Copies of the correspondence undertaken in the running of the Oriental Translation Fund between 1836 and 1849. The Volume is indexed according to correspondent.
Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and IrelandTwo letters from Clarence House to the Royal Asiatic Society concerning the disruptions due to the Covid-19 pandemic. These are:
- Letter from HRH Prince of Wales to express his thoughts to the Society during the time of disruption. Received as email attachment and printed, 1 piece, dated 15 April 2020.
- Letter from Catie Bland, PA to the Deputy Private Secretary for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs to TRH The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwell, to Professor Anthony Stockwell, President, Royal Asiatic Society, to thank for his letter and to state that HRH will be delighted to hear of the continuing work of the Society during lock-down and the plans for the Society's bicentenary celebrations. Typed with printed letterhead, 1 piece plus accompanying envelope, dated 6 July 2020.
Correspondence between members of the Society in response to the proposed Barwis-Holliday Award.
Correspondence from Wang Jiaosheng to Angus Graham. These are: Letter from Jiaosheng Wang to Angus Graham thanking Graham for the advice he has given regarding publishers and for the comments that Graham has made on Wang's translations. He responds to the critiques and asks further question regarding publishers, 5 pages. Letter from Jiaosheng Wang to Angus Graham thanking Graham for the further advice he has given regarding publishers and asking for Graham to use his influence with Wellsweep Press, 6 pages.
Wang Jiaosheng b 1905Two cards from W.A.J. Semerjibashian to Richard Pankhurst.
- Card from W.A.J. Semerjibashian to send some photographs to illustrate some writing he had undertaken. The photographs are with the card. Dated 10 November 1983.
- Card from W.A.J. Semerjibashian to send a list he had received from Addis Ababa. The list is not with the card. Dated 12 March 1984.
Correspondence from W. Heffer & Sons Ltd., Publishers and Booksellers regarding books required by Storey.
W. Heffer & Sons Ltd CambridgeCorrespondence from Vladimir Minorsky to Charles Ambrose Storey to discuss books and provide information for Storey's Persian Literature.
Minorsky Vladimir 1877-1966- Letter from J.M. Lamb, Chairman, The London Chinese Association, to Secretary, China Society, to inform that Mr T.Y. Lee was elected Honorary Secretary of the Association and therefore future correspondence should be addressed to him, dated August 1931.
- Letter from T.Y. Lee, Honorary Secretary, to Silcock to state that he has been in contact with Mr F.T. Chang regarding meeting Members of the London Chinese Association, dated 19 August 1931.
Letter from B. Buribhand, Department of Fine Arts, Bangkok, to H.G. Quaritch Wales to inform him that the items he had send to the National Museum have been received in good condition and to thank him for his kindness.
Department of Fine Arts, BangkokLetter from Tehmuras Dinshaji Anklesaria to Edward William West in which Tehmuras addresses some questions and thoughts he has about the collation of a copy of the Bundehesh he encountered in Persia. With the letter are several transcriptions:
- "Backside of the leaf 178 of the MS. Of Dastur Jamasjee Lines 16 - 21,"in which is inserted "Kolophon on DS. fol. 354 (N.2 on accompanying paper)"
- "No. 4 Leaf 190 of the MS. of Dastur G."
- "Duplicate cancelled", p.81-84
- Part of the "DS MS. with which T.D. is collated"