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Correspondence with John Lust concerning the Society's Chinese prints. These are:

• Letter from John Lust to Raymond Head to ask if he would send copies of the Chinese prints for his files. Handwritten, dated 20 February 1984.
• Copy of a letter from Raymond Head to John Lust to give a summary of the information he has worked out concerning the Chinese prints. Copy of typescript, 2 pieces, undated.
• Letter from John Lust to Raymond Head to state that he hopes more Chinese prints might be found at the Royal Asiatic Society as the inventory he provided does not match the prints they have found. Typed, undated.
• Letter from John Lust to Raymond Head to point out the difference between exorcist and excorcist. Handwritten, undated.
• Note from John Lust to Raymond Head to correct Head's notes concerning the use of seals. Typed, undated.
• Statement from John Lust on the Morrison collection of Chinese woodblock prints. Typed, undated.

Correspondence from Derek Gladwyn. These are:

• Letter from Derek Gladwyn to Raymond Head to inform him that he had seen the painting at the National Maritime Museum about which he had asked Head. It was in their stores and he warns Head that they need a week's notice to view the item. Handwritten, dated 18 March 1984.
• Copy of a letter from Derek Gladwyn to the Curator, Print Room, National Maritime Museum, to ask for permission to view two paintings of the Trial of Four British Seaman at Canton. Typed, dated 19 March 1984.

Letter from Raymond Head to Ralph Pinder Wilson to state that he had just finished correcting the proofs and compiling an index for the catalogue. He insists on the necessity for a catalogue and includes his expenses. With the letter is a catalogue list of 16 pages.

Typed index including page numbers.

RAS Catalogue Illustrations - list of the illustrations to be included in the Catalogue.

Notes collated and some draft articles by Raymond Head, plus articles and photographs collected by him in researching for the Catalogue.

Handwritten notes and some photocopies made by Head in compiling the catalogue. These include:

• Notes on early donations - 3 pieces
• Notes on Alexander Johnston - 2 pieces
• Notes on an unlocated bust of Charles Metcalfe - 2 pieces
• Notes and photocopy on Charles Doyle - 3 pieces
• Notes and photocopies on Sir William Jones - 8 pieces
• Notes on miscellaneous paintings not within the catalogue - 10 pieces

Printed material collated by Raymond Head in researching the catalogue. These are:

• "The Earliest Representation of Borobudur" by J.E. van Lohuizen - de Leeuw - printed booklet.
• "Thai Manuscripts: An Exhibition in the British Library 23 January - 30 June 1983" - printed leaflet about the exhibition.
• Photocopy of a printed list of books about Persia. Has handwritten annotations and handwritten note.
• "Britain and her Buffer States, David Mclean, Royal Historical Society, 1979". Photocopy of a page from the Proceedings of the Asiatic Society concerning the designs of the Allahabad column by Captain Edward Smith.

News clipping of an obituary for Professor S. Howard Hansford, The Times, dated 4 April 1973.

Photocopy of an obituary notice for John F. Standish, from Nordic Institute of Asian Studies newsletter No. 1, 30 April 1992.