Royal Asiatic Society: Sesquicentenary

Zone d'identification

Cote

GB 891 RAS SESQ

Titre

Date(s)

1966 - 1979 (Création/Production)

Niveau de description

Fonds

Étendue matérielle et support

3 1/2 archival boxes

Zone du contexte

Nom du producteur

Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland

(1823-)

Histoire administrative

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

Dépôt

Royal Asiatic Society Archives

Histoire archivistique

These records are part of the Royal Asiatic Society's Institutional Records and therefore part of the historical records of the Society.

Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert

These are part of the institutional records of the Royal Asiatic Society which have been accumulated throughout its history.

Zone du contenu et de la structure

Portée et contenu

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… read more

Mode de classement

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:

Zone des conditions d'accès et d'utilisation

Conditions d'accès

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 de 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.

Langue des documents

anglais
français
allemand

Zone des sources complémentaires

Unités de description associées

The Minutes of the Council Meetings and the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society will give further information regarding the Sesquicentenary Celebrations.

Mots-clés

Zone du contrôle de la description

Identifiant de la description

gb891-rassesq

Note de l'archiviste

This material was catalogued by Nancy Charley, RAS Archivist, in 2019.