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Asiatic Society of Japan
GB 891 RAS SESQ-RAS SESQ/9-RAS SESQ/9/6 · File · 1971
Part of Royal Asiatic Society: Sesquicentenary

Correspondence with the Asiatic Society of Japan concerning the sesquicentenary celebrations. These are:

  • Letter from President, Royal Asiatic Society, to President, Asiatic Society of Japan, to inform about the sesquicentenary of the Society and to invite members of the Japan Society in London at the time to be part of the celebrations, dated 21 April 1971.
  • Letter from President, Asiatic Society of Japan, to President, Royal Asiatic Society, to thank for the previous letter and to inform that it will be the Japan's Society's centenary in 1972 and to extend a similar invitation to members of the Royal Asiatic Society, dated 23 June 1971.
  • Letter from R.H. Wade, President of Asiatic Society of Japan, to B.W. Robinson, President, Royal Asiatic Society, to send his personal note with the official letter and to write about his recent visit to Korea, dated 7 July 1971.
Asiatic Society of Japan
Asiatic Society of Hong Kong
GB 891 RAS SESQ-RAS SESQ/9-RAS SESQ/9/5 · File · 1973
Part of Royal Asiatic Society: Sesquicentenary

Correspondence concerning the Asiatic Society of Hong Kong. These are:

  • Letter from B.W. Robinson, President, Royal Asiatic Society, to Gordon Calver concerning the Hong Kong Society feeling neglected and the letters he is sending to each of the Branch Societies, dated 29 March 1973.
  • "Note regarding the Hong Kong Asiatic Society, Note for the President in London" concerning the possibility of fundraising for both organisations, undated.
Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1823- London, England
Asiatic Society of Bombay
GB 891 RAS SESQ-RAS SESQ/9-RAS SESQ/9/4 · File · 1973
Part of Royal Asiatic Society: Sesquicentenary

Correspondence with the Asiatic Society of Bombay concerning the sesquicentennial celebrations. These are: Letter from President, Asiatic Society of Bombay, to President, Royal Asiatic Society, to wish success in the sesquicentennial celebrations and to state they are not in a position to support financially, dated 22 June 1973. Letter from President, Royal Asiatic Society, to President, Asiatic Society of Bombay, to thank for his letter and to wish that the Societies would continue to give mutual support, dated 12 July 1973.

Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland
Asiatic Society of Bengal
GB 891 RAS SESQ-RAS SESQ/9-RAS SESQ/9/3 · File · 1973
Part of Royal Asiatic Society: Sesquicentenary

Correspondence with the Asiatic Society of Bengal concerning the sesquicentenary celebrations. These are:

  • Letter from President, Royal Asiatic Society, to President, Asiatic Society of Bengal, to inform regarding the progress of the sesquicentenary celebrations, dated 1 May 1973.
  • Letter from Honorary President, Asiatic Society of Bengal, to President, Royal Asiatic Society, to thank for his letter and to give news of their own Society, dated 27 June 1973.
  • Letter from President, Royal Asiatic Society, to President, Asiatic Society of Bengal, to thank for his letter and to note the Asiatic Society's forthcoming 190th anniversary, dated 12 July 1973.
Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal
GB 891 RAS ALL11 · Fonds · 2002

Copies of emails between Shahryar Z.R. Iqbal, Council Member, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, and Adrian Thomas, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, concerning the payment of Iqbal's membership fees and his publications on the history of Bangladesh. Three emails, dated April 2002.

Asiatic Society of Bangladesh
GB 891 RAS SESQ-RAS SESQ/9-RAS SESQ/9/2 · File · 1973
Part of Royal Asiatic Society: Sesquicentenary

Letter from the Royal Asiatic Society to the President, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, to inform regarding the progress of the sesquicentenary celebrations

Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1823- London, England
Asiatic Society
GB 891 RAS ALL1 · Fonds · 1897 - 2008

Material concerned with the Asiatic Society (formerly Asiatic Society of Bengal) and their interaction with the Royal Asiatic Society.

Asiatic Society
GB 891 RAS SESQ-RAS SESQ/10-RAS SESQ/10/3 · File · 1969 - 1973
Part of Royal Asiatic Society: Sesquicentenary

An Exhibition of Asiatic Sculpture, at the Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh, was curated in celebration of the Royal Asiatic Society's 150th Anniversary. The material in connection with this exhibition is:

  • Exhibition pamphlet for Asiatic Sculpture, Royal Scottish Museum, 2 copies.
  • Letter from Cyril Aldred, Keeper, Royal Scottish Museum, to Professor Charles Beckingham, President, Royal Asiatic Society, to state the Museum would probably be able to arrange an exhibition of oriental art and antiquities in 1973, dated 6 January 1969.
  • Letter from Jennifer Scarce, Assistant Keeper, Royal Scottish Museum, to Professor Charles Beckingham, President, Royal Asiatic Society to state that she was in support of an exhibition and to ask for more details, dated 20 March 1969.
  • Letter from Jennifer Scarce, Assistant Keeper, Royal Scottish Museum, to Diana Crawford, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to ask for a copy of the Society's Sesquicentenary brochure, dated 5 September 1972.
  • Letter from Diana Crawford, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to Jennifer Scarce, Assistant Keeper, Royal Scottish Museum, to thank her for her suggestions regarding the RAS Appeal and to ask whether she would be able to write about the horse in Asiatic Art, dated 8 December 1972.
  • Letter from Jennifer Scarce, Assistant Keeper, Royal Scottish Museum, to Dr Hansman to inform him that she has made an appointment with him through Diana Crawford, dated 4 January 1973.
  • Letter from Jennifer Scarce, Assistant Keeper, Royal Scottish Museum, to Diana Crawford, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to ask for a list of the Society's Fellows so she may send invitations to the exhibition, dated 26 January 1973.
  • Letter from Diana Crawford, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to Jennifer Scarce, Assistant Keeper, Royal Scottish Museum, to enclose a list of Fellows of the Society, dated 30 January 1973.
  • Letter from Jennifer Scarce, Assistant Keeper, Royal Scottish Museum, to Diana Crawford, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to thank for the list, dated 31 January 1973.
  • Letter from John Hansman to Jennifer Scarce, Assistant Keeper, Royal Scottish Museum, to enclose appeal letters for the individuals in Scotland she had suggested might help, to enclose further brochures, and to thank to the invitation to the reception at the Royal Scottish Museum, dated 2 March 1973.
  • Letter from P.L. Baker to Jennifer Scarce, Assistant Keeper, Royal Scottish Museum, to thank her for the information sheets sent concerning the Asiatic Sculpture Exhibition, dated 21 March 1973.
Royal Scottish Museum
GB 891 BHH-BHH/20-BHH/20/2 · File · Mar 1820
Part of Papers of Brian Houghton Hodgson

"Asiatic Journal for March 1820 in which there is an article, "College of Fort William, Public Disputation", which reports on the disputations in Oriental languages by members of the College. Hodgson took part as the 1st Opponent in Persian and in Bengalee. The disputation was then followed by giving of prizes and certificates for the qualifications awarded by the College. Printed journal, with some annotations, 1 item, dated March 1820.

Asiatic Society of Bengal 1784- Kolkata, India