Correspondence concerning the possibility of Asia House hosting an exhibition for the Royal Asiatic Society's sesquicentenary. These are:

• Letter from Robert Skelton, Victoria and Albert Museum, to Diana Crawford, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to suggest that Asia House might be willing to put on a display and this could be connected with fundraising, dated 8 November 1971.
• Letter from B.W. Robinson, President, Royal Asiatic Society, to Gordon Washburn, Director, Asia House Gallery, to ask if the gallery would consider putting on a display in conjunction with the Society's sesquicentenary, dated 20 January 1972.
• Letter from Gordon Washburn, Director, Asia House Gallery, to B.W. Robinson, President, Royal Asiatic Society, to inform him that they will be unable to help as the exhibitions in the Gallery are booked through until 1974, dated 15 March 1972.

This series contains six original handwritten manuscripts of article submitted to the Journal plus an offprint of an 1830 article.

Articles, Pamphlet and copy of rules:

• "Rules of the Hong Kong branch of the Royal Asiatic Society", unbound pamphlet, undated. "The Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society", copy of a history of the Branch, undated.
• Copy of "Foreword" by James Hayes, President, Hong Kong Branch, to a publication by Carl Smith on Hong Kong Society, published Oxford University Press 1985.
• "Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch - printed pamphlet about Society with application form for becoming a member. Undated, in English and Chinese.

Correspondence concerned with seeking permission for articles originally published in the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society to be reprinted in other publications. There are seven examples of requests from individuals and institutions. On the converse, requests are made from Journal authors to other institutions for permission to use images within their article. There are three examples of these.

Correspondence regarding the possibility of holding an Arab day. These are:

• Letter from Diana Crawford, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to G.A. Calver to ask him to approach the Anglo-Arab Society, dated 9 May 1972.
• Letter from Royal Asiatic Society to Sir Charles Duke, Chairman, Anglo Arab Association, to ask whether they would be interested in holding a joint Arab Day, dated 26 May 1972.
• Letter from Sir Charles Duke, Chairman, Anglo Arab Association, to G.A. Calver to inform that he will put the idea to his Council but also to raise some negatives regarding the idea, dated 23 June 1972.
• Letter from G.A. Calver to Sir Charles Duke, Chairman, Anglo Arab Association, to answer his objections and to raise his own about the suggestion of having someone from the Arab League Office as a speaker, dated 12 July 1972.
• Letter from G.A. Calver to Sir Charles Duke, Chairman, Anglo Arab Association, to ask if any progress had been made concerning the Arab day, dated 29 September 1972.
• Letter from David Llewellyn, Treasurer, Anglo-Arab Association, to G.A. Calver to inform that the Association would like to collaborate, dated 13 October 1972.
• Letter from Sir Charles Duke, Chairman, Anglo Arab Association, to G.A. Calver to inform that the Association would like to collaborate and he has put David Llewellyn in charge of arranging matters, dated 17 October 1972.
• Letter from B.W. Robinson, President, Royal Asiatic Society, to David Llewellyn, Treasurer, Anglo-Arab Association, to provide some details of the purpose of the National Days, dated 7 December 1972.
• Letter from Diana Crawford, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to David Llewellyn, Treasurer, Anglo-Arab Association, to ask if the Association had made a decision regarding the Arab day, dated 19 January 1973.

Appeal brochures for the Royal Asiatic Society sesquicentenary and correspondence concerning them.

"The Asiatic Society Annual Report 1981", printed pamphlet of the report of the Society's activities for the year 1981.

"Introduction of the Annual Report 1981, Dr. Amalendu De, General Secretary, Asiatic Society", printed pamphlet containing the introduction.

'An Account of Jerusalem from the Persian text of Nasir ibn Khusru's Safarnamah', translated for the late Sir H. M. Elliot, by the late Major A.R. Fuller, published in the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, New Series, Vol. 6, No. 1 (1873), pp. 142-164.

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.

There are two types of agreements:

• Memorandum of agreement for 20th December 1989, for Cambridge University Press to publish the Journal from 1 January 1991. Also further Memoranda of agreement for 22 December 2005, with Addenda to this agreement made on 28 February 2008, 27 May 2008 and 19 February 2009, and for 14 April 2010 with an Addendum for 3 August 2011. (The current agreement is held within the office records.)
• JSTOR Publication License Agreement between Cambridge University Press and the Royal Asiatic Society with a contract date of 31 August 2005, and a further agreement dated 18 January 2007 (2 copies).