Subseries RAS COLL8/2/1 - Reports

Identity area

Reference code

GB 891 RAS COLL8-RAS COLL8/2-RAS COLL8/2/1

Title

Reports

Date(s)

  • 1989-2003 (Creation)

Level of description

Subseries

Extent and medium

2 archival folders

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

Graeme Gardiner is a conservator who trained at Camberwell College. After qualifying he worked first at the Royal Asiatic Society before setting up Preservation Solutions and working with other heritage organisations.

Name of creator

(1823-)

Administrative history

The Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland was founded by the eminent Sanskrit scholar Sir Henry Thomas Colebrooke on the 15th March 1823. It received its Royal Charter from King George IV on the 11th August 1824 'for the investigation ofread more

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Reports created predominantly by the inhouse conservator:

  • 'The Library' - report concerning the work being undertaken to improve the Library and the possibility of a conservator being employed. Handwritten, 2 pieces, undated.
  • 'Preliminary Conservation
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Description control area

Description identifier

gb 891 ras coll8/2/1