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This sub-series contains 3 letters from donors concerning the use of their donation for the Public School Medal.

Five Letters:

• Letter from Max Wilcox, Head of Religious Studies Department, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, to Miss Diana Crawford, RAS Secretary, to ask if she would forward the particulars of the Prize Essay Competition to Miss Diana Rowland. Typed with printed letterhead, 1 side, dated 23 November 1970.
• Letter from Max Wilcox to Diana Crawford to thank her for sending the details of the Competition and to inquire what exactly was meant by the term 'members'. Typed, 1 side, dated 12 May 1971.
• Letter from RAS Secretary to Max Wilcox to answer his inquiry regarding the term 'members'. Typed, 1 side, dated 24 May 1971.
• Letter from Diana Rowland to RAS to submit her title, "The Jewish Communities of Palestine under the Ptolemies" for approval for the Prize Essay Competition. Typed, 1 side, dated 31 May 1971.
• Letter from RAS Secretary to Diana Rowland to inform her that she had been unsuccessful in the Essay Competition. Typed, 1 side, dated 4 February 1972.

Two letters concerning Dennis Wood being awarded the Universities Prize Essay for 1936.

Letter from David Prys-Owen to RAS to submit his title "The elements of orthodoxy in Classical Hinduism" for the Essay competition. Typed with printed letterhead, 1 side, dated 31 May [1971].

Correspondence with companies concerning donations to the Royal Asiatic Society Sesquicentenary Appeal. These include national and international banks. oil companies, auction houses, as well as many smaller companies and businesses.

Correspondence with Colonel Thomas George Montgomerie. Two letters from Montgomerie to Brian Houghton Hodgson concerning explorations in Nepal and concerns regarding the Russian border. Dated 23 June 1873-12 July 1873.

The majority of these are later copies of letters written by Thomas Manning to Charles Lamb. The originals are part of the W. Hugh Peal Collection, University of Kentucky

There is one original draft letter from Thomas Manning.

Correspondence with Charitable Foundations and Trusts concerning donations for the Sesquicentenary Appeal. These letters are from those who were willing to support the Appeal and include the Raymond M. Burton Charity Fund, the Radcliffe Trust, the Baring Foundation Limited, the Second Sidbury Trust, the Inchcape Charitable Trust, the A.F. Wallace Charity Trust, the New Court Charitable Trust, Erycinus Charitable Trust, Schroder Charity Trust, and the M.F.B. Fitch Settlement.

Correspondence with Buckingham Palace. Correspondence between the Royal Asiatic Society and Commander W.B. Willett, Buckingham Palace, concerning the Duke of Edinburgh taking Presidency of the Symposium. These are:

• Letter from B.W. Robinson, President of Royal Asiatic Society to Commander Willett, Buckingham Palace, to inquire whether the Duke of Edinburgh would accept the Presidency of the Symposium, undated.
• Letter from Commander Willett, Buckingham Palace, to B.W. Robinson, President of Royal Asiatic Society, to state that the Duke of Edinburgh would be delighted to accept the Presidency but would be unable to attend due to prior commitment, dated 15 May 1973.
• Letter from A.D.H. Bivar, Director of Royal Asiatic Society, to Commander Willett, Buckingham Palace, to send the Society's thanks for the Duke of Edinburgh accepting the Presidency and to inform of the reception at the Foreign Office on 25 July, dated 22 May 1973.
• Letter from Commander Willett, Buckingham Palace, to A.D.H. Bivar, Director of Royal Asiatic Society, to state that the Duke of Edinburgh will be unable to attend the reception, dated 29 May 1973.
• Letter from A.D.H. Bivar, Director of Royal Asiatic Society, to Commander Willett, Buckingham Palace, to send a draft welcoming statement for the approval of the Duke of Edinburgh, dated 2 July 1973.
• Letter from Commander Willett, Buckingham Palace, to A.D.H. Bivar, Director of Royal Asiatic Society, to send the welcome message from the Duke of Edinburgh. The message is with this letter. Dated 24 July 1973.
• Letter from A.D.H. Bivar, Director of Royal Asiatic Society, to Commander Willett, Buckingham Palace, to thank for the message from the Duke of Edinburgh and report on the warm reception it received, dated 2 August 1973.

Correspondence with British Library concerning Burmese place names. These are:

• Letter from Henry G to Raymond Head to say he will leave the Burmese place names with Patricia Herbert and to provide some Thai spellings. Handwritten, dated 21 December 1983.
• Letter from Patricia Herbert to Raymond Head to apologise for the delay in replying to him and to regret her inability to locate the place names. She asks him to correct one of his entries which attributes a manuscript to the British Museum and not the British Library. Typed, dated 1 March 1984.