Agreement made by the Royal Asiatic Society with Micro Methods Limited for the Micro Reproduction of Journals and publications issued before the date of the agreement. It is dated 6 January 1959 and signed by M.A. Brampton for Micro Methods and Richard Winstedt, Director, and M. Davis, Secretary, for the Royal Asiatic Society. With the agreement is a document entitled 'Heads of Assessment suggested for the Royal Asiatic Society' which is dated 9 September 1965.

A letter from The EP Group of Companies to confirm the granting of a non-exclusive franchise by the Royal Asiatic Society to EP Microfilm Ltd. to produce a microfiche edition of the Society's Journal.

An agreement between Inter Documentation Company AG, Switzerland, and the Royal Asiatic Society to create Microfiche copies of the Journal of all back issues up to three years prior to the date of the contract.

Correspondence with the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives, Kangra, Himachal Pradesh, India, regarding the obtaining of articles from past copies of the Journal for the Library, dated 24 August 1979-13 December 1979. With the correspondence is a list of articles annotated to mark which articles are required by the Library. The Society was not able to conform to the whole request but sent offprints of some articles and suggested the Library obtain a microfiche of the Journals from the Inter Documentation Company.

Correspondence with Han-Shan Tang Ltd. regarding the possibility of purchasing or becoming an agent for the sale of the Society's offprints. There are eight letters negotiating the terms of the agreement, the sale of current offprints, and subsequently the return of the offprints when Han-Shan Tang Ltd. failed to keep to the terms of the contract.

Correspondence with David Loman Ltd. regarding the purchase of offprints of the Society's Journal. The company asked to initially buy 4000 at a cost of £1000 and then a further 26,500 over the succeeding year. His offer was turned down by the Society's Publications Committee.

Correspondence with Alden Press Ltd. regarding the production and sale of offprints of the Society's Journals. There are seven items of correspondence including two estimates from Alden Press.

Correspondence between the Royal Asiatic Society and Peter Collin, Director, Collier Macmillan Ltd., regarding the printing of a catalogue of the Society's offprints. These include correspondence from Gordon Calver and Valery Gibson for the Royal Asiatic Society, and various quotations for the cost of printing.

Correspondence between the Royal Asiatic Society and Fine Books Oriental concerning a catalogue for the offprints of the Society's Journal. The file contains both agreements and correspondence between the two parties as well as internal communication within the Royal Asiatic Society and administrative documents concerning preparation for a launch party for the catalogue. The correspondents include Valery Gibson and Gordon Calver for the Royal Asiatic Society and J.I. Somers for Fine Books Oriental. During this period Fine Books Oriental came under the Luzac's umbrella but continued to act independently.

The contract between the Royal Asiatic Society and Schmidt Periodicals GmbH for non-exclusive rights to reprint Series 1-3 of the Journal, dated 5 September 1984, and associated correspondence and Statements of Royalties covering the period from 1984 -2003. Correspondents include Valery Gibson, Gordon Claver and Dennis Duncanson for the Royal Asiatic Society and Gerhard Schmidt for Schmidt Periodicals.