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Letter from Colonel Hoysted, Secretary of Royal Asiatic Society, to Freya Stark to ask if October 25th is a suitable date for the lecture and whether she could choose a subject involving her explorations for her lecture.

Letter from Colonel Hoysted, Secretary of Royal Asiatic Society, to Freya Stark in which he discusses the subject of the lecture, demonstrates the format for the medal engraving, and asks for her approval of a proposed short notice for the newspapers.

Letter from Freya Stark to Colonel Hoysted, Secretary of Royal Asiatic Society, in which she accepts the date for her lecture (October 25th 1934). She also discusses potential lecture subjects and asks that any inscription of her name read "Freya Stark".

Letter from Colonel Hoysted, Secretary of Royal Asiatic Society, to Professor D.S. Margoliouth in which he relays the suggested inscription and notice for newspapers. He queries whether "Miss" should be inscribed before "Freya Stark".

Letter from Colonel Hoysted, Secretary of Royal Asiatic Society, to John Pinches to give the full inscription for 1934 medal.

Letter from Colonel Hoysted, Secretary of Royal Asiatic Society, to the Press Association in which he requests that publicity be given in all principal newspapers of notice of the 1934 Award in lecture. There is also a further press notice concerning the celebration of Firdausi the Poet being held in London and the events taking place to commemorate his 1000th anniversary. This also mentions the forthcoming lecture by Freya Stark.

Letter from Colonel Hoysted, Secretary of Royal Asiatic Society, to Freya Stark in which he agrees on the subject of Luristan for the lecture. He also requests a 2000 word version of the lecture for the Journal of the Society.

Letter from George A. Sansome, Editorial Representative, London and Provincial Newpapers, to the Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, in which he asks, as a journalist commissioned by the London Editorial Services to obtain an interview with Freya Stark, for her address.

Letter from Freya Stark to Colonel Hoysted, Secretary of Royal Asiatic Society, with which she sends her draft lecture (not present) and asks for any suggested alterations or improvements. She also asks to see examples of other Burton Memorial lectures.

Letter from Lawrence Dundas, 2nd Marquess of Zetland, to Colonel Hoysted, Secretary of Royal Asiatic Society, in which he declines the invitation to present Freya Stark with the Award due to a prior engagement at the Indian Committee. The letter bears an annotation from Hoysted to Margoliouth regretting Zetland's decline and suggesting they might get Lord Lloyd instead.