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Book of Abstracts from Papers at the Conference. These are:

• "Ethiopia's Balance of Payments 1975-1985" by Eshetu Chole
• "Food and Development in Ethiopia: Retrospect and Prospect" by Fassil G. Kiros
• "The Development of Peasant Producers' Cooperatives in Post-Revolutionay Ethiopia: Some Problems and Prospects" by Fassil Teffara
• "The Contribution of the Recent Field Work at Kassala (Eastern Sudan) to Ethiopian Archaeology" by Rodolfo Fattovich
• "Taphonomie et archézoologie du site oldowayen de Gomboré I B à Melka Kunturé, Ethiopie Etude préliminaire" by Martine Faure
• "The Pastoral Nomads of Ethiopia and their Development Prospects" by Fedadu Gadamu
• "Aspects of literary production, distribution and consumption in Ethiopia before 1974" by Fedake Azeze
• "Groupes Geographiques et Groupes Tribaux Patrilineaires chex les °Afar" by Robert Ferry
• "Mashafa Haywet and Mangada Samāy: D'après onze manuscrits inédits" by Luigi Fusella
• "The Qemant Domestic Cycle, Ambilineality, and Time" by Frederick C. Gamst
• "Control of Media and Concept of Image by Haile Selassie I" by John Gartley
• "Diviser pour régner: les vicissitudes du découpage administratif de l'Ethiopie depuis la Guerre, étude géographique" by Alain Gascon
• "Titre: On Ethiopian Women and Feminism" by Ghenet Girma
• "'Oneself', 'One's Own' and 'One Another' in Amharic" by Gideon Goldenberg
• "Social Ministry of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church in the Past and the Present" by Ahuha Bishop Gorgorewo
• "Biographie Resumée d'Eloi Pino (1845-1907)" by Roger Grau
• "A Proposal for a Typological Characterization of Semitic Languages" by Y. Gruntfest
• "Le genre Ceratotherium (Mammalia, Rhincerotidae) dans le Pliio-Pléistocène d'Ethiopie et son évolution en Afrique" by Claude Guérin
• "Builders of Churches and Authors of Hymns: Makers of Ethiopian Church History" by Getatchew Haile
• "Commercial Farming Initiatives in Italian East Africa (Ethiopia), 1936-1941" by Larebo Haile
• "Against an Initial WH Filter in Amharic" by Girma Halefom
• "Revolution and the History of the Ethiopian State" by John W. Harbeson
• "Notes on the Ge'ez text of IV Ezra" by Walter Harrelson
• "Early Byzantine Sculptural Fragments from Adulis" by Marilyn E. Heldman
• "Ethiopia's Economic Prospects for the 1990s" by Paul B. Henze
• "Erste Informationen über die Kirche Athiopens im reformatorischen Deutschland" by Friedrich Heyer
• "Ethiopian Slavery and British Abolitionism: The View from the American Legation 1920-1935" by Dennis Hickey
• "L'Ethiopie de G. Gastaldi" by Bertrand Hirsch
• "Grande Somalie/Grande Ethiopie: Aspects parallèles, contradictoires et complémentaires des deux nations" by M. Jean Honnorat
• "The Life and Career of Shykh Talha B. Ja'far (c.1853-1934)" by Hussein Ahmed
• "Ethiopian Immigration Law On The Exclusion and Deportation of Foreign Nationals" by Ibrahim Idris
• "A History of Joseph" by E. Isaac
• "'Melody Types' and 'Formulas' in Ethiopian Chant: The Manuscript Evidence (13th-20th Centuries)" by Peter Jeffery
• "L'Art Rupestre de Djibouti dans son Contexte Est-Africain" by Roger Joussaume
• "Syntax and the history of the Semitic languages of Ethiopia" by Olga Kapeliuk
• "Falasha Religion: Ancient Judaism or Evolving Ethiopian tradition" by Steven Kaplan
• "Archaeological Research in Ethiopia: Progress and Current Situation" by Kassaye Begashaw
• "Some Issues in the Pronominal System in Adere" by Girmay Berhane
• "Using Modern Sources to Achieve Historical Reconstruction in the Study of Ethiopian Christian Chant" by Kay Kaufman Shelemay
• "The Customary Law Codes of Hamasen" by Friederike Kemink
• "Contemporary Ethiopian Woodcuts in Social Context" by Professor Wendy Kindred
• "La Theologie au Service de la Rebellion" by Manfred Kopp
• "Les stéphanites à la lumière des actes d'Isaie de Gunda-Gundē" by Stanislaw Kur
• "Education in People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia: Laying the Foundation for a Socialist Educational System" by Legesse Lemma
• "Les 'Ensablés': Fascistes Oubliés d'Ethiopie" by Fabienne le Houerou
• "Publication Cooperation Internationale d'un Catalogue des Anciens Manuscrits Ethiopiens à Miniatures" by Claude Lepage
• "Birth of a vernacular literature" by Wolf Leslau
• "Social Gatherings among the Shoa Oromo" by Herbert S. Lewis
• "Problemes du Mouvement Eustathien" by Gianfrancesco Lusini
• "Bridewealth, marriage and kinship in Hamar" by Jean Lydall
• "Social and Cultural Impact of Resettlement: The Case of Potters in the Beles Valley" by Loredana Magni and Stefano Berterame
• "The Ethiopian Manuscripts Marginalia" by Joanna Mantel-Niécko
• "Le Refus de l'Independance à Sagueneiti dans l'Erythrée des Années 40" by Roland Marchal
• "Haile Sellassie and Development, 1916-1960" by Harold G. Marcus
• "Abscence et Utilisation des Images. A Propos de Quatre Evenements Majeurs de l'Histoire Recente de l'Ethiopie" by Francois Margolin
• "Le gadla Yemrehanna Krestos: aperçu préliminaire" by Paolo Marrassini

Abstract for "Banditry, Resistance and Modes of Production. in Southern Ethiopia, ca. 1880-1941" by Tim Fernyhough.

"Builders of Churches and Authors of Hymns: Makers of History in the Ethiopian Church" by Getatchew Haile. Notes to accompany a Paper delivered at the Conference.

Official Documentation, correspondence and a newspaper cutting concerning the first session of the International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences held in London from 30 July to 4 August 1934.

"The Scientific Study of Man: International Congress in London". Article from The Times announcing the forthcoming first session of the International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences, to be held in London under Royal patronage.

Correspondence and official documentation for the Second International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences held in Copenhagen from the 1-6 August, 1938. These are:

• "International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences, Second Session, Copenhagen, 1938, Under the patronage of H.M. the King of Denmark and Iceland, Second Circular". Printed pamphlet detailing information about the Congress, the provisional programme, sections, excursion and including a form for Application for Membership at the Conference. Printed material.
• Letter from H.J. Braunholtz and M.L. Tildesley, British National Secretaries, International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences, to remind about the forthcoming Congress and to ask to be informed as to whether the recipient would be attending and wishing to submit a paper or make proposals concerning the future of the Congresses. Typed, dated 23 May 1938.
• Letter from Colonel Hoysted, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to the National Secretaries, International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences, to inform that Professor J.L. Myres would represent the Society at the next Congress, that he will not be reading a paper, nor did the Society have any suggestions regarding the Congress. Typed, dated 7 June 1938.

Correspondence concerning the Second Turkish Linguistic Congress held in Istanbul on 18th August 1934. These are:

• Letter from The Counsellor, Turkish Embassy, London, to the Royal Asiatic Society, to inform them of the enclosed communication received from the Secretary of the Society for the Investigation of the Turkish language. Typed, dated 26 July 1934. With this letter is the notification of the Second Linguistic Congress to be held in Istanbul under the aegis of the Gazi Mustafa Kemal, Founder and Protector of the Society for the Investigation of the Turkish Language, typed document.
• Letter from Col, Hoysted, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to The Counsellor, Turkish Embassy, to thank for his letter, and to note that though the matters are of great interest to the Society, the deadline for applying for participation is already passed. Typed, dated 30 July 1934.
• Letter from Col Hoysted, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to Professor Margoliouth to state that he will send the information regarding the Congress to Mr Clauson, Sir Oliver Wardrop, Mr Guest and Mr Ellis. There is a further note to state that Margoliouth replied that he had no further remarks to make. Handwritten, dated 30 July 1934.
• Letter from The Counsellor, Turkish Embassy, London, to the Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society to inform him that it would still be possible for Members to participate if they could inform him at the earliest possible convenience. Typed, dated 31 July 1934.
• Letter from Col Hoysted, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to Sir Oliver Wardrop to send the information regarding the Congress and ask him to send it on to Mr Clauson, Mr Ellis and Mr Guest. The letter has notes to state that it has been forwarded. Handwritten, dated 3 August 1934.
• Letter from R. Guest to Mr Ellis to forward the information as requested and to express his regret at not seeing Ellis at the British Museum. Typed, dated 6 August 1934.
• Letter from Dr Joseph de Somogyi to Col. Hoysted, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to thank him for sending the communication concerning the Second Turkish Linguistic Congress and to return it for the Society's Papers. Handwritten, dated 23 October 1934.

Three items connected with the International Congress of Geography in Warsaw held on the 25-31 August 1934 under the auspices of the International Geographical Union. These are:

• First Circular for the International Congress with a letter from Stanislaw Pawlowski, General Secretary, and Eugenjusz Romer, inviting participants to the Congress. The circular also covers Terms of the Congress, the Themes of the Meetings, and Excursions. A handwritten annotation notes "Resolved on 12.10.33 not to nominate a representative".
• Bulletin D'Adhésion for the Congress for becoming a Member of the Congress, taking part in the discussion, and taking part in the excursions. Printed in French.
• Second Circular for the International Congress giving further information about the Congress, the subjects for discussion and the excursions.

Draft for the Bye-laws 1970 of the Society with handwritten amendments.

Booklet containing RAS Charter and Byelaws for 1970.