Identity area
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Date(s)
- 1966 - 1979 (Creation)
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3 1/2 archival boxes
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.
Repository
Archival history
These records are part of the Royal Asiatic Society's Institutional Records and therefore part of the historical records of the Society.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
These are part of the institutional records of the Royal Asiatic Society which have been accumulated throughout its history.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
In 1973 the Royal Asiatic Society celebrated its Sesquicentenary (150 years). The archival material includes Planning committee administration; material connected with the various events held, exhibitions put on and publications produced in celebration of the occasion; and material concerned with fundraising for the Society.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
The material was arranged in series thus:
- RAS SESQ/1 - Planning Committee and Administration
- RAS SESQ/2 - Printed Materia
*l RAS SESQ/3 - Sesquicentenary Reception - RAS SESQ/4 - Sesquicentenary Dinner
- RAS SESQ/5 -Sherry Reception
- RAS SESQ/6 - Symposium: The Undeciphered Languages
- RAS SESQ/7 - Country Days
- RAS SESQ/8 - Schools' Lectures
- RAS SESQ/9 - Correspondence with Branch Societies
- RAS SESQ/10 - Exhibitions
- RAS SESQ/11 - Publications
- RAS SESQ/12 - Appeal Brochures
- RAS SESQ/13 - Standard Appeal Statements and Letters
- RAS SESQ/14 - Use of Professional Fund-Raisers
- RAS SESQ/15 - Companies to Approach for Sesquicentenary Appeal
- RAS SESQ/16 - Donations to Sesquicentenary Appeal
- RAS SESQ/17 - Administration of the Sesquicentenary Appeal
- RAS SESQ/18 - Letters of Congratulations
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Open. Please contact the archivist. nc@royalasiaticsociety.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
- English
- French
- German
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Related units of description
The Minutes of the Council Meetings and the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society will give further information regarding the Sesquicentenary Celebrations.
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- Royal Asiatic society of Great Britain and Ireland 1823- London, England (Subject)
- Anglo-Arab Association (Subject)
- Winchester College (Subject)
- Wellington College (Subject)
- Eton college (Subject)
- Westminster School (London) (Subject)
- Iran Society (Subject)
- Embassy of Afghanistan (Subject)
- Society for Afghan studies (GB) (Subject)
- The Japan Society London (Subject)
- Anglo-Turkish Society London (Subject)
- Richard Madley Limited (Subject)
- Corporation of London (Subject)
- British academy (Subject)
- Mansion House (Subject)
- Merchant Taylors' Hall (Subject)
- British Council (Subject)
- Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Subject)
- Buckingham Palace London (Subject)
- Asiatic Society of Japan (Subject)
- Asiatic Society of Mumbai (Subject)
- Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal (Subject)
- National Portrait Gallery Library (Subject)
- Maggs Bros (Subject)
- Asia House Gallery Asia Society (Subject)
- British Museum (Subject)
- Kegan Paul Trubner Co (Subject)
- Gulbenkian Museum of Oriental Art and Archaeology University of Durham (Subject)
- Ashmolean Museum (Subject)
- Victoria and Albert Museum (Subject)
- Royal Scottish Museum (Subject)
- India Office Library (Subject)
- Greater London Council Research Library (Subject)
- Calver Gerald A. b 1947 (Subject)
- Ferrier R.W (Subject)
- Blacker Carmen (Subject)
- Meriggi Piero 1899-1982 (Subject)
- Kammenhuber Annelies 1922-1995 (Subject)
- Davies A. Morpurgo 1937-2014 (Subject)
- Hawkins J.D. John D (Subject)
- Gusmani R. 1935-2009 (Subject)
- Gordon Cyrus Herzl 1908-2001 (Subject)
- Hooker J.T. d 1991 (Subject)
- Lal B. B. 1913-2000 (Subject)
- Bailey Harold Walter 1899-1996 (Subject)
- Wheeler Mortimer 1890-1976 (Subject)
- Jellicoe Patricia Christine 1917-2012 Countess of (Subject)
- Digby Simon Everard 1932-2010 (Subject)
- Methuen Paul Ayshford Methuen 1886-1974 (Subject)
- Whitting C.E.J (Subject)
- Turner E. G. 1911-1983 (Subject)
- Rice David Talbot 1903-1972 (Subject)
- Winder Richard Bayly b 1920 (Subject)
- Philips C.H. 1912-2005 (Subject)
- Skilliter Susan Anne 1930-1985 (Subject)
- Shorto, Harry Leonard, 1919 –1995 (Subject)
- Barnett, Richard David, 1909-1986* (Subject)
- Beckingham, Charles Fraser, 1914-1998 (Subject)
- Bivar, A. D. H., 1926-2015 * (Subject)
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Archivist's note
This material was catalogued by Nancy Charley, RAS Archivist, in 2019.