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Magazine excerpt about the leaders of the Mongolian revolution and their meetings with Lenin, from Culture and Life, June 1971.

Correspondence concerned with delegates attending the Congress. These are:

• Letter from Hans R. Roemer, Deutsche MorgenLandische Gesellschaft, to the Royal Asiatic Society to inform of delegates coming to the Congress. Typed, dated 6 July 1954.
• Letter from Meer S. Basri to Mrs Davis, Royal Asiatic Society, to ask for a confirmatory letter of his attendance at the Congress so he may obtain a visa. Typed, dated 14 July 1954.
• Letter from Denis Sinor, Organising Committee, to Mrs Davis, Royal Asiatic Society, concerning leaflets advertising the Congress and her offer of help for the Congress. Typed, dated 21 July 1954.
• Letter from Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to the Permanent Under-Secretary of State, to confirm Meer S. Basri's attendance at the Congress. Typed, dated 22 July 1954.
• Letter from Vivian Gaster to Royal Asiatic Society to ask to become a member of the Congress. Handwritten, dated 1 August 1954.
• Letter from Meer S. Basri to Mrs Davis, Royal Asiatic Society, to inform that he has obtained his visa. Handwritten, dated 16 August 1954.
• Letter from President, Royal Asiatic Society, to delegates at the Congress to invite them to become members of the Royal Asiatic Society. Typed, undated.

Correspondence and Lists concerning attendance at the opening reception for Anniversary Exhibition. These are:

• Letter from John Villiers, Director, Royal Asiatic Society, to Steven Runciman/ Lord Dahrendorf to ask whether they would be willing to give a short address at the Reception. The letter was originally addressed to Steven Runciman and has been annotated to be changed to address Lord Dahrendorf. Dated 22 April 1998.
• Letter from Steven Runciman to John Viilliers, Director, Royal Asiatic Society, to reply to Villiers' request that he speak but to refuse because of infirmity, dated 26 April 1998.
• Letter from Dr John Villiers, Royal Asiatic Society, to Lord Dahrendorf to ask whether he would be willing to give a short address at the Exhibition reception, dated 30 April 1998.
• Acceptance letter from Mr Graham Greene, British Museum, to attend the reception, dated 1 June 1998.
• Regrets from Ma Zhengang, Ambassador, Embassy of People's Republic of China that he will be unable to attend the reception, dated 2 June 1998.
• Regrets from Henry Keswick, Matheson & Co. Ltd. that he will be unable to attend the reception, dated 2 June 1998.
• Regrets on behalf of Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan that he will be unable to attend the reception, dated 2 June 1998.
• Acceptance from Robert Knox, British Museum, to attend the reception, dated 2 June 1998.
• Regrets on behalf of Princess Wijdan Ali that she cannot attend the reception, dated 7 June 1998.
• Letter from Noel Guina, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to Robert Knox, British Museum, to send a list of the acceptances received as of the 12 June. The list is with the letter, dated 12 June 1998.
• Letter from Samuel Courtauld, James Capel Investment Management, to Noel Guina, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to thank him for the hospitality shown at the reception, dated 17 June 1998.

A printed invitation/ admittance card to the Iran Day and a notification of the Iran day with reply form.

Two copies of the attendance form for the Japan Day. A further letter from A.R.C. Westlake to Diana Crawford, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to say how much he enjoyed the lecture and meeting the people from the Japan Society, dated 28 September 1973.

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.