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Correspondence concerned with seeking permission for articles originally published in the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society to be reprinted in other publications. There are seven examples of requests from individuals and institutions. On the converse, requests are made from Journal authors to other institutions for permission to use images within their article. There are three examples of these.

Three drafts for articles by Graham concerning poetry.

This series contains six original handwritten manuscripts of article submitted to the Journal plus an offprint of an 1830 article.

Articles, Pamphlet and copy of rules:

• "Rules of the Hong Kong branch of the Royal Asiatic Society", unbound pamphlet, undated. "The Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society", copy of a history of the Branch, undated.
• Copy of "Foreword" by James Hayes, President, Hong Kong Branch, to a publication by Carl Smith on Hong Kong Society, published Oxford University Press 1985.
• "Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch - printed pamphlet about Society with application form for becoming a member. Undated, in English and Chinese.

Angus Graham wrote many articles throughout his career. This series contains material relating to his articles including drafts and correspondence.

Four articles written by Phelps concerning his research. There is also a further article by Vicki Mackenzie from the Times Online.

Letter from Professor Yun-hua Jan to Angus Graham to ask for his comments on preliminary research papers in Toung Pao and the Journal of Chinese Philosophy. Jan will be a Visiting Fellow at Clare College Cambridge in Spring 1981 and hopes they will be able to speak together. With accompanying Resume.

A range of articles from the Academy, between 6 June 1876 and 30 October 1881, concerned with Persian and biblical history, philology and other items of interest to West.

Description: Loose sheets, handwritten in ink and pencil, plus two article proofs with handwritten annotations.
Contents:

• Title page "Articles regarding Avesta & Pahlavi Texts by E.W.W. 1869-1896 with Index"
• Pahlavi letters and compounds occurring in the Pahlavi glossary
• "Alphabet from Inscriptions on Delhi Column"
• Inscription from a stone found near Devikapara
• "A short summary of the texts contained in the old Pahlavi Codex MK"
• "On the transliteration of Pahlavi" - 2 versions
• Notes on Zarathustra's doctrine regarding the Soul"
• "Parsee Prakāsh", handwritten and offprint
• "Merits of ceremonies, p.212-213"
• Proof copy for a text concerning the Pahlavi text of the Gāthas with handwritten annotations

Catalogues and handlists for the artworks in the Collections of the Society. These are:

• 'Pictures and Busts etc. at the Royal Asiatic Society' - typed catalogues with handwritten annotations and insertion. There are three copies, each bound with ribbon and two still having brown front and back paper covers. One of these is labelled Library copy, the other Mr Foster. W. Foster prepared these lists and subsequently wrote an article about the collections for the Journal of the Society. These give descriptive listings of the artworks of the collections in the 1920s.
• 'Index to List of Pictures, Prints, Busts, & other sculptures' - two copies of alphabetical lists of the artworks in the collections. One list is handwritten on lined foolscap paper, the other is handwritten on individual labels which have been pasted into an unlined notebook. These presumably accompany the above catalogues.
• 'The Pictures of the Royal Asiatic Society' by W. Foster. Offprints from the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, January 1924. Two copies with some annotations.
• 'Royal Asiatic Society: List of prints, drawings and photographs kept in the Library' - typed list on foolscap paper, undated
• Artworks on view in the Society's premises at Stephenson Way. Information sheets produced c.2012. Computer printed.