This series contains Gogerly's translations of different Theravāda Buddhist suttas. During his lifetime, Gogerly translated around twenty of them. This literary corpus refers to ancient and medieval canonical scriptures many of which are regarded as records of the oral teachings of Gautama Buddha.
Gogerly Daniel John 1792-1862 Reverend, Missionary, Pali and Sinhalese translatorTranslations of the Appeal Letter and Objectives into Arabic. Two versions of the letter: shorter, 2 copies; longer 2 copies, 2 copies of Objectives.
Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and IrelandDraft translations of works by Graham of Han Yu, Lu Tong), Du Fu, Li Ho and others.
Graham Angus Charles 1919-1991Correspondence concerning the transliteration of scripts for use in the Journal. During the 1930s there was concern regarding the printing of non-Latin alphabet scripts. This generated correspondence and administrative documents:
- Correspondence concerning the transliteration of Tibetan. The main correspondents are F.W. Thomas, H.W. Bailey, D.S. Margoliouth and Colonel Hoysted, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society. 16 pieces, dated 20 October 1937 - 31 October 1938.
- Correspondence concerning the transliteration of Chinese and Japanese script. The main correspondents are W. Perceval Yetts, S. Yoshutake, Sir Harold Parlett and Colonel Hoysted. 16 pieces, dated 26 July 1938- 1 December 1938.
- Correspondence and administrative documents concerning transliteration of all scripts. The main correspondents are the Deutsche Morgenlandische Gesellschaft, W. Perceval Yetts and Colonel Hoysted. 11 items, dated 11 January 1939 - 10 November 1939.
The series contains Mongolian travel brochures, concert and art exhibition leaflets.
Stewart John MasseyDescription: Black hardbound notebook with unruled white pages, handwritten in ink. Identified as part of West 57-D in de Menasce handlist.
Contents: Travel book containing travel observations about certain ceremonies from 1875.
Inserts: scrap of paper with handdrawn map titled "16 Gunderstone Road", paper with "Notes and Queries" that references other texts, and "Beausobre's Manicheanism".
Treasurer's Report for the Rural Life Programme, 27 February 1983
"Tree and Serpent Worship or Illustration of Mythology and Art in India in the First and Fourth Centuries after Christ from the Sculptures of the Topes at Sanchi and Amravati" Edited by James Fergusson. Notification of forthcoming book, 2 copies, one of which still has order form attached; the other is annotated by Hodgson "1868 Aug 22, Fergusson, Serpent Worship" and "With [ ] of Campbell". 2 items dated 1868.
Fergusson James 1808-1886 Architectural historianNews clipping of a tribute article for Sir Evans-Pritchard, The Times, dated 18 September 1973.
Tsering and Chamba: the story of a Magic Seed - version of a traditional story which is only partially known. Annotated with 'The rest of the story is lost'.