Fonds RAS LEC4 - Royal Asiatic Society Lectures and Events: General Meetings, Lectures and Book Launches

Identity area

Reference code

GB 891 RAS LEC4

Title

Royal Asiatic Society Lectures and Events: General Meetings, Lectures and Book Launches

Date(s)

  • 1823 - ongoing (Creation)

Level of description

Fonds

Extent and medium

2 archival boxes + digital files

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 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

Since its inception the Royal Asiatic Society has encouraged the dissemination of Asian studies through the delivering of papers and lectures. These, particularly throughout the early history, were part of the General Meetings and recorded in the Minutesread more

System of arrangement

The material was organised chronologically.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Partially open. More recent material may be closed for confidentiality reasons. 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 toread 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

Allied materials area

Related units of description

The material in the other lecture and events catalogues will have some overlap with the material in this catalogue. Governance catalogues may also provide further information, particularly those for the Anniversary General Meetings.

Access points

Subject access points

Description control area

Description identifier

gb891-raslec4

Archivist's note

The material was catalogued by Nancy Charley, RAS Archivist, in 2023.