Correspondence on the death of Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India. These are:

Letter from Dennis Duncanson, President, Royal Asiatic Society, to The High Commissioner for India to express the sorrow of the Council and Members of the Society at the news of the death of the Prime Minister, and to ask the Ambassador to convey their sentiments to the President, the new Prime Minister and the Government of India, dated 6 November 1984.

Letter from Dennis Duncanson, President, Royal Asiatic Society, to Dr. Chandan Roy Chaudhuri, Asiatic Society, to express shock at the assassination of the Prime Minister. He also informs concerning the unveiling of a memorial stone to Sandor Csoma de Koros on the Society's premises. Dated 9 November 1984.

Letter from Dr. Chandan Roy Chaudhuri, Asiatic Society, to Dennis Duncanson, President, Royal Asiatic Society, to reply to his letter concerning the assassination of the prime minister and the unveiling of the plaque for Csoma de Koros. Dated 30 November 1984.

Bernhard Dorn's, 'Description of the Celestial Globe belonging to Major-General Sir John Malcolm, G.C.B., K.L.S. &c., &c., deposited in the Museum of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland'. This is an offprint of the article published in the Transactions of the Royal Asiatic Society 1830, Volume II. The offprint contains two sketches on its inner front cover. With it is also a sheet of paper with Arabic script in ink and English annotations in pencil. There is also a letter from David [ ], Oriental and India Office Collections, The British Library, to Michael Pollock, Librarian, Royal Asiatic Society, to send the offprint and ask if the whereabouts of the globe is known, dated 1 November 2001.

"A Descriptive Catalogue of the Paintings, Statues, Framed Prints, Copper Plates and Other Curiosities in he Rooms of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, by C.R. Wilson, M.A., corrected up to April 1897." Pamphlet describing the Society's collections, published by the Asiatic Society of Bengal in 1897.

Minutes of the Development Committee of the Royal Asiatic Society for 19 December 1974, 23 July 1975, 1 December 1975, and 22 January 1976.

The Royal Asiatic Society considered over its tenancy both ways of developing the property, of increasing its income through extra rental, of extending the lease and of trying to buy the property from Howard de Walden Estates. For this purpose, at various times a Development Committee was established. These papers contain Minutes from Development Committee Meetings and allied correspondence.

Two copies of the Director's Note on the Financial Aspect of the Society's Removal from 74 Grosvenor Street to 56 Queen Anne Street, laying out the costs involved. One copy has been annotated by hand.

Records concerning the Sesquicentenary Appeal. These are:

• "Sesquicentenary Bank Account" - Blue hardcover account bank giving details of payments, receipts etc.
• "Sesquicentenary Covenants" - Red softcover account book listing covenant payments.
• "Sesquicentenary Covenants, Donations" - card index of donors to Sesquicentenary Appeal.

Records concerning donations to the Sesquicentenary Appeal.

Draft copies of a letter to Charitable Foundations concerning a programme of book conservation and repair for 150th Anniversary, 2 versions.

Draft graphic for the invitation to the Royal Asiatic Society's 160th Anniversary Celebrations. With accompanying sheet for PDC Copyprint, signed by E.V. Gibson.