Área de identidad
Código de referencia
Título
Fecha(s)
- 1823 - 1846 (Creación)
Nivel de descripción
Volumen y soporte
2 bound volumes handwritten
Área de contexto
Nombre del productor
Historia administrativa
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 of… read more
Institución archivística
Historia archivística
These were created during the undertaking of the Society's business.
Origen del ingreso o transferencia
As part of the institutional records, they have always been part of the Society's possessions.
Área de contenido y estructura
Alcance y contenido
The first minutes for the Committee of Correspondence are for 19 May 1831. However before this time items communicated to the Society were being recorded. Thus these two volumes are both connected with the administration of correspondence. These are:
Área de condiciones de acceso y uso
Condiciones de acceso
Open. Please contact the archivist. Details can be found here : https://royalasiaticarchives.org/. 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… read more
Condiciones
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.
Idioma del material
- inglés
Área de materiales relacionados
Unidades de descripción relacionadas
These form part of the Governance material. As several of the items of correspondence were also read at the General Meetings these records also overlap with the institutional records concerned with Lectures and Events. The Correspondence volumes ( RAS… read more
Puntos de acceso
Puntos de acceso por materia
Área de control de la descripción
Identificador de la descripción
Nota del archivista
The material was catalogued by Nancy Charley, RAS Archivist, in 2023.