Arquivo RAS COLL7 - Royal Asiatic Society Collections Loans

This archive consists of correspondence, documentation, reports and allied material concerned with the loans of the Collections of the Society to other institutions predominantly for exhibition but sometimes for more long-term care. The Society has not kept comprehensive records throughout its history. Further information pertaining to the Loans from the Society can be found in the Minutes for the meetings of the Council and Library Committees. Loans continue in the life of the Society. More recent ones are held in the Society's records management system and will be transferred to the archive in due course.

The material for short term loans was arranged chronologically. The long term loans were catalogued separately. The series are thus:

• RAS COLL7/1 - 1823-1969
• RAS COLL7/2 - 1970-1980
• RAS COLL7/3 - 1981-1990
• RAS COLL7/4 - 1991-2000
• RAS COLL7/5 - 2001-2005
• RAS COLL7/6 - 2006-2010
• RAS COLL7/7 - 2011-2014
• RAS COLL7/8 - Long Term Loans

Some material may be closed for confidentiality reasons. Some of this material is held electronically. Access to these can be provided in the Reading Room. Please contact the archivist using the email address given here. The archive is open on Tuesdays and Fridays 10-5, and Thursdays 2-5. Access is to any researcher without appointment but it will help if an appointment is made via phone or email. Please bring photo ID