Fonds RAS COLL5 - Royal Asiatic Society Collections Engagement

Identity area

Reference code

GB 891 RAS COLL5

Title

Royal Asiatic Society Collections Engagement

Date(s)

  • 1823 - ongoing (Creation)

Level of description

Fonds

Extent and medium

4 archival boxes and 1 bound volume

Context area

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

Archival history

These records are part of the Royal Asiatic Society's Institutional Records and therefore part of the historical records of the Society.

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

These are part of the institutional records of the Royal Asiatic Society which have been accumulated throughout its history.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

The Society's collections have always been open for researchers to come and use. This in turn has generated additional information concerning the collections both formally through articles and research papers and informally through correspondence. Theread more

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Mostly open. Some modern records may be closed. 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 anread more

Conditions governing reproduction

Digital photography (without flash) for research purposes may be permitted upon completion of a copyright declaration form, and with respect to current UK copyright law.

Language of material

  • English
  • French
  • Indonesian
  • Malay
  • Pali
  • Japanese

Allied materials area

Related units of description

The other Collections catalogues will overlap with this one as will some of the material in the Lectures and Events Catalogues

Access points

Subject access points

Description control area

Description identifier

gb891-rascoll5

Archivist's note

These Papers were catalogued by Nancy Charley, RAS Archivist, in 2025.