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The 15th International Congress of Orientalists was held in Copenhagen in 1908. The material from this conference consists of two printed pamphlets: "Actes du Quinzième Congrès International des Orientalistes Session de Copenhague 1908" and "Appendice aux Actes du Quinzième Congrès International des Orientalistes Session de Copenhague 1908" detailing participants and programme for the Congress. These were published in Copenhagen in 1909.

There is a small amount of material covering Special General Meetings within this period. The items are:

• 1907 - Notice from C. Hughes, Secretary of the Royal Asiatic Society, to inform Members that a Special General Meeting will be held on 14 May 1907 to consider revision of the Rules. Printed material, dated 23 April 1907.
• 1908 - Notice from C. Hughes, Secretary of the Royal Asiatic Society to inform Members that a Special General Meeting will be held on 26 May 1908 to consider revision of the Rules. Printed material, dated 9 May 1908.
• 1922 - Notice from Ella Sykes, Secretary of Royal Asiatic Society, to inform Members that at a Special General Meeting on 17 January 1922 certain amendments to the Rules were agreed. These amendments are listed. Printed material, dated April 1922.
• 1929 - Notification of a Special General Meeting on 1 July 1929 regarding Rule 65 concerning the day on which General meetings were held. Sent from C. Frazer, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, printed card. On the observe is a handwritten list concerning Persian texts.
• 1934 - 'Proposed Alterations and Additions to the Rules of the Society for Consideration by a Special General Meeting'. Notification giving the proposed rules to be changed and the date of the meeting, 11 January 1934 and Agenda for the Special General Meeting on 8 March 1934. Printed material.
• 1936 - Notification of a Special General Meeting to be held on 12 November 1936 to decide whether it was desirable for the Asiatic Society of Japan in Tokyo to be accepted as an Associate Member. Printed material, 2 copies.
• 1965 - Notification of the changes to subscription rates to be discussed at a Special General Meeting, 14 October 1965, typed; Minutes of the Special General Meeting when the subscription changes were unanimously accept, typed; Notification for a Council or Finance meeting (Item 6 i on the Agenda) regarding the unanimous acceptance of new subscription rates, typed; 'Notice on Subscriptions' to inform members of the new rate. Sent from D. Crawford, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, printed material.
• June 1969 - Agenda for a Special General Meeting to be held on 24 June 1979, 3 copies, typed with annotations; Minutes of the Special General Meeting, 2 copies typed with annotations; letters of apology from C.H. Philips, Sir Ralph Turner and Susan Skilliter, 3 items, typed and handwritten.
• October 1969 - Agenda for a Special General Meeting to be held on 29 October 1979, typed; Minutes of the Special General Meeting, typed with annotations.
• 1970 - Notice of a Special General Meeting to be held on 8 January 1970 to consider the revised Bye-laws of the Society. Notification is given as to where the bye-laws were available for consultation. Sent by D. Crawford, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, November 1969. Printed material.

Eleven newspaper cuttings from British and Indian newspapers reporting on the award of the Public School Medal to Mr. A. P. Waterfield for his essay on Warren Hastings. Dated 20 May 1907 - 17 June 1907.

There is no archival material in this series. Please see Related Material for details concerning the conferment of the Medal.

Invitation card from the President and Council of the Royal Asiatic Society to be invited to the presentation of the Public School Medal to Mr E.W. Horner (Eton College); the presentation would be undertaken by the Right Honorable St. John Brodrick M.P., Secretary of State for India. Printed material.

There are three items in this sub-series - an invitation card to the Presentation of the Medal; a newspaper cutting from the Bombay Gazette for 30 May 1904 entitled "The Royal Asiatic Society and its Medal"; and a copy "The Indian Magazine" for June 1904 with a report of the Public School Medal.

There is no archival material in this series. Please see Related Material for details concerning the conferment of the Medal.

The 13th International Congress of Orientalists was held in Hamburg in September 1902. The material consists of a single pamphlet, entitled "Neunter Bericht" (Ninth Report) of the programme for the 9-10 September 1902.

Lists and Correspondence concerning acquisitions in this time period.

Correspondence, lists and a catalogue concerning the disposals of material in this period.