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.
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Letter from Perowne, Gedge and Company, Solicitors, to Royal Asiatic Society, to inform the Society that the Embroiderers' Guild had just entered into a contract for purchase of their own property and therefore would be vacating the rooms at 56 Queen Anne Street. Dated 7 April, 1950.
Also a print block for an advertisement for the for "Exhibition of Embroidery Then & Now" 1959 for the Embroiderers' Guild Expansion Fund to be held at the Old Knoll, Eliot Hill, Lewisham. The exhibition was being held by the kind invitation of Dr and Mrs J.E. Stokes, presumably the then inhabitants, and to be opened by Wingfield-Digby, Keeper of Textile Department at the V&A.
Correspondence regarding the death of Elizabeth Samson:
- Letter from Lydia Collins, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to Dr D.W. MacDowall, President, Royal Asiatic Society, to inform of a phone call she had received relating the circumstances of Elizabeth Samson's death. Handwritten, 1 piece, dated 12 September 1994.
- Letter from Dr D.W. MacDowall, to Mr and Mrs Richard Lake, sister and brother-in-law of Elizabeth Samson, to send the condolences of the Society on the death of Elizabeth Samson. Typed, 1 piece, dated 15 September 1994.
Copy of a letter of congratulations from the Royal Asiatic Society to École Française d'Extrême-Orient on the celebration of its Jubilee. The letter expresses admiration for the the scholarly research on south-east Asia under a succession of brilliant Directors. It is undated.
Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and IrelandThree draft or copies of letters concerning the possibility of new accommodation for the Society. These are:
- Letter from Sir Raymond West
- Two drafts of a letter to the Under-Secretary of State for India
All are undated.
Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1823- London, EnglandDraft graphic for the invitation to the Royal Asiatic Society's 160th Anniversary Celebrations. With accompanying sheet for PDC Copyprint, signed by E.V. Gibson.
Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1823- London, EnglandDraft copies of a letter to Charitable Foundations concerning a programme of book conservation and repair for 150th Anniversary, 2 versions.
Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and IrelandRecords concerning donations to the Sesquicentenary Appeal.
Winder Richard Bayly b 1920Records 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.
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.