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Two Invoices from J.R. Gaunt & Son Ltd. to Royal Asiatic Society for the production of the Medal. Printed forms with typed inserts and handwritten annotations regarding payment, dated 15 March 1990 and 11 May 1990.

Two original printed copies of the "Scheme made by the Board of Education under the Charitable Trusts Acts, 1853-1925" in which the Foundation of the Public School Prize and Medal is changed to create The Universities Prize Essay Fund. Dated 15 December 1931. Also a further photocopy of this material.

Two versions of draft rules for the Universities Essay Prize. Both typed.

The 1933 prize was given to Norman Richard Seddon (Balliol College, Oxford) with a second book prize being awarded to Alexander Johnston Mackenzie (University of Edinburgh). Mr Seddon was unable to receive his prize and diploma in person, as by the time it was awarded, he had graduated from Oxford and was working in Baghdad. Norman Seddon went on to have an illustrious career with British Petroleum eventually becoming one of the company's executives. The material includes correspondence with a diploma maker and book-binders; correspondence with first and second prize winners; press notices and newspaper cuttings.

Correspondence with H.J. Manwaring concerning the production of the Diploma for the Universities Prize Essay.

Letter from Col. Hoysted, RAS Secretary, to [J.] J. Manwaring, to ask for him to provide a rough specimen of a suitable diploma for the Universities Prize Essay and a rough specimen for the Diploma of Honorary Membership. Typed, dated 15 November 1933.

Letter from Col. Hoysted, RAS Secretary, to H.J. Manwaring in which he asks when he can expect a reply to his questions first asked on 16th January. Typed letter, dated 23 February 1934.

Letter from Col. Hoysted, RAS Secretary, to H.J. Manwaring in which he asks when he can see Manwaring about the Diploma for the Universities Essay Prize and about a Diploma for an Honorary Member. Typed, dated 12 March 1934.

Two letters from Col. Hoysted, RAS Secretary, of identical content, one addressed to Messrs A.C. Crockett & Sons, and the other to Sangeraki & Sutcliffe to inquire regarding costs of binding the book to be given as second prize. Two typed letters, both dated 2 January 1934.

Letter from A.J. Mackenzie to Col. Hotsted, RAS Secretary, in which he thanks Hoysted for his previous letter concerning the Universities Essay prize and apologies for his late acknowledgment. Handwritten, with printed letterhead, dated 7 October 1933.