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Photocopy of an obituary notice for Steven Runciman, Guardian Weekly, 9-15 November, 2000.

News clipping of an obituary notice for Sukumar Sen, India Today, dated 31 March 1992.

A newspaper cutting from The Times of the Obituary of Sir Hamilton Gibb, Arabic studies pioneer. Printed material, dated 27 October 1971.

A series of small objects and pottery sherds which were given as part of the Quaritch Wales bequest.

Most of the Society's objects were dispersed to other collections at an early stage of its history. However a few remain. Information about them is:

• Suit of armour - correspondence about a suit of Asian armour within its collections and the likely provenance. Typed and handwritten, 9 pieces, dated 6 December 1930 - M may 1932 (see RAS COLL8/5 for more information about its conservation).
• Notes on an Arabic Celestial Globe and a Phoenician tombstone - both transferred to the British Museum, Typed, 1 piece, undated.
• Correspondence between Professor J. Ryckmans and the Royal Asiatic Society concerning South Arabian inscriptions within the collections. Typed and handwritten, 20 pieces, dated 19 July 1977 - 17 February 1978.
• The Council Room Table - two articles: 'The New Council Room Table' by Alison Ohta extracted from a Society newsletter, unknown date; and 'The Jhansi Table', article originally written 3 October 2012, archival document created in 2025.
• Bookmarks for 'Statue of Zhenwu, the Dark Warrior' and 'Arrow Vase from ritual to game', objects lent to the Society but the Horniman Museum as part of the Objects in Focus project. The statue was lent in autumn 2016 and the vase in autumn 2018.
• 'Collecting Oriental and Asiatic Arms and Armour: The Activities of British and East India Company Officers,c.1800-1850' by Malcolm Mercer - a copy of the article first published in Arms and Armour, 2018. This gives background information to our suit of armour.
• Gravestone of Sir Stamford Raffles - the Society took in this gravestone in 2018. The note, 'Provenance of the Raffles gravestone donated to the Royal Asiatic Society on 11 May 2018' (created in 2018, archival document created in 2025) give details of its provenance. 'Two Tombstones, One Man' by Rosie Llewellyn Jones, an article in the Chowkidar, Autumn 2018, the publication for the British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia.
• 'Information about Japanese gravestones provided by Yang Fu, 12 October 2018' - interpretation details for the inscriptions on the gravestones. Electronic document created in 2018, archival document created in 2025.
• Black and white photographs and descriptions of the copper plate inscriptions belonging to the Society on permanent loan to the British Museum.

There are two files in this series - a broken seal stone with its accompanying notes; and a rubbing of Semitic characters.

Catalogues and Handlists for coins and other objects within the Society's collections. Digital documents were created as archival documents in 2024.

• 'List of Coins in the R.A.S. Cabinet', a list and report compiled by Oliver Codrington during his time as Honorary Librarian of the Society (1891-1919). The list is dated 1917. Handwritten in a lined notebook with brown paper cover.
• 'Catalogue and Accession History of the Kushan Coins of the Royal Asiatic Society - Progress Report', written by Dr M. Nasim Khan, Visiting Research Fellow of the RAS, Department of Archaeology University of Peshawar, Pakistan, [2002]. A copy of this report is available in the Library office. Also kept together is a CD containing images of the coins in the RAS collections taken by Dr Khan as part of the cataloguing project. These images are also stored electronically.

Electronic Documents

• 'ACCESSION AND CATALOGUE OF THE ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY COINS COLLECTION' - list of coins in the Society's collections, first created in 2009.
• 'POSSESSIONS OF THE ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY' - including textiles and clock. This is an incomplete list first created in
  2001.
• 'Objects on loan to the British Museum - the Society has 4 copper plate inscriptions and 1 stone inscription on long-term loan to the British Museum. There are two lists for this loan, created in 2018 and 2020.

"Observations on the Consumption of Tea in Bootan, Tibet and Tartary; and on the practicability of advantageously furnishing that article to some of those Countries from Canton through India". Fair Copy of an article written by Thomas Manning to East India Company. Dated 29th December 1817. Handwritten, 3 pieces, 9 sides. Also rough notes for draft. Handwritten 1 piece, 3 sides

Occasional paper - list of people possibly to receive a copy of this occasional paper or to contribute to the series.

"Occasional Paper No. V: Publication Department of the Society's Operations", Christian Vernacular Education Society for India, April 1860. Leaflet concerning the publications of the Society and its aims. Printed material, 1 item, dated April 1860.