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In the 1957-1958 Essay Prize there were no competitors. There is a printed notice of the "Royal Asiatic Society's Universities Prize Essay Competition" which details the subject titles, the prize available and the basic rules. Printed material, 1 side, dated 12 October 1957.

The series contains a letter from Mary Boyce to Sir Richard Winstedt and a copy of the prizewinning essay,

There are 2 letters from the Secretary of the Royal Asiatic Society to John Pinches, Medallist, regarding the casting of the Medal. For more information regarding the conferment of the Medal, please see Related Material.

There is the printed notice of the Competition and the prize-winning essay by Gavin Richard Grenville Hambly.

The prize-winning essay "The Rise and Fall of Portuguese Colonial Activities East of Suez" with motto "Quem vio Goa, excusa de vêr Lisboa" By Michael Teague. Typed manuscript, 34 pages, undated. With this manuscript is a Compliment Slip from the Director, School of Oriental and African Studies with the essay title and year. Also a letter from Michael Teague supplying autobiographical details. Handwritten, 2 sides dated 8 May 1955.

The 23rd International Congress of Orientalists was held in Cambridge in 1954. The material connected with this Congress includes correspondence concerning organising and finance of the Congress, correspondence regarding attendance, General programme, correspondence regarding the publication of the Proceedings of the Conference and a further research enquiry.

There were no entrants for the 1952-1953 Essay prize. See Related Material for further details. The 1953-1954 prize was won by Simon Everard Digby. The archival material consists of two copies of the printed notification of the "Royal Asiatic Society's Universities Prize Essay Competition" stating the titles of the essay, the possibility of entering an essay on an Oriental subject of the entrant's own choice. and the basic rules of the competition. Printed material, 2 copies, dated 1 September 1953.

There is a single letter from the Secretary of the Royal Asiatic Society to John Pinches, to request that they make a silver-gilt medal in time for the presentation on 11 June. Typed letter, dated 15 May, 1953. For further information regarding the conferment of the Medal, see Related Material.

There is a single item in this series - a letter from The Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to John Pinches to inform them that the Burton Memorial Medal had been awarded to Gertrude Caton-Thompson and to provide the inscription to be engraved on the Medal. Dated 15 April 1954.

Correspondence, lists and catalogues concerning the disposals of material in this period