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Map of the route from Calcutta to Lhasa drawn in coloured pencil.

7 Calling Cards

There are a number of calling cards and invitations for Thomas Manning whilst staying in France. Their main interest lies in the understanding some of the social circle in which he moved.

The Society has a history of working with Camberwell College. This was renewed in 2016 and from 2016-2019 MA conservation students worked on some items in the Society's collections for their final projects. The archival material is:

2016

• RAS Persian Manuscripts 19 and 51 - work carried out by Jasdip Singh Dillon: Treatment proposals and work overview. Typed with accompanying photographs, 15 pieces.
• Paintings from the James Tod Collection (Cat. Nos. 061.002, 063.008 and 063.009) - work carried out by Bethia Grice. Proposal and condition reports, correspondence and Final Project report. Typed with accompanying photographs, 79 pieces.

2017

• The Canton Register Volumes 2 and 3 - work undertaken by Isana Skeete. Documentation of proposal and treatment. Digital file originally created in July 2017, archival document created in November 2024.
• Maps of Mount Hua and Putuo - work undertaken by Joey Shuker. Conservation Treatment Records for each map. Original digital documents created August 2017, archival documents created November 2024.
• “Squeeze Ink Impression” by Sir Alexander Cunningham - work undertaken by Laurent Cruveillier. Condition and Treatment report for the conservation of the positive and negative impressions and the historic label, and a copy of Cruveillier's dissertation, Conservation of Alexander Cunningham’s 1850s archaeological ink rubbing and inked squeeze of a stone inscription at Visvanatha temple in India. Digital files first created in June 2017, archival documents created November 2024.
• Painting of the Northern elevation of the Temple of Rana Mokal, Chitor (Cat. No. 037.174) - work carried out by Rebecca Snow. Condensed treatment report. Digital file originally created in June 2017, archival document created November 2024.

2018

• Pilgrimage scroll (artwork) - work carried out by Mathilde Renauld. Documentation and treatment proposal, and Renauld's dissertation, Conservation of a Shi’ite pilgrimage scroll from the Royal Asiatic Society. Digital documents originally created in 2018, archival documents created November 2024.

2019

• Pencil and ink drawings of the bridge and island of Sivasmudram (Cat. Nos. 073.001 - 073.004) - work carried out by Arantza Dobbels Busto. Treatment documentation for each of the maps. Typed with accompanying photographs, 8 pieces.
• Watercolour paintings of Genealogical trees from the James Tod Collections (Cat. Nos. 037.177 and 037.178) - work carried out by Rebekah Harbord. Conservation documentation, typed with accompanying photographs, 12 pieces.
• Double-sided miniature paintings depicting Layla (Cat. No. 058.001) with three birds on verso and Majnun with a Prince on a piebald horse on verso (Cat. No. 058.002) - work carried out by Rebekah Harbord. Conservation Treatment Proposal, Conservation documentations, and a copy of her dissertation, Stabilisation and re-housing of two double-sided Indo-Persian manuscript miniatures c.1550-1650 from the Persian manuscript collection of the Royal Asiatic Society. Also includes a printed booklet of an exhibition of the work by students from the 2019 MA Conservation class, containing an article by Rebekah Harbord regarding the conservation of the paintings. Typed with accompanying photographs, 61 pieces and 1 booklet.

The 1996 January-February (volume II, number 1) issue of 'Cambodia Report', a publication by the Preah Sihanouk Raj Academy, for which Collins worked as Senior Researcher from 1995 to 1997. This issue contains extracts from several fields reports by the research teams at the Academy, written as part of the Interdisciplinary Research on Ethnic Groups in Cambodia (IREGC) project. Collins was the Research Coordinator of the IREGC project and co-editor for this issue, which features his article entitled 'Relations between the Cham and the Cambodian Highlanders'.

Cambridge University Press began publishing the Society's Journal in 1991. This is still ongoing. The material in this series includes memoranda of agreement, a publication license agreement, meeting minutes, final accounts, correspondence and administrative documents, and advertising leaflets.

Correspondence from W. Lewis, Cambridge University Press, to C.A. Storey concerning the potential of the Press publishing Storey's 'A Bibliography of Persian Literature'. Four items, dated 2 September 1925 - 17 August 1926.

'Cambridge University Reporter' for 11 February 1947, given decisions and reports concerning the administration of the university.

"Can Democracy flourish in the New Asia?" by Quaritch Wales from The World, August 1944, pp.211-214.

Review from the Times, Canberra, 'Can We Win in Vietnam?' by J. L. S. Girling.