Certificate and accompanying letter signed by Charles Athanase Walckenaer from the Institut de France, Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres to certify that Hodgson had been made a Corresponding Member of the Academy. Printed and handwritten material in French, 2 sides, dated 27 December 1850.

Letter from Institut de France to Brian Houghton Hodgson to thank him for the two parcels which had arrived at the L'Academie des Inscriptions et Belle-lettres, and concerning a catalogue. Handwritten in French with printed letterhead, 2 sides, dated 26 October 1858.

Letter from Institut de France to Brian Houghton Hodgson to thank him for his archives of the Government of Bengal concerning the colonisation, commerce, and physical geography. Printed letter with handwritten insertions in French, 1 side, dated 18 March 1858.

The International Congress of Orientalists, initiated in Paris in 1873, was an international conference of Orientalists. It was later renamed as the International Congress of Human Sciences in Asia and North Africa and then as the International Congress of Asian and North African Studies. This material covers the interaction of the Royal Asiatic Society with the Congress in the time period 1889 to 1993.

The 11th International Oriental Congress was held in Paris in 1897. The papers consist of a printed pamphlet entiteld "The Eleventh International Oriental Congress" By Robert Needham Cust, LL.D.. It is a report of the congress extracted from "Linguistic and Oriental Essays" Series V, pp.993-1012, and was printed by Stephen Austin and Sons, Hertford in 1897.

In 1926, the possibility of an International Congress was raised again. The material in this series consist mainly of correspondence between Émile Senart and Edward S.M. Perowne. They are:

• Letter from Émile Senart to Edward Perowne concerning Senart's discussion with F.W. Thomas and the possible involvement of the Royal Asiatic Society. Handwritten in French, dated 23 October 1926.
• "re Oriental Congress, Note of Interview with Mr Émile Senart at la Ferte Bernard, 2 November 1926" by Edward Perowne concerning Senart's suggestion for the restarting of the Congress of Orientalists. Typed, dated 30 October 1926 [Note, dates do not match].
• "Translation of letter subsequently written by me from Paris to Mr Senart" by Edward Perowne, to clarify the points concerning the forming of an Oriental Congress. Typed, dated 5 November 1926.
• Letter from Émile Senart to Edward Perowne in which he responds to the proposal laid out in Perowne's previous letter. Handwritten, dated 8 November 1926. With this letter is a typed translation made by Perowne. * Translation of a letter from Edward Perowne to Émile Senart in which he writes of his discussions with Mr Thomas and that the Royal Asiatic Society has yet to discuss their views regarding an Oriental Congress and to clarify points raised by Senart. Typed, dated 11 November 1926.
• "Memorandum for a Meeting of the Entente Committee" sent out by F.W. Thomas to announce the meeting called to discuss a notice issued by the Dutch Oriental Society announcing its oriental congress in 1927 and the possibility of reviving the International Congress of Orientalists. Typed, dated 14 December 1926. With this memorandum are typed copies of the correspondence and meetings between Perowne and Senart for 2 November, 5 November, 8 November and 11 November 1926.
• Letter from S.M. Edwardes, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to The Secretary, Oestersch Genootschap in Nederland, to relate the concerns of the Council of the Royal Asiatic Society concerning the procedure of reviving the International Oriental Congress. Typed, undated.

The Programme for the Tenth International Conference of Ethiopian Studies held at the Palais de l'UNESCO, Paris from 23-26 August 1988, along with some abstracts and papers from the Conference. Some of these exist as individual items, others have been stapled together to create books of abstracts.

Programme for the "Xème Conference Internationale des Etudes Ethiopiennes" held at the Palais de l'UNESCO, Paris, from 23-26 August 1988. The programme lists the organising Committee, the daily itinerary, and the speakers and the titles of their papers at each of the sessions. There are some handwritten annotations.

Book of Abstracts from Papers Given at the Conference. These are:

• "Two Fragments of Ethiopian Church History" by Abba Ayelé Teklehaymanot
• "The cannibalist discourse in Me'en society, Southwest Ethiopia" by J. Abbink
• "The Dilemma of Arssi Balabbats: A Critical Study of Socio-economic position of Local Chiefs, 1836-1974" by Abas Haji
• "A Preview of Ethiopian Customary Law: The Application, Codification and Unity in Diversity" by Aberra Jembere
• "Anglo-Italian Conflicting Interests in The Lake Tana Region 1913-1935" by Abdussamad H. Ahmad
• "Sheko Phonology and Morphophonemics" by Aklilu Yilma
• "The Use of Food Aid and its Implications for Agricultural Production in Ethiopia" by Alemayehu Lirenso
• "Morphological features of two Oromo dialects: Harer and Wellaga" by Mohammed Ali
• "Compensating for the natural ecosystem: intensified agriculture (Southwest Ethiopia)" by Hermann Amborn
• "Axoum du Premier au Troisième Siècle: Les témoignages matérials" by Francis Anfray
• "Quelques Remarques sur la Morphologie du Verbe en Amharique" by Jean-Pierre Angoujard
• "Agricultural Price Policy in Ethiopia" by A. Aseffa
• "Regional Variation in Fertility, Mortality and Population Growth in Ethiopia 1970-81" by Asmerom Kidane
• "A Social Profile of Gondar Town in the Early twentieth Century" by Bahru Zewde
• "The Critical Edition of the Ethiopic Senodos: Some preliminary remarks" by Alessandro Bausi
• "Focus in Oromo" by Baye Yimam
• "Un procès en recherche de paternité" by Berhanou Abbebé
• "La système verbal de l'amharique" by Fernand Bentolila and Frew Shimelis
• "Coalition Politics and the Royal Office in Mid-18th Century Gondar" by LaVerle Berry
• "Problems in Axumite chronology" by Francois de Blois
• "Across the Great Divide: Late Pleistocene/Early Holocene Hunter-Gatherer Adaptations in the Afar Rift and Adjacent Highlands of Ethiopia" by Steven A. Brandt
• "Agrarian Development Policy and Foreign Aid: The Ethiopian Experience" by Dr Stefan Brüne
• "L'énigme de la 75° Nationalité" by J. Bureau
• "Le Kebra Nagast et les Révélations du Pseudo-Méthode" by André Caquot
• "Les Industries Paleolithiques du Lac Langano Premier Aperçu Stratigraphique et Typologique" by Jean Chavaillon, Kassaye Begaschaw, Arlette Berthelet, Tamrat Wodajo and Zelalem Assefa
• "Groupes Patrilineaires et Territoriaux Chez Les °Afar" by Eduoard Chedeville
• "Les Trois Hebreux dans la Fournaise: Une enquete iconographique dans la peinture éthiopienne" by S. Chojnacki
• "Un ancien ensemble religieux islamique à Massaoua: la mosquée de Sayh Hammali" by Frederico Cresti
• "Political measures Taken by the Ethiopian Revolution to Resolve the Conflict in Eritrea" by Daniel Ghebrekidan
• "The Lands of the Church of Däbrä S'ähay Qʷesqʷam, Gondar" by Donald Crummey and Saumet Sishague
• "Rural Women and Household Labour Use Patterns in Ethiopia: A Review of Some Evidences" by Dejene Aredo
• "Addis-Abbaba master Plant 1983-1985: A Labour Demand Allocation Model for the Central Planning Region" by Francesco Gosen and Domenico Patassini
• "The History and Problems of Bridges in Ethiopia" by Dellelegne Teshome
• "Cases before the Emperors" by Franz Amadeus Dombrowski
• "The Jews of Ethiopia: Extinction or Rejuvenation?" by Jack Yair Edelstein
• "Ethiopia, Egypt and the Mahdiyya - Survialism in facing the West" by Professor Haggai Erlich

"Primary and Secondary Sources for Ethiopian Historiography: The Case of Slavery and Slave-Trade in Ethiopia" by E. von Donzel. Text of a Paper delivered at the Conference.