Deeds of covenant and correspondence regarding corporate subscription for the Royal Asiatic Society, 1979-1994. These include Grindlays Bank Ltd., Gray Mackenzie & Company Limited, Midland Bank Limited, Barclays International, Steel Brothers and Company Limited, Richard Costain Limited, John Swire & Sons Ltd., Lloyds Bank Limited, Matheson & Co. Ltd., Middle East Economic Digest Ltd., Douglas J K Wright Ltd., Pauling and Company Ltd., Sotheby Parke Benet & Co., Shell international Petroleum Company Limited, British Bank of the Middle East, and The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, 49 pieces, handwritten and typed.

Documents and correspondence concerned with grants and donations given or administered by the Royal Asiatic Society. These are:

• Two letters from Leopold von Schroeder, an Indologist from the Russian Empire, who later worked in Austria-Hungary, to the [Royal Asiatic Society] concerning donation of money for the India Exploration Fund. These are handwritten in German, dated 7 June 1904 and 6 July 1904.
• Letter from Beatrice de Cardi, Secretary, Council for British Archaeology to Mrs Davis, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to inform that she is enclosing the Grant for £65 and could she therefore have a cheque made payable to her. Handwritten, dated 10 April 1957.
• Correspondence concerning the overseeing and administration of a grant from the J.D. Rockefeller Fund to the Calico Museum of Textiles, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, for preparation of catalogues. The Royal Asiatic Society agreed to administer this fund from which funds were given to Mr John C. Irwin, Keeper of the Indian Section, V&A Museum, to undertake the work. Correspondents include the Royal Asiatic Society, the Victoria & Albert Museum, John Irwin, and the Asian Cultural Council, 43 pieces, handwritten and typed, dated 7 June 1966 - 29 May 1986.
• Correspondence concerning the administration of the will of Susan Skilliter and the setting up of a library at Newnham College of her books. The Royal Asiatic Society contributed towards a fund to enable the library's establishment. The items include a copy of her death notice in The Times, 18 September 1985 and a copy of her will, 31 pieces, printed, typed and handwritten, dated 18 September 1985 - 20 January 1987.
• Correspondence concerning a donation to a fund for the Khalidi Library, Jerusalem, for conservation work to which the Royal Asiatic Society made a donation. Correspondents include the Royal Asiatic Society, Dr Lawrence I. Conrad from the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, and Walid Khalidi, 11 pieces, typed and handwritten, dated 8 August 1990 - 17 January 1991.
• Letter from Katie Marsh, The Don Baker Memorial Fund, to thank for the contribution to the Fund. The fund will enable a conservator, Helen Loveday to work on Baker's notes and prepare them for publication. Typed, 1 piece, dated 28 October 1995.
• Correspondence concerning a donation for a Modern Persian Conference to be held at SOAS for which the Society provided a donation towards the cost of the conference, 7 pieces, typed and handwritten, dated 14 January 2000 - 11 May 2001.
• Correspondence concerning a donation given for the translation of articles by the Russian Numismatist, Elena Davidovitch, 2 pieces, typed, dated 9 February 2000 - 17 February 2000.
• Correspondence concerning a donation made towards a plaque in honour of Sir Joseph Banks at the entrance of Lincoln Cathedral, 6 pieces, typed and handwritten, dated 29 February 2000 - 12 June 2000.
• Correspondence concerning a donation to the Nicholas Lowick Project for the production of a catalogue of coins, 2 items, typed, dated 1 December 2000 - 16 May 2001.
• Correspondence concerning a donation to support the Professor Annemarie Schimmel Memorial Seminar held by the Iqbal Academy, 3 pieces, typed, dated 28 July 2003.
• Correspondence concerning a donation to support academic seminars at Kabul University, 2 pieces, dated 29 January 2005.
• Correspondence concerning a donation to Eden Valley Hospice, Carlisle, in memory of Aramban Saroj, printed-out emails and letter, 2 pieces, dated 31 January 2009 - 30 September 2009.

Documents and correspondence concerned with donations and bequests made to the Royal Asiatic Society

Letter from Ernest Grierson, Honorary Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to Eleanor Hull, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to inform her of an anonymous donation to aid the payment of the Secretary's salary for the next two years, dated 15 April 1920.

Correspondence related to giving by members in response to a fundraising initiative, 14 pieces, dated 14 May 1980 - 26 January 1981.

List of 'Voluntary Donations to the Funds of the Royal Asiatic Society since its institution'. Handwritten list of donors, amount of donation and year of receipt from 1823 - 1851.

The original trust document between Doctor Bimala Churn Law and the Royal Asiatic Society concerning his donation to the Society, the income arising from the Fund to be used in publishing a monograph or thesis which shall be part of the Dr B.C. Law Trust Series and should be on Buddhism, Jainism or the Hostory or Geography of Ancient India up to the end of the thirteenth century. The document is signed by Council Members of the RAS and by Bimala Churn Law and bears the Society's seal. It is dated 16 October 1936.

Correspondence concerned with the Legacy of W.H. Moreland on his death in 1938 in which the Society were bequeathed some of his possessions, the income from his publications and one quarter of his estate upon the death of other named members of his family. The correspondence concerning this dates from 1938-1940.
There is further correspondence from 1956-1958 after the death of his family members and also earlier correspondence concerning publication of his books, dated 1922-1923.

Correspondence concerning the bequest of Professor Charles Ambrose Storey to the Royal Asiatic Society and copies of his will. Storey died on 24 April 1967 and bequeathed his specific legacies of books and manuscripts and the residue of his estate. The material includes:

• Initial correspondence to Storey from his solicitors concerning drafts of his will dating from 1937-1950.
• Wills dated 1935, 1940, 1941, 1954, and a notebook containing a handwritten draft of the will.
• Executorship Statement dated 21 May 1968.
• Correspondence, mostly dating from 1967 and 1968, concerning the sorting of the will, and the sale of Storey's library and other items.

Correspondence concerning the bequest of Professor Walter Perceval Yetts involving the residue of his estate after the death of his widow and his two sisters. The majority of the correspondence dates from 1972-1974 with a supplementary letter of 25 February 1982.