Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1937 - 1954 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
1 archival folder
Context area
Name of creator
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… read more
Name of creator
Repository
Archival history
This material was given to the Royal Asiatic Society or produced by the Royal Asiatic Society in its dealings with the Royal Society of Arts.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
These are part of the Royal Asiatic Society's institutional records gathered in its business.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Material connected to the Royal Society of Arts and the Royal Asiatic Society's interaction with it.
System of arrangement
The material was divided into two files:
- OS5/1 - The Practical Study of Colonial Culture
- OS5/2 - Bicentenary
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
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.… read 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
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Royal Society of Arts (Subject)
- Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland (Subject)
- Blagden Charles Otto 1864-1949 (Subject)
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Description identifier
Archivist's note
This material was catalogued by Nancy Charley, RAS Archivist, in 2019.