Fonds RAS PROP4 - Royal Asiatic Society Property: 74 Grosvenor Street

The Royal Asiatic Society leased 74 Grosvenor Street from 1920 to 1947. These papers include those for the negotiation of taking up the lease, for possibility lease of different premises, for wartime damage insurance contributions, for the expediency of leaving the premises. There is also a photograph of 74 Grosvenor Street of unknown date.

The material was arranged into series:

• RAS PROP4/1 - Leasing 74 Grosvenor Street
• RAS PROP4/2 - Possible Lease of Farm House
• RAS PROP4/3 - War Damage Insurance Contributions
• RAS PROP4/4 - Director's Note on the Financial Aspect of the Society's Removal
• RAS PROP4/5 - Photograph

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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.