants prepared for the Council meetings, where new members are elected.

This sub-series contains published obituaries, both in JRAS and the news, and other memorial material relating to members of the Society.

Typed biographical article on Miguel Asln Palacios, Professor of Arabic at the University of Madrid.

Handwritten biographical article on Professor Sten Konow.

Material associated with loans from the Society's collections between 2015-2019:

• Correspondence and Loan and Exhibition Agreement between the Royal Asiatic Society and the National Gallery Singapore concerning the loan of artworks (Head Cat. No. 01.014, 025.072, 025.074i and 090.014) for the exhibition 'Artist and Empire' scheduled to open in October 2016. This exhibition was the touring leg of Tate Britain's exhibition from November 2015 to April 2016. Typed, 12 pieces, dated 5 November 2015-20 May 2016.
• Letter from the Réunion des Musées Nationaux Grand Palais concerning the loan of the portrait of Madhu Rao Narayan (Head Cat. No. 01.014) for the exhibition 'Des grands Moghols aux Maharajahs' scheduled to open in March 2017. Typed, 1 piece, dated 10 November 2016.

Material associated with loans from the Society's collections between 2011-2014:

• Correspondence and documentation between the Asia Society, New York and the Royal Asiatic Society concerning the loan of Shahnamah of Firdausi (RAS Persian 239) for the exhibition, 'Muhammad Juki's Shahnamah of Firdausi'. Computer printed, 69 pieces, dated 23 November 2010-25 January 2011.
• Correspondence and documentation between the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Royal Asiatic Society concerning the loan of Shahnamah of Firdausi (RAS Persian 239) for the exhibition, 'Gifts of the Sultan: The Arts of Giving at the Islamic Courts'. This was a version of the exhibition held at the Asia Society. Typed and computer printed, 39 pieces, dated 8 December 2009 - 13 January 2012.
• Correspondence and documentation between the Diss Museum, Norfolk and the Royal Asiatic Society concerning the loan of the bust and portrait of Thomas Manning (Head Cat. No. 02.003 and 01.006), including two condition reports by Bronwyn Leone on the portrait. The portrait does not seem to be included in the loan eventually. Typed and handwritten, 8 pieces, dated January to February 2011.
• Correspondence and documentation between the Ministry of Culture, Arts and Heritage, State of Qatar, and the Royal Asiatic Society concerning the loan of Shahnamah of Firdausi (RAS Persian 239) for the exhibition, 'Gifts of the Sultan: The Arts of Giving at the Islamic Courts', This was the final destination of this exhibition. Printed and computer printed, 12, pieces, dated 23 - 25 March 2012.
• Correspondence and documentation between the Leisure and Cultural Services Department, Hong Kong, and the Royal Asiatic Society concerning the usage rights for historical photos for display in the permanent Exhibition 'The Hong Kong Story' and further usage rights for a photo for the exhibition, 'Hong Kong Observatory - Under the Same Sky 130 years'. Typed and computer printed, 8 pieces, dated 20 June 2011 - 4 June 2013.
• Correspondence and documentation between the Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris, and the Royal Asiatic Society concerning the loan of material for the Institute's exhibition on the Arabian Nights. Typed, computer printed and handwritten, 17 pieces, dated 26 March 2012.
• Correspondence and documentation between the Fondazione Roma Arte Musei, Italy, and the Royal Asiatic Society concerning the loan of the Gulistan of Sa'di (RAS Persian 258) for the exhibition, 'Akbar, the Great Emperor of India'. Typed and computer printed, 31 pieces, dated 4 July 2011 - 25 May 2012.
• Correspondence between the Department of the Study of Religions, SOAS, London, and the Royal Asiatic Society concerning the loan of material for the exhibition, 'The Everlasting Flame: Zoroastrianism in history and imagination', with condition reports on Sir Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy's engraving (Head Cat No. 089.009) and Tarikh-i Bukhara (RAS Persian 159(1)). Typed and computer printed, 14 pieces, dated 29 February 2013.
• Correspondence from the Museum of Islamic Art, Doha, concerning the loan of manuscripts (RAS Persian 211, RAS Persian 239) and artworks (Head Cat. No. 051.001, 064.001) for the exhibition, 'A Score of Kingdoms' (later renamed to 'Kings & Pawns'), opening in March 2014. Typed, 2 pieces, dated 17 March 2013.
• Correspondence between the British Broadcasting Company and the Royal Asiatic Society concerning the loan of the film about Iraq for use in the programme Dan Cruickshank and the Lost Cities of Iraq. Typed, 8 pieces, dated 21 May 2013 - 12 July 2013. Also Correspondence regarding secondary use. Typed, 2 pieces, dated 10 April 2017.
• Correspondence from the Museum of London concerning the renewal of the loan of the framed portrait of the Parsi shipbuilders (Head cat. no. 01.007-008) for one year for their 'Expanding City' gallery, with loan agreement, 3 pieces, dated 21 March 2013. The portrait had been on loan to the Museum since September 2009. Also included are two sets of Exhibition and Loan Condition Report of the portrait compiled by Jacobs Conservation and Preservation in 2013, with close-up images of the portrait, 23 pieces.
• Correspondence from Tate Britain concerning the loan of artworks and books for their exhibition 'Artist and Empire', scheduled to open in November 2015. Typed, 2 pieces, dated 12 March 2014-6 March 2015.