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Report from Tidens Tegn, Christiana, Norway by Professor Dr. Sten Konow regarding the celebrations of the Royal Asiatic Society Centenary events.

A biographical note of Professor E.H.S. Simmonds as a teacher.

Biography of Professor E.H.S. Simmonds by Ian Brown.

A biographical note of Professor E.H.S. Simmonds by Manas Chitakasem.

Description: Thin black softcover notebook with unruled white pages, handwritten in ink. Some inserts.
Contents: Professor Ferdinand Justi's Essay "On the Life and Legend of Zoroaster"
Inserts: A folio serving an indexical purpose to Denkart, and a further folio with German-English translation.

Professor E.H.S. Simmonds as President of the Royal Asiatic Society receiving guests at a dinner in Fishmonger's Hall, City of London, 3 photos with accompanying label.

A party of Provincial Governors from Thailand spent four weeks in Britain as the guests of the Foreign Office and under arrangements made by the Central Office of Information.
The photographs shows the visitors during their tour of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, with Professor E.H.S. Simmonds, looking at Thai manuscripts.
The party comprises; Mom Chao Thongkumplew Thong Yai, Governor of Chandaburi; Nai Phol Vongsarote, Governor of Nakornprathom; Nai San Ekmahachai, Governor of Nakornsrithamaraj; Nai Jad Urasyanandha, Governor of Petburi; Police Major-General Samart Vayavananta, Governor of Prachinburi; Nai Supat Wongvatana, Governor of Sakol Nakhorn.

Professor Tim Williams received his Medal on 8 December 2022. The associated material is:

• Publicity Poster for the conferment of the medal and Williams' lecture, 'Along the Silk Roads of Central Asia', 8 December 2022.

Programme for the "Xème Conference Internationale des Etudes Ethiopiennes" held at the Palais de l'UNESCO, Paris, from 23-26 August 1988. The programme lists the organising Committee, the daily itinerary, and the speakers and the titles of their papers at each of the sessions. There are some handwritten annotations.

Printed material from the Congress. These are:

• General programme for the international Congress of Orientalists held in Cambridge, 21-28 August 1954. Printed pamphlet, 2 copies.
• Invitation from the Council of the Royal Asiatic Society to a garden party in the grounds of Queens' College on 26 August, from 4-6 pm. Printed card.
• Map of Cambridge provided for the Congress. Printed.