There is only one item in this series - a letter from John Pinches to The Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to inform that the Burton Memorial Medal is ready and waiting for the inscription with which it should be engraved. Dated 27 May 1925.

Administrative Documents, Correspondence and Newspaper Cuttings concerned with the award of the Burton Memorial Medal to Sir Arnold Talbot Wilson.

An administrative document and correspondence concerning the conferment of the Burton Memorial Medal on Sir John Bagot Glubb.

There are four items of correspondence in this series.

Correspondence and a newspaper cutting regarding the award of the Burton Memorial Medal to Stephen Hemsley Longrigg.

Administrative documents, correspondence and a newspaper cutting concerned with the conferment of the Burton Memorial Medal on Doreen Ingrams and Beatrice de Cardi.

The Sir Richard Burton Medal – On 12 April 1921 the Council of the RAS agreed to found a Richard Burton memorial lecture in commemoration, that year, of the 100th anniversary of Burton's birth. A fund was established to finance the lecture and by 1923, £60 had been subscribed. It was decided in March 1923 that part of this would be used to fund the Burton Medal. This would be awarded to the person chosen to deliver the lecture, which was to deal with Burton, his travels or some suitable subject of exploration. The presentation and the lecture would take place triennially. The medal was designed in 1924 by Pinches, to be cast in silver and gilded. In practice those chosen to give the Burton lecture were expected to have undertaken exploration and research in the East, and more particularly in close association with local people, or in difficult circumstances. A fund was established to finance the lecture and by 1923, £60 had been subscribed. It was decided in March 1923 that part of this would be used to fund the Burton Medal.
This archive contains papers pertaining to the inauguration and awarding of the Sir Richard Burton Medal

The Papers includes:

• Correspondence
• Administrative documents
• Printed materials including newspaper articles
• Examples of the Medal
• Photographs