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Letter from Aurel Stein to Colonel Hoysted to write that he received both Hoysted's letter and telegram and replied by telegram which he hopes has already reached the Society. Stein asks if some friends may be invited to the presentation and sends a list of them with the letter. Handwritten dated 2 June 1932.

Letter from Aurel Stein to Colonel Hoysted, Secretary of Royal Asiatic Society, to thank him for sending out the invitations that he had requested and also for some spare cards for other friends. He writes that Sir Edward Maclagan has informed him as to the procedure to be observed on the occasion. Typed, dated 13 June 1932.

Letter from August Schleicher to Brian Houghton Hodgson to thank him for the linguistic and ethnological works which Hodgson had sent. Schleicher is preparing a comparative grammar of the "Indogeman languages". Handwritten, 2 sides, dated 1 July 1860.

Letter from Audrey Bayley to Dennis J. Duncanson regarding two sets of the first 71 pages of proofs (to be sent back).

A letter expressing sympathy to Patricia. She remembers an evening they spent at Buckingham Palace and how Stuart was such a charming companion.

Letter from Assistant Registrar, University of Glasgow, to Col. Hoysted, RAS Secretary, to send the address of John Bowman' Typed with printed letterhead, 1 side, dated 25 November 1937.

Letter from A.S.R. Gow, Trinity College, Cambridge, to Col. Hoysted, RAS Secretary, to give Costello's names and his address. Typed with printed letterhead, 1 side, dated 25 November 1937.

Letter from Asa Briggs to Col. Hoysted, RAS Secretary, in which he writes that the arrangements are suitable and that he will be honoured to attend a meeting of the Society. Typed, 1 side, dated 16 January 1940.

Letter from Asa Briggs to Col. Hoysted, to thank him for notification of winning the competition and that he cannot attend the Society on January 9th, but would be honoured to attend on February 13th. Handwritten, 1 side, 27 December 1939.

Letter from Arthur Waley to Angus Graham in which he responds to some of Graham's translations of poetry. Handwritten letter, 1 piece. With the letter are typed drafts of poems, 7 pieces, and a draft of the introduction, "Sixteen Poems of Li Shang-Yin, Translated from the Chinese by A.C. Graham", 2 pieces.