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Letter from Edwin Norris, Secretary, to Captain Ormsby, Sydney Place, Bath, to thank for his paper 'A translation of the inscription of the great slab or altar found in the ruins of Nineveh' which was read at a General Meeting of the Society.
(Found on page 227)

"Great Desert Crossing. 900 Miles by Camel. Bertram Thomas's Discoveries. A Salt Lake" Letter from Bertram Thomas to the Times, detailing his 900 mile crossing by camel of the Rub 'al Khali. Includes accounts of discoveries including the phenomenon of singing sands and a salt water lake in the desert. Also "Importance of the Discoveries" a comment from Sir Arnold Wilson (recipient of the Burton Memorial Medal in 1937).

The series consists of administrative documents, correspondence, printed lecture card and newspaper cuttings concerned with the awarding of the Burton Memorial Medal to Freya Stark. There are also some printed materials concerned with her death.

Letter from Professor D.S. Margoliouth to Colonel Hoysted, Secretary of Royal Asiatic Society, in which Margoliouth apologise in advance for his absence from the Council Meeting on 14th June 1935. He details difficulties consulting with the 1935 Burton Medal Committee owing to their travels. Two of the three have agreed on Miss Blackman and Margoliouth suggests her name is put before the Council for selection. Adds that Freya Stark has also been considered and that she would also be a good choice. Further notes in Hoysted's hand on the Council Meeting of 12th April 1934 which resolved to postpone the award pending the report of the Committee appointed 9th November 1933 (Margoliouth/Gibb/Penzer) and that Professor Gibb favours Stark, but a decision should be postponed until the end of the year as she is abroad. Penzer favours either (15/06/1934).

Letter from Colonel Hoysted, Secretary of Royal Asiatic Society, to Freya Stark in which he discusses the subject of the lecture, demonstrates the format for the medal engraving, and asks for her approval of a proposed short notice for the newspapers.

Letter from Colonel Hoysted, Secretary of Royal Asiatic Society, to Freya Stark in which he agrees on the subject of Luristan for the lecture. He also requests a 2000 word version of the lecture for the Journal of the Society.

Letter from Colonel Hoysted, Secretary of Royal Asiatic Society, to Freya Stark to enclose a sample of the invitation card (not present), ask for details of map of Persia so he might obtain a slide, and he hopes that she has recovered her health after illness.

Newspaper cutting with the article, Telegrams in Brief outlining that Freya Stark, who had been taken ill in Hadramaut had been brought by aeroplane to Aden. Her condition was stated as not serious. From the The Times newspaper.

Two obituaries for Dame Freya Stark from The Times and The Independent covering her life.

Letter from D.S. Margoliouth to Colonel Hoysted, Secretary of Royal Asiatic Society, in which he suggests the names of Norman Penzer, Colonel Lorimer, and Sir Denison Ross as the members of the Selection Committee for the Burton Medal. Hoysted has annotated the letter to add the name Sir Oliver Wardrop and make other notes about the selection procedure.