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GB 891 RAS PUB1-RAS PUB1/1-RAS PUB1/1/1 · File · 13th Dec 1951 - 14th Apr 1977
Part of Royal Asiatic Society Publications: Minutes of the Publications Committee and the Monograph Editorial Board

The signed Minutes of the Editorial Board from 13th December 1951 until 12th December 1968, and of the Publications Committee from 13th February 1969 to 14 April 1977. These are handwritten into or typed and pasted into a lined notebook with a green cover.

Throughout the period of the Editorial Board the President of the Society chaired the Committee. These were Richard Winstedt, Gerard Clauson, Sir Harold Bailey, and Charles Beckingham. The Publications Committee was chaired either by the President or the Director. These were J. Burton-Page, B.W. Robinson, A.D.H. Bivar, Stuart Simmonds, K.A. Ballhatchet, and Charles Beckingham again.

Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland
Edited Manuscripts
GB 891 AP-AP/2 · Series · 1968 - 1969
Part of Papers of Abraham Poliak

Three notebooks of handwritten alterations for the publication, Feudalism in Egypt, Syria, Palestine and the Lebanon 1250-1900.

It appears that Professor Poliak re-wrote the entire publication before making adjustments in pencil.

Poliak Abraham Nahum 1910-1970
GB 891 OS6 · Fonds · [1950]

Copy of a letter of congratulations from the Royal Asiatic Society to École Française d'Extrême-Orient on the celebration of its Jubilee. The letter expresses admiration for the the scholarly research on south-east Asia under a succession of brilliant Directors. It is undated.

Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland
GB 891 BHH-BHH/16-BHH/16/3 · File · 7th Apr 1859 - 11th Apr 1859
Part of Papers of Brian Houghton Hodgson

"East India (Education): Copy of Educational Despatch. No. 4, dated India Office, London, 7th April 1859" and ordered by the House of Commons to be printed on 11 April 1859. Printed copy of a despatch letter concerning the government's policy towards education in India. Unbound printed pamphlet, dated 7-11 April 1859.

Earthenware Sherd
GB 891 QW-QW/13-QW/13/14 · File
Part of Papers of Horace Geoffrey Quaritch Wales

A sherd of unglazed earthenware pottery with scratch decoration in a flower pattern. Dimensions 7.5cm by 3.8cm. Probably from the site KT-1-D as marked with these initials in ink.