The 29th International Congress of Orientalists was held in Paris in July 1973. The material associated with this conference is:

• Letter from Yves Hervouet, Secretary General of 29th Conference, to the Royal Asiatic Society to send the first Information Bulletin of the 29th Congress and ask for the Journal to carry an announcement of the Congress. Typed, undated.
• First Invitation to the 29th International Congress of Orientalists, Paris, 16-22 July 1973. Printed in French and English. With the invitation is a postcard to request a registration form. Dated February-March 1972.
• Second Circular for the 29th Congress giving details of seminars and programme. Printed in French and English, dated October-November 1972.
• Letter from Yves Hervouet, Secretary General of 29th Conference, enclosed with registration forms for the Congres, to ask for delegates to return their registration forms and to give details of arrangements for the Congress. Typed and printed in English and French, undated.
• Letter from Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to Miss Smart to give details of the Congress. Typed, dated 29 November 1972.
• Letter from A.D.H. Bivar to Miss Crawford, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to confirm that he will have the drinking horn given by the King of Sweden in his custody during the Congress in Paris. Handwritten, dated 13 July 1973.
• Statement from E.H. S. Simmonds, President, Royal Asiatic Society, to state that the drinking horn will be taken to Paris by Dr A.D.H. Bivar. Typed, dated 15 July 1973.
• Letter from Sun Alliance & London Insurance Group to the Royal Asiatic Society concerning the cover of the drinking horn whilst in transit from London to Paris. Typed, dated 19 July 1973.
• Letter from Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to Sun Alliance & London Insurance Group to send the cheque for the premium for the drinking horn. Typed, dated 25 July 1973.

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

• "Ethiopia's Balance of Payments 1975-1985" by Eshetu Chole
• "Food and Development in Ethiopia: Retrospect and Prospect" by Fassil G. Kiros
• "The Development of Peasant Producers' Cooperatives in Post-Revolutionay Ethiopia: Some Problems and Prospects" by Fassil Teffara
• "The Contribution of the Recent Field Work at Kassala (Eastern Sudan) to Ethiopian Archaeology" by Rodolfo Fattovich
• "Taphonomie et archézoologie du site oldowayen de Gomboré I B à Melka Kunturé, Ethiopie Etude préliminaire" by Martine Faure
• "The Pastoral Nomads of Ethiopia and their Development Prospects" by Fedadu Gadamu
• "Aspects of literary production, distribution and consumption in Ethiopia before 1974" by Fedake Azeze
• "Groupes Geographiques et Groupes Tribaux Patrilineaires chex les °Afar" by Robert Ferry
• "Mashafa Haywet and Mangada Samāy: D'après onze manuscrits inédits" by Luigi Fusella
• "The Qemant Domestic Cycle, Ambilineality, and Time" by Frederick C. Gamst
• "Control of Media and Concept of Image by Haile Selassie I" by John Gartley
• "Diviser pour régner: les vicissitudes du découpage administratif de l'Ethiopie depuis la Guerre, étude géographique" by Alain Gascon
• "Titre: On Ethiopian Women and Feminism" by Ghenet Girma
• "'Oneself', 'One's Own' and 'One Another' in Amharic" by Gideon Goldenberg
• "Social Ministry of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church in the Past and the Present" by Ahuha Bishop Gorgorewo
• "Biographie Resumée d'Eloi Pino (1845-1907)" by Roger Grau
• "A Proposal for a Typological Characterization of Semitic Languages" by Y. Gruntfest
• "Le genre Ceratotherium (Mammalia, Rhincerotidae) dans le Pliio-Pléistocène d'Ethiopie et son évolution en Afrique" by Claude Guérin
• "Builders of Churches and Authors of Hymns: Makers of Ethiopian Church History" by Getatchew Haile
• "Commercial Farming Initiatives in Italian East Africa (Ethiopia), 1936-1941" by Larebo Haile
• "Against an Initial WH Filter in Amharic" by Girma Halefom
• "Revolution and the History of the Ethiopian State" by John W. Harbeson
• "Notes on the Ge'ez text of IV Ezra" by Walter Harrelson
• "Early Byzantine Sculptural Fragments from Adulis" by Marilyn E. Heldman
• "Ethiopia's Economic Prospects for the 1990s" by Paul B. Henze
• "Erste Informationen über die Kirche Athiopens im reformatorischen Deutschland" by Friedrich Heyer
• "Ethiopian Slavery and British Abolitionism: The View from the American Legation 1920-1935" by Dennis Hickey
• "L'Ethiopie de G. Gastaldi" by Bertrand Hirsch
• "Grande Somalie/Grande Ethiopie: Aspects parallèles, contradictoires et complémentaires des deux nations" by M. Jean Honnorat
• "The Life and Career of Shykh Talha B. Ja'far (c.1853-1934)" by Hussein Ahmed
• "Ethiopian Immigration Law On The Exclusion and Deportation of Foreign Nationals" by Ibrahim Idris
• "A History of Joseph" by E. Isaac
• "'Melody Types' and 'Formulas' in Ethiopian Chant: The Manuscript Evidence (13th-20th Centuries)" by Peter Jeffery
• "L'Art Rupestre de Djibouti dans son Contexte Est-Africain" by Roger Joussaume
• "Syntax and the history of the Semitic languages of Ethiopia" by Olga Kapeliuk
• "Falasha Religion: Ancient Judaism or Evolving Ethiopian tradition" by Steven Kaplan
• "Archaeological Research in Ethiopia: Progress and Current Situation" by Kassaye Begashaw
• "Some Issues in the Pronominal System in Adere" by Girmay Berhane
• "Using Modern Sources to Achieve Historical Reconstruction in the Study of Ethiopian Christian Chant" by Kay Kaufman Shelemay
• "The Customary Law Codes of Hamasen" by Friederike Kemink
• "Contemporary Ethiopian Woodcuts in Social Context" by Professor Wendy Kindred
• "La Theologie au Service de la Rebellion" by Manfred Kopp
• "Les stéphanites à la lumière des actes d'Isaie de Gunda-Gundē" by Stanislaw Kur
• "Education in People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia: Laying the Foundation for a Socialist Educational System" by Legesse Lemma
• "Les 'Ensablés': Fascistes Oubliés d'Ethiopie" by Fabienne le Houerou
• "Publication Cooperation Internationale d'un Catalogue des Anciens Manuscrits Ethiopiens à Miniatures" by Claude Lepage
• "Birth of a vernacular literature" by Wolf Leslau
• "Social Gatherings among the Shoa Oromo" by Herbert S. Lewis
• "Problemes du Mouvement Eustathien" by Gianfrancesco Lusini
• "Bridewealth, marriage and kinship in Hamar" by Jean Lydall
• "Social and Cultural Impact of Resettlement: The Case of Potters in the Beles Valley" by Loredana Magni and Stefano Berterame
• "The Ethiopian Manuscripts Marginalia" by Joanna Mantel-Niécko
• "Le Refus de l'Independance à Sagueneiti dans l'Erythrée des Années 40" by Roland Marchal
• "Haile Sellassie and Development, 1916-1960" by Harold G. Marcus
• "Abscence et Utilisation des Images. A Propos de Quatre Evenements Majeurs de l'Histoire Recente de l'Ethiopie" by Francois Margolin
• "Le gadla Yemrehanna Krestos: aperçu préliminaire" by Paolo Marrassini

Abstract for "Banditry, Resistance and Modes of Production. in Southern Ethiopia, ca. 1880-1941" by Tim Fernyhough.

"Builders of Churches and Authors of Hymns: Makers of History in the Ethiopian Church" by Getatchew Haile. Notes to accompany a Paper delivered at the Conference.

The 21st International Congress of Orientalists was held in Paris in July 1948. Material associated with this Congress is:

• "Première Circulaire" from J. Bacot, President of the Societé Asiatique concerning the 21st Congress to be held in Paris. Printed in French, undated.
• "Deuxème Circulaire" from J. Bacot, President, and R. Grousset, Secretary-General, Organising Committee, concerning details of the 21st Congress. Printed in French, undated.
• "Bulletin d'Adhésion" for the 21st Congress. Printed in French, undated.