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Two items - a draft invitation card for the lecture by Doreen Ingrams and biographical material on Beatrice de Cardi.

Administrative documents concerned with Lectures and General Meetings:

• Advertising documents and correspondence concerned with the Royal Asiatic Society's celebration of the bicentenary of the Asiatic Society of Bengal which took place at the General Meeting of 12 January 1984 with Sir Cyril Philips lecturing on 'The Young Wellington in India'. There was also a lecture held at the British Library, given by Garland Cannon, on 14 March 1984, in connection with their exhibition, 'Sir William Jones and the Asiatic Society of Bengal', which ran from 20 January - 29 April 1984. 14 items, dated 16 March 1978 - 3 July 1984.
• 'Fabric of History', a newspaper article from the Evening Standard about the home of Philippa Scott. The article was kept as she pulled out of giving a lecture at short notice. Dated 21 December 1988.
• Correspondence with Walid Arafat concerning his lecture, 2 items, dated 31 December 1988.
• Letter from Helen Ballhatchett concerning her forthcoming lecture, 1 item, dated 4 March 1989.
• Letter from Dr I. Raeside concerning his forthcoming lecture, 1 item, dated 24 October 1989.
• Biographical Notes for Christopher Aslet, 3 items, dated 11 December 1989.

A revised transcript of the Professor Ann Lambton Memorial Lecture, 'Ann K.S. Lambton (1912-2008) and Persian Studies' presented by Professor David Morgan, 15 October 2009. This is an electronic document.

A small amount of correspondence concerning the organisation of lectures. At present this is all closed.

Some administrative documents have become archival material. Currently:

• Letter from Tamar Beruchashvili, Ambassador, Embassy of Georgia, to Alison Ohta, Director, Royal Asiatic Society, to thank the Society for hosting 'Shakespeare and Rustaveli meet in London' as the annual Rustaveli Day celebrations on 28 November 2016. Typed letter, 1 piece, dated 2 December 2016.

Five administrative documents concerned with the inauguration of the Burton Memorial Fund.

This sub-series consists of letters regarding the competition, printed notices and lists of Universities eligible to compete.

This consists of administrative correspondence with candidates and examiners, and notices of the competition.

This sub-series contains administrative material regarding the Prize.

This is correspondence between the Royal Asiatic Society and the Essay prizewinner, Mr N.S. Adams.

This sub-series includes letters to the press and universities concerning the Universities Prize Essay, and a note by the Prize Selection Committee concerning their choice of winner.