Colour photographs of the Visit of the Prince of Wales to the Royal Asiatic Society. Each measures 7 inches by 5 inches (17.6cm x 12.6cm).
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- "Camberwell students of conservation working at RAS" - 12 colour 35mm slides, dated March 1989
- "Basement Strongroom 1990-1991 during MSS Boxing programme" - 9 colour 35 mm slides
- Rooms 1990 - 5 colour 35mm slides
- B&W photographs of rooms, 1992, 3.5 x 2.5cm, 25 items with 29 corresponding negatives
- Basement strongroom c. 1994 - 6 colour 35mm slides
- Third floor conservation studio c.1995 - 7 colour 35mm slides
- B&W photographs of conservation studio c.1995, 5 items, 17.8 x 12.5 cm
- "Photographs of Basement Strong Room 1990-1996, Boxes of MSS in Basement Strong Room 1994" - 25 B&W photographs, 3.5 x 2.5cm
- "Old Conservation studio (3rd floor) 1989-1996, Old basement strongroom 1988-1996 - 25 B&W photographs, 3.5 x 2.5cm with corresponding negatives
- Rooms at Queen's Gardens, 1997, 16 colour 35mm slides
- "RAS Queen's Gardens October 1997 - 16 B&W photographs, 3.5 x 2.5cm with corresponding negatives
- Colour photographs of rooms - 8 of 14.7 x 10cm, dated June 1999; 1 of 13.5 x 10cm, undated
- Colour photographs of rooms at Queen's Gardens, June 2005 - 5 of 17.8 x 12.5cm
Correspondence regarding the procurement of photographs taken by Noel Guina of the Prince's visit to the Society . 3 copies of emails and 2 letters.
Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1823- London, EnglandTwo copies of photograph of the frontage of 74 Grosvenor Street, one of which is mounted on board. Of unknown date.
Correspondence concerning Prince Charles becoming the Patron of the Society. These are:
- Letter from Lydia Collins, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to Simon Gimson, Buckingham Palace, to acknowledge the letter telling of the Queen's resignation as Patron and asking that the Prince of Wales take up the Patronage. Typed letter with printed letterhead, dated 20 February 1997.
- Letter from Simon Gimson, Buckingham Palace, to Lydia Collins, Royal Asiatic Society, to state that he will ensure the Queen sees the Society's letter and that she should write to Stephen Lamport, the Prince of Wales's Private Secretary, concerning the Prince's Patronage. Typed with printed letterhead, dated 21 February 1997.
- Letter from Lydia Collins, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to Stephen Lamport, St James's Palace, to ask whether the Prince of Wales would become the Patron of the Society. Typed letter with printed letterhead, dated 27 February 1997.
- Letter from Stephen Lamport, St James's Palace, to Lydia Collins, Royal Asiatic Society, to state that the Society's request for the Prince to become Patron will be considered at a meeting in a few weeks time. Typed with printed letterhead, dated 4 March 1997.
- Letter from Stephen Lamport, St James's Palace, to Lydia Collins, Royal Asiatic Society, to state that the Prince has agreed to take on the Patronage of the Royal Asiatic Society, initially for a five year term from 2000 to January 2005. Typed letter with printed letterhead, dated 15 July 1997.
- Letter from Francis Robinson, President, Royal Asiatic Society, to Stephen Lamport, St James's Palace, to express the Society's pleasure that the Prince has agreed to become the Patron. Typed with printed letterhead, dated 25 July 1997.
In 1999 there was some issue concerning the party wall between 60 and 61 Queen's Gardens. This material consists of the surveyors' declaration, dated 10 June 1999,Schedule of Inspection carried out on 20 January 1999, and photographs and plans of the property.
Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and IrelandThe Gibb Memorial Trust was established in 1902 in memory of Elias John Wilkinson Gibb, a largely self-taught Arabic, Persian, and, above all, of Ottoman Turkish, died age 45 in 1901 and his mother established the Trust. These papers mainly cover the period 1927-1951 and consists of governance, finance and publication documents, produced mainly as a result of Charles Ambrose Storey's involvement as a Trustee of the Trust.
Gibb Memorial Trust CambridgeTyped manuscript of a 'Lecture delivered by Monsieur A.A. Pallis, Minister attached to the Greek Embassy, at the Turk Halkevi (Turkish People's House) London, on Tuesday, June 5th 1945, at 5.30 p.m.' The title of the lecture is 'A Turkish Seventeenth Century Baedeker: Evliya Tcheleby'. With the manuscript is the business card for Alexandre A. Pallis, Ministre de Grèce.
Pallis Alexander Anastasius 1883-1975Correspondence between the Royal Asiatic Society and other Societies and Institutions. These are:
- Invitation from the Wellcome Archaeological Research Expedition to the Near East to the Annual Exhibition of Antiquities from Tell Duweir (Lachish), Palestine from the 1934-1935 season excavations. Printed, 1 piece.
- Letter from Fiona Easton, Administrative Assistant, Hakluyt Society, to Professor Francis Robinson, President, Royal Asiatic Society, concerning the possibility of a joint memorial meeting to commemorate the life of Professor C.F. Beckingham. Typed with printed letterhead, dated 4 November 1998.
- Letter from Lilla Russell-Smith, Editor, Circle of Inner Asian Art, to Adrian Thomas, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to inquire of the possibility of using rooms at the Royal Asiatic Society for a base for their activities, Typed with printed letterhead, dated 28 June 2002.
- "Cooperation Protocol between Yunus Emre Institue and Royal Asiatic Society" - an agreement between the two organisations to work together, dated 7 May 2011.
Letters from B.W. Robinson, President, Royal Asiatic Society, to the Headmasters at Dulwich College, Haileybury School, Charterhouse, and St. Paul's to ask if they would be interested in hosting a lecture, dated 1 January 1973.
Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1823- London, England