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- 1824 - ongoing (Creation)
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Extent and medium
5 archival boxes + 15 bound volumes
Context area
Name of creator
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 of subjects connected with and for the encouragement of science, literature and the arts in relation to Asia'. It continues as a forum for those who are interested in the languages, cultures and history of Asia to meet and exchange ideas.
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Archival history
These form part of the institutional records of the Royal Asiatic Society.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
As part of the institutional records, they have always been part of the Society's possessions.
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Scope and content
The Royal Asiatic Society has produced a Journal from the early years of its formation and continues to do so. This material covers the records made in the production, administration and distribution of the Journal.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
This production of the Journal continues, so more records will be added as they become available to the archives.
System of arrangement
The material was divided into series:
- RAS JOUR/1 Minutes of the Journal Editorial Board
- RAS JOUR/2 Internal Administrative Documents
- RAS JOUR/3 W.H. Allen and Company
- RAS JOUR/4 Stephen Austin and Sons, Ltd.
- RAS JOUR/5 Other Printers
- RAS JOUR/6 Cambridge University Press
- RAS JOUR/7 Reproduction and Distribution Agreements
- RAS JOUR/8 Author Copyright Agreements
- RAS JOUR/9 Transliteration Schemes
- RAS JOUR/10 Article Reprint Requests and Author Permissions
- RAS JOUR/11 19th Century Correspondence
- RAS JOUR/12 Administrative Correspondence
- RAS JOUR/13 Subscriptions
- RAS JOUR/14 Indexes
- RAS JOUR/15 Missing Volumes
- RAS JOUR/16 Articles
- RAS JOUR/17 Ephemera
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Some of this material is closed due to confidentiality reason. Please contact the archivist for further information. 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 made via phone or email. Please bring photo ID.
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
- Arabic
- Chinese
- English
- French
- Japanese
- Sanskrit
- Tibetan
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Related units of description
Copies of the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society form part of the Society's collections.
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- Royal Asiatic society of Great Britain and Ireland 1823- London, England (Subject)
- Cambridge university press (Subject)
- W.H. Allen & Co. (Subject)
- T.L. Wilson & Co. (Subject)
- James and Edwards (Subject)
- Gale and Polden (Subject)
- Barnard and Crannis (Subject)
- Stephen Austin & Sons Ltd (Subject)
- Micro Methods Limited (Subject)
- EP Microform Limited (Subject)
- Inter Documentation Company AG (Subject)
- Library of Tibetan Works & Archives (Subject)
- Han-Shan Tang Limited London (Subject)
- David Loman Limited (Subject)
- Alden Press (Oxford) Ltd (Subject)
- Collier-Macmillan Limited (Subject)
- Luzac & Co (Subject)
- Schmidt Periodicals (Subject)
- Deutsche Morgenländische Gesellschaft. Orient-Institut (Subject)
- Agri-Horticultural Society of the Punjab (Subject)
- Duncanson Dennis J. 1917-1998 (Subject)
- Johnson Gordon b 1943 (Subject)
- Morgan David O. 1945-2019 (Subject)
- Collin Peter H. 1935- (Subject)
- Ansari Sarah F.D (Subject)
- Blois Charlotte de (Subject)
- Davids T.W. Rhys 1843-1922 (Subject)
- Bivar A. D. H. 1926-2015 (Subject)
- Martin B.G (Subject)
- Margoliouth D.S. 1858-1940 (Subject)
- Bailey Harold Walter 1899-1996 (Subject)
- Thomas Frederick William 1867-1956 (Subject)
- Parlett Sir Harold G. 1869-1945 (Subject)
- Yetts W. Perceval 1878-1957 (Subject)
- Hodgson Brian Houghton 1800-1894 (Subject)
- Norris Edwin 1795-1872 (Subject)
- Bosanquet J. W. James Whatman (Subject)
- Wilson Horace Hayman 1786-1860 (Subject)
- Petersen Peter Chr. Julius 1839-1910 (Subject)
- Rapson E. J. 1861-1937 (Subject)
- Ullendorff Edward 1920-2011 (Subject)
- Phillips Cyril Henry 1912-2005 (Subject)
- Digby Simon Everard 1932-2010 (Subject)
- Hardy Friedhelm 1943-2004 (Subject)
- Bosworth Clifford Edmund (Subject)
- Bagley F. R. C. 1915-1997 (Subject)
- Walker Anthony R. b 1940 anthropologue (Subject)
- Allen W. E. D. 1901-1973 (Subject)
- Daniyalov G. D (Subject)
- Dorn Bernard 1805-1881 (Subject)
- Wathen William Henry (Subject)
- D'Oyly John 1774-1824 (Subject)
- Hodgson John 1779-1845 (Subject)
- Fuller A.R. 1870 fl (Subject)
- Kingsmill Thomas William (Subject)
- Holt Henry F (Subject)
- Clauson G. L. M. 1891-1974 (Subject)
- Hansman John (Subject)
- Srinivasan Doris (Subject)
- Beckingham, Charles Fraser, 1914-1998 (Subject)
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Archivist's note
This material was catalogued by Nancy Charley, RAS Archivist, in 2022.