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Correspondence sent and received by Graham between 1985 and 1990.

There is a single item for 1985: Minutes of the Library Committee Meeting for 7 January 1985.

Special General Meetings were called in 1984 and again in 1987 concerning finding new premises for the Society. The material from these meetings is:

Special General Meeting 12 January 1984

• Notice of the Meeting accompanied by a Note from the Director, 1 item, dated 15 December 1983.

  Special General Meeting 12 March 1987

• Notice of the Special General Meeting concerning the removal of a limitation in the Society's Charter, 1 item, dated 23 February 1987.

• Notification of where Members of the Council may see the draft documents, 1 item, dated 5 March 1987.

  Special General Meeting 9 April 1987

• Notice of Special General Meeting and a circular letter entitled 'A Policy on Premises, 2 items, undated.

• Correspondence from Fellows concerning the meeting and their views on A Policy on Premises, 11 items, dated 31 March - 8 April 1987.

  Special General Meeting 11 June 1987

• Notice of the Special General Meeting to enable the Council to dispose of the lease of 56 Queen Anne Street following the successful purchase of 60 Queen's Gardens, 1 item, dated 26 May 1987.

The series contains correspondence regarding the conferment of the Medal; correspondence regarding purchase of the Medal; Newspaper cuttings; Correspondence from Dr Ahamad Hussain about applying to receive the Medal; and family correpsondence.

1984 India tour plan / travel diary, notes and ephemera.

The material for this year contains:

• Letter from B.C. Bloomfield to Godfrey Goodwin, Director of Royal Asiatic Society, to send information concerning the national inter-lending scheme. Typed with printed letterhead, dated 2 February 1984. With this letter is a copy of one from M.B. Line to Bloomfield explaining the procedure.
• Letter from Anthony Bennell to Director, Royal Asiatic Society, to state that he would be unable to attend the Library Committee Meeting that had been called for 7 and 8 March. Typed with printed letterhead, dated 21 February 1984.
• Letter from Dr. G.S.P. Freeman-Grenville to Charles to provide the details of a bookbinder. Typed letter, dated 16 April 1984. With this is a further typed note of a letter sent to the book binder, dated 24 May, 1984.
• Agenda and Minutes for Library Committee Meeting, 7 March 1984.
• Minutes of the Library Committee Meeting, 23 May 1984.

Correspondence between the Finnish Oriental Society and Michael Pollock, Librarian, Royal Asiatic Society. These are:

• Letter from Tapani Harviainen, Secretary General, Finnish Oriental Society, to Michael Pollock, Librarian, Royal Asiatic Society, to reply to his letter by sending a short description of the Finnish Oriental Society and to inform him that a history of the Society was being prepared. Typed, dated 19 October 1993.
• "Finnish Oriental Society"- the description of the Society, its founding, activities and journal. Typed.
• Letter from Michael Pollock, Librarian, Royal Asiatic Society, to Tapani Harviainen, Secretary General, Finnish Oriental Society, to thank him for the information. Typed with printed letterhead, dated 26 October 1993.

The items for this year are:

• "Financial Decision of the Library Committee 13/1/83" - photocopy of a handwritten list concerning Library Expenditure. Signed by G.A. Calver, Honorary Treasurer.
• Letter from B.C. Bloomfield to Gordon A Calver to give some assessment of requirements for library storage. Typed with printed letterhead, dated 27 September 1983.
• Minutes of the Library Committee for 8 December 1983.

The Library Committee was still in abeyance but there are several items connected with Library governance:

• "Meeting of the Council, 1 April 1982" - report by Dr. M.A.N. Loewe on "The Role of the Royal Asiatic Society" which was circulated for this meeting and concerns the Collections. Typed.
• Letter from G.R. Smith to Miss Gibson, Secretary Royal Asiatic Society, to give his opinion on Dr. Loewe's report. Typed with printed letterhead, dated 19 March 1982
• Letter from B.C. Bloomfield to Anthony Bennell to give his opinion on Dr Loewe's report and to offer his services for a Library Committee. Typed with printed letterhead, dated 23 March 1982.
• RAS Library Committee: List of Periodical for Consideration, 24 September1982. Typed list.

The correspondence preserved for this period is:

• Correspondence concerning a subpoena issued by the Union of India. Typed, 19 pieces, dated 5 June 1986-25 February 1987.
• Correspondence concerning an international colloquium to mark the bicentenary of a permanent Ottoman embassy in London. Typed and photocopy, 2 pieces, dated 5-12 June 1991.
• Letter from Geoffrey King to Ralph Pinder-Wilson, Director, Royal Asiatic Society, concerning excavations at Julfar, typed, 1 piece, dated 21 July 1991.
• Letter from Robert Hillenbrand concerning a Festschrift for Basil Robinson, typed, 1 piece, undated [1992].
• Correspondence concerning the restoration of the monument to Sir William Jones in the University Church of St. Mary's, Oxford. Typed and handwritten, 9 pieces, dated 3 February 1996 - 10 February 1997.
• Correspondence with the Institut Catala de la Mediterrania concerning nomination of a candidate for their Premi Internacional Catalunya. Typed, 5 pieces, dated 20 June 1997 - 20 April 1998.
• Correspondence concerning support for the Centenary Seminar on Central Asia to mark the centenary of the Royal Society for Asian Affairs. Handwritten and typed, 13 pieces, dated 28 February 2001 - 2 November 2001.
• Correspondence concerning the nomination received for the Order of Australia. Typed, three pieces, dated 24 May - 15 June 2006.
• Correspondence concerning the departure of the Ambassador of Kazakhstan from London, Typed, 2 pieces, dated 24 July 2007.
• Letter from Alison Ohta, Director, Royal Asiatic Society, to British Embassy Seoul regarding a recommendation for the Queen's birthday honours. Typed, one letter, dated 11 December 2014.