Arquivo RAS PROP3 - Royal Asiatic Society Property: 22 Albemarle Street

The material was arranged into Series thus:

• RAS PROP3/1 - Lease Documents
• RAS PROP3/2 - Correspondence with Professor T.W. Rhys Davids
• RAS PROP3/3 - Correspondence regarding alternative provision of premises
• RAS PROP3/4 - Correspondence regarding relinquishing 22 Albemarle Street
• RAS PROP3/5 - Research

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. Please bring photo ID

The Minutes of the Council Meetings provide evidence of the decisions being taken regarding the leasing of this property and the attempts to find finance and support for premises.

The chapter, "A History of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1823-1973" by C.F. Beckingham, within "The Royal Asiatic Society: Its History and Treasures", edited by Stuart Simmonds and Simon Digby, published 1979, provides further information regarding the history of the Society's premises.