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Attendance forms for Turkish day and correspondence regarding people attending. These are:

• Two versions of attendance form with reply slip, one for Professor Bernard Lewis and one for Dr Geoffrey Lewis lecturing, undated.
• Five letters from people wishing to attend the Turkish day, dated 20 March 1973 - 27 March 1973.
• Two letters from Diana Crawford, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to Miss Murphy concerning the lecturer at the Turkish day, dated 29 March 1973 -13 April 1973.

Descriptions, drawings and plans of the Aurungabad Caves. These are:

• A partial description by E.W. West, January 1864. Plan of Cave No.1.
• Diagram of Cave No.2 from Dr. Bradley's description.
• Plans of Cave Nos. 1 and 5.
• Plan of Cave No. 6.
• Notes from Dr. Bradley's description.
• Unfinished drawing of a Column in Cave No.1.
• Drawing, from a paper impression, of an ornament on a pilaster in Cave No. 1. A list of some details.

Also with this material are some notes about Dowlatabad (Daulatabad/Devagiri).

• Correspondence between E.C.B. MacLaurin, University of Sydney, and the Royal Asiatic Society concerning the possibility of starting an Australian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society and the form that might take. Four letters, typed, dated 11 November 1963-8 June 1964.
• Correspondence between Major R.A. Podesta, and the Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, concerning the possibility of establishing a Queensland Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. Two letters, typed, dated 10 April 1970-22 April 1970.

On acceptance of an article for the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, authors sign an agreement which assigns copyright to the Society under various conditions laid out in the agreement. This series contains the signed agreements some physically, some electronically, arranged chronologically, from 1966 to current.

Author Questionnaire from HarperCollins Publishers for The Book of Lieh-tzu. Printed questionnaire partially filled in by Graham.

"Autograph Book belonging to Susan Hodgson, Alderley Grange, Wotton under Edge" A leather bound autograph book belonging to Hodgson's wife, Susan, in which are placed certificates, diplomas, academic and personal correspondence, newspaper cuttings and extracts related to Brian Houghton Hodgson's life. Leather binding with metal clasp. The book's binding is broken and some pages are loose. Care must be taken when using this item.

Letter from Derek J. de Solla Price, Avalon Professor of the History of Science, Yale University, to Angus Graham to discuss the development of Chinese science. He sends with the letter his a photocopy of his article on Automata in History. The article, Automata and the Origins of Mechanism and Mechanistic Philosophy, published in Technology and Culture, 1964, is with the letter.

Autumn Sequence for Bass and Piano by Terence Crowther, translated from the Chinese by A.C. Graham. Photocopy of handwritten music sheets composed by Terence Croucher (b. 1944) for Graham's translations of late Tang poems, dedicated to Roger Stalman (d. 2009).

Autumn Thoughts, draft translation of a poem by Tu Fu.

Description: Green and red patterned hard cover notebook with unruled blue pages, written in ink. Multiple inserts. Identified as West 61 in de Menasce handlist.
Contents: An Avestic-English glossary in transcription.
Inserts: Inserts are further glossary sheets, some of which pages that have become detached from the notebook.