Fonds RAS OC13 - Royal Asiatic Society Delegates

Identity area

Reference code

GB 891 RAS OC13

Title

Royal Asiatic Society Delegates

Date(s)

  • 1930 - 1939 (Creation)

Level of description

Fonds

Extent and medium

3 pages typed and handwritten

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 papers were made by the Royal Asiatic Society in the course of its business

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

The material is part of the institutional records of the Society.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Lists of Royal Asiatic Society "Delegate Representatives" attending conferences from November 1930 to September 1939. The first sheet, A, covering the time period 1930-1933, lists the Conferences but not the delegates. Sheets B & C, covering 1933-read more

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Open. 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.read 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

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Subject access points

Description control area

Description identifier

gb891-rasoc13

Archivist's note

The material was catalogued by Nancy Charley, RAS Archivist, in 2019.