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.

Correspondence concerning the administration of the Sesquicentenary Appeal, press letters and cuttings.

Correspondence with Press and news cuttings concerning the Sesquicentenary Appeal. These are:

• "£75000 Appeal for Royal Asiatic Society" from the Daily Telegraph, 28 October 1972.
• Letter from Michael Wolfers, The Illustrated London News, to John Hansman to return photographs from the Queen's visit as they would not be featuring those but to inform they would feature the Jami al-Tawarikh manuscript in the coming months, dated 2 March 1973.
• Letter from Magnus Linklater, Sunday Times Magazine, to Robert Skelton to state that they would not be featuring an article on the Royal Asiatic Society, dated 23 August 1973.

The signed Minutes and some associated correspondence of the Meetings of the Royal Asiatic Society's Finance and Investment Committees.

Signed Minutes of the Finance Committee from 18 April 1985-11 May 1988, and from 19 March 1992-27 May 2004. These are contained with a black hardcover notebook with label "Finance Committee". Also a small amount of correspondence pertinent to the Committee. These are:

• Letter from James [Selwyn] to Denis Duncanson to send his calculations concerning the cost of a possible move to Queen's Gardens, dated 31 March 1997.
• Letter from J.A. Payne to Dr MacDowell to inform him that at the recent Council Meeting it was suggested that a Finance Committee be formed and that he had taken the liberty of suggesting MacDowell, dated 2 March 1992.

The signed minutes for the Investment Sub-Committee from 28 September 2000, when it was inaugurated for regularly reviewing the Society's investments with the Society's Stockbroker, to 13 March 2003. These are pasted into a maroon hardcover notebook with label "Investment Sub-Committee 2000 -".

Signed minutes for the Finance and Investments Committee from 2012 to 2020, covering the following meetings:

• 8 March 2012
• 13 September 2012
• 8 November 2012
• 11 December 2012
• 14 March 2013
• 2 May 2013
• 3 October 2013
• 14 November 2013
• 13 March 2014
• 17 September 2014
• 13 November 2014
• 12 March 2015
• 24 September 2015
• 3 December 2015
• 10 March 2016
• 29 September 2016
• 10 November 2016
• 9 March 2017
• 28 September 2017
• 21 November 2017
• 8 February 2018
• 8 March 2018
• 27 September 2018
• 8 November 2018
• 15 March 2019
• 26 September 2019
• 14 November 2019
• 16 January 2020
• 17 March 2020 (minutes wanting)
• 9 June 2020
• 1 October 2020
• 19 November 2020

Copies of emails between Shahryar Z.R. Iqbal, Council Member, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, and Adrian Thomas, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, concerning the payment of Iqbal's membership fees and his publications on the history of Bangladesh. Three emails, dated April 2002.

• Letter from J.R. Jones to announce the preliminary work that has been undertaken to resuscitate the Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. Typed, dated 17 December 1959. With this letter is a copy of a letter from Sir Richard Winstedt, Director, Royal Asiatic Society, expressing the Society's support, typed, dated 10 November 1959; and a copy of the "Rules of the Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 1959", printed.
• Correspondence between Miss E.O. Michaeliones, Honorary Secretary, Hong Kong Branch, and Miss Diana Crawford, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, concerning the definition of a 'Fellow' of the Royal Asiatic Society. Two letters, typed, dated 20 June 1967-10 July 1967.
• Correspondence between Miss E.O. Michaeliones, Honorary Secretary, Hong Kong Branch, and Miss Diana Crawford, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, concerning the affiliation privileges of Members of the Societies. Two letters, typed, dated 31 August 1967-10 November 1967. With the letter from E.O. Michaeliones is a copy of the Rules of the Hong Kong Branch.
• Correspondence between J.R. Jones, President, Hong Kong Branch, and Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, concerning the application of Kenneth Pius H.M. Lee for membership of the Royal Asiatic Society. Two letters, typed, dated 12 January 1968-14 February 1968.
• Correspondence between H.A. Rydings, Honorary Librarian, Hong Kong Branch and Diana Crawford, Secretary and Librarian, Royal Asiatic Society, to ask and provide advice concerning Library rules. Two letters, typed, dated 5 March -27 March 1968,
• Letter from G.A.L. James, British Council, to Diana Crawford, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, concerning the forthcoming visit of Mrs Margaret O'Hara. Typed, dated 24 June 1970.

At different times proposals were made and considered for branches of the Royal Asiatic Society. This material covers proposals for Australia, Burma (Myanmar), Indonesia and Taiwan.