Correspondence concerning a Lecture at St Felix School, Southwold, Suffolk. These are:

• Letter from Susan Skilliter to Diana Crawford, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to inform that St. Felix School would love to host a lecture and to give the details of the headmistress, dated 12 June 1972.
• Letter from President, Royal Asiatic Society, to Miss M. Oakeley, Headmistress, St. Felix School, to ask on what subject they might like a lecture, dated 10 July 1972.
• Letter from Miss M. Oakeley, Headmistress, St. Felix School, to President, Royal Asiatic Society, to ask for a talk on Oriental art or travel and to suggest a day, dated 14 July 1972.
• Letter from President, Royal Asiatic Society, to Miss M. Oakeley, Headmistress, St. Felix School, to give further suggestion regarding the nature of the lecture, dated 31 July 1972.

Material concerned with the Indian Collection at the South Kensington Museum. These are:

• Letter to the Under Secretary of State for India regarding provision of care for the Indian Collection and that it be kept as a unit. Printed, unsigned and undated.
• Letter from Lord Reay, President, Royal Asiatic Society, to the Secretary of State for India to express, on behalf of the Council of the Royal Asiatic Society, their concern regarding the Indian collection at the South Kensington Museum. The collection originated in 1879 when miscellaneous collections from the old East India House were transferred to the Museum. The request is for funds to adequately care for the collections. Typed, dated 12 May 1911. There is also an earlier draft version of this letter, typed with handwritten annotations and labelled, "Sir M. A. Stein's original draft".
• Letter from R. Ritchie, India Office, to Lord Reay, President, Royal Asiatic Society, to advise that when the Collections were transferred one of the stipulations was that no charge should henceforth fall on the revenues of India, and therefore responsibility rest with the Victoria and Albert Museum to provide suitable staff and care. Typed, dated 24 June 1911.
• Newspaper article from The Morning Post entitled "Mr Runciman and an Indian Museum", concerning the care of the Indian Collection. Printed, dated 19 July 1911.
• "List of contacts of various organisations concerned with the Indian Collections and a list of Members of the Royal Asiatic Society Council. Handwritten, undated.
• "The Indian Collection at South Kensington: Deputation to the President of the Board of Education" concerning the Indian Collection. Typed report of the deputation received on 12 December 1912.
• Letter from J.H. Headley to Miss Hughes, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, expressing his opinion on the two leading Indian papers on the Museum. Handwritten, dated 20 January 1913.

Correspondence and notes regarding signing the lease and moving into the premises. The correspondence is mainly between the Royal Asiatic Society and their Solicitors, T.L. Wilson and Co.

Letter from Stuart Simmonds, President, Royal Asaitic Society, to Phil, School of Oriental and African Studies, to thank him for SOAS agreeing to host the Symposium and to ask whether they might also host a Sherry reception for the participants, dated 19 July 1973. Further correspondence accepting the invitation to the Sherry reception held at the Committee Room, School of Oriental and African Studies, on 24 July 1973. These are from Dr. R.D. Barnett, Mr G.A. Calver, Mr & Mrs J.T. Hooker, Professor and Mrs C.F. Beckingham, Sir Mortimer Wheeler, and Mrs J.M. Witt.

Material concerned with the Sesquicentenary Reception held on 19 February 1972 with Her Majesty the Queen and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh in attendance.

Material concerning the Royal Asiatic Society's Sesquicentenary Dinner held on 25th October 1973 at the Merchant Taylors' Hall.

Two versions of the seating plan for the Sesquicentenary Dinner, one dated 22 October and the other, amended 23 October.

As part of the Sesquicentenary several Fellows went to give lectures at schools. This series contains administrative material and correspondence concerned with these lectures.

Correspondence between the School of Oriental Studies and the Royal Asiatic Society. These are:

• Letter from G.W. Rossetti, Secretary, School of Oriental Studies, to Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to bring to the Society's attention that the present appointment of Governors will terminate in August 1935 and to ask for the Society to inform him of their representative for the forthcoming five years. Typed with printed letterhead, dated 20 February 1935.
• Letter from Col Hoysted, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to G.W. Rossetti, Secretary, School of Oriental Studies, to inform him that Sir Edward D. Maclagan would represent the Society for the forthcoming five years. Typed, dated 15 March 1935.
• Letter from G.W. Rossetti, Secretary, School of Oriental Studies, to Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to thank for the letter notifying of Maclagan's appointment, Typed with printed letterhead, dated 18 March 1935.
• Letter from Col Hoysted, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to G.W. Rossetti, Secretary, School of Oriental Studies, to inform him that Sir Edward D. Maclagan was no longer able to represent the Society and he would be replaced by Sir Oliver Wardrop. Typed, dated 19 November 1935.
• Letter from G.W. Rossetti, Secretary, School of Oriental Studies, to Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to thank for his letter notifying of the change of representative. Typed with printed letterhead, dated 20 November 1935.

In 1938 the School of Oriental Studies became the School of Oriental and African Studies by a change in its charter. The Society also holds correspondence from this later time period:

• Correspondence between J.R. Bracken, Secretary, School of Oriental and African Studies, and the Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to inform that the Society's representative on the university's Governing Body term of office was to expire and to confirm that Mr Dennis J. Duncanson would be reinstated. Typed with handwritten annotations, 3 letters, dated 11 February -21 April 1980.

In 1987 the Society looked to release itself from the lease for 56 Queen Anne Street. The lease was bought back from the Society by Howard de Walden Estates for £430,000. This series contains correspondence regarding the sale of the lease for 56 Queen Anne Street. This correspondence includes that with the Howard de Walden Estates, solicitors, the building surveyors, Morton-Smith & Co., and Charity Commissioners.