Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- 1824 - ongoing (Creation)
Level of description
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… read more
Name of creator
Repository
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.
Content and structure area
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.
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 … read more
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.… 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
- Arabic
- Chinese
- English
- French
- Japanese
- Sanskrit
- Tibetan
Allied materials area
Related units of description
Copies of the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society form part of the Society's collections.
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Royal Asiatic society of Great Britain and Ireland 1823- London, England (Subject)
- Cambridge university press (Subject)
- T.L. Wilson & Co. (Subject)
- James and Edwards (Subject)
- Gale and Polden (Subject)
- Barnard and Crannis (Subject)
- Stephen Austin & … read more
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Archivist's note
This material was catalogued by Nancy Charley, RAS Archivist, in 2022.