Letter from Norman Mosley Penzer to send a copy of the Minutes of Second Committee Meeting at which Lord Chalmers was elected chairman. Penzer writes that at the next meeting the design of the medal will be decided.
Sans titreLetter from R.J. Cunningham to send a contribution of £1 to the fund.
Sans titreThere is a single item in this series. This is a letter from John Pinches to give estimates for the School Medal, Triennial Medal and the Burton Medal. Dated 29 March 1928, 2 sides.
Sans titreLetter from Norman Mosley Penzer in which Penzer accepts the invitation to serve on the committee of the Burton Memorial Medal.
Sans titreLetters from Colonel Hoysted, Secretary of Royal Asiatic Society, to Hamilton A.R Gibb and Norman Mosley Penzer in which he sends an invitation to have a cup of tea before the Committee Meeting on February 3rd.
Sans titreLetter from D.S. Margoliouth to Colonel Hoysted, Secretary of Royal Asiatic Society, in which he asks that the enclosed should be sent to the Committee before the meeting. With the letter is a list of potential recipients and some biographical material on Winifred Susan Blackman including a letter from her brother, Aylward M. Blackman recommending that she should be put forward for the Burton Memorial Award.
Sans titreLetter from Bertram S. Thomas to Colonel Hoysted, Secretary of Royal Asiatic Society, in which Thomas accepts the invitation to deliver the Burton Memorial Lecture and to receive the medal. On the reverse is a note in Hoysted's hand to state that the lecture was postponed to 18th June as the first Thursday that Thomas was free and that the medal had been ordered.
Sans titreLetter from Colonel Hoysted, Secretary of Royal Asiatic Society, to Bertram S. Thomas in which he sends the Society's congratulations on Thomas' successful crossing of the Great Desert of southern Arabia. He requests that the RAS might be the first to hear him speak on his journey.
Sans titreLetter from Colonel Hoysted, Secretary of Royal Asiatic Society, to Bertram S. Thomas in which he thanks Thomas for accepting the award and includes some tickets to an RAS lecture on 23rd March which he hopes Thomas will be able to attend.
Sans titreLetter from Hermann Norden to Colonel Hoysted in which Norden asks for an invitation to Bertram Thomas' lecture. He considers Thomas the greatest explorer since Livingstone.
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