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War in Yemen
GB 891 RAS BMM-RAS BMM/12-RAS BMM/12/2-RAS BMM/12/2/3 · File · 21st Dec 1966 - 22nd Dec 1966
Part of Royal Asiatic Society Richard Burton Memorial Medal

Two articles by Wilfred Thesiger in a series War in Yemen. The Article for 21 December is entitled "Disenchantment with the Egyptians". The Article for 22 December is entitled "Tribesmen acknowledge the Imam's rule".

Thesiger Sir Wilfred Patrick 1910-2003
GB 891 WCP-WCP/2-WCP/2/2 · File · 21st Oct 2009
Part of Papers of William Claxton Peppé

"W.C. Peppé's Excavations at Piprahwa: Supplementary Note by R B Parsons" in which he comments concerning how further excavations of the site, which are published in "Excavation at Piprahwa and Ganwari" by K.M. Srivastava (New Delhi 1996: Memoirs of the Archaeological Survey of India No 94), may affect interpretation of the material.

Parsons Roger B RAS Volunteer
Wellington College
GB 891 RAS SESQ-RAS SESQ/8-RAS SESQ/8/4 · File · 1973
Part of Royal Asiatic Society: Sesquicentenary

Correspondence regarding the possibility of giving a lecture at Wellington College. These are:

  • Letter from B.W. Robinson, President, Royal Asiatic Society, to the Headmaster, Wellington College, to ask whether the College might be interested in hosting a lecture, dated 1 January 1973.
  • Letter from F.F. Fisher, Master, Wellington College to B.W. Robinson, President, Royal Asiatic Society, to inform that he would ask colleagues concerning hosting a lecture, dated 8 January 1973.
  • Letter from R.E.H. Strachan, Administrative Assistant to the Master, to B.W. Robinson, President, Royal Asiatic Society, to state that the Master expects that Mr Willey would be interested and will contact Robinson directly, dated 6 March 1973.
  • Letter from Peter Willey, Wellington College, to B.W. Robinson, President, Royal Asiatic Society, to ask if he would like to come and see the College's exhibition and to suggest planning for a date for the lecture, dated 14 March 1973. Annotated on this letter is a reply from B.W. Robinson to send his apologies that he would not be able to get to the exhibition and to agree that May would be a good time for the lecture.
Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1823- London, England
GB 891 ACG-ACG/5-ACG/5/2-ACG/5/2/22 · File · [1983 - 1984]
Part of Papers of Angus C. Graham

"Were there Chinese philosophers who distinguished the sentence from the name?" by A.C. Graham, - an article refuting Chad Hansen's rejection of this hypothesis as examined by Graham in Later Mohist Logic, Ethics and Science. Two copies, one typed with handwritten annotations, in English and Chinese, 5 pieces, one typed, 62 pieces which includes an "Appendix: The Separability and Distinguishability of Form and Content".

Graham Angus Charles 1919-1991
Westminster School
GB 891 RAS SESQ-RAS SESQ/8-RAS SESQ/8/6 · File · 1973
Part of Royal Asiatic Society: Sesquicentenary

Letter from J. Smith, Headmaster's Secretary, Westminster School, to Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to apologise for not replying earlier to the letter to suggest a lecture at the school but to inform that it would not be possible, dated 28 March 1973.

Westminster School (London)