Fonds RAS BHA - The Barwis-Holliday Award

Identity area

Reference code

GB 891 RAS BHA

Title

The Barwis-Holliday Award

Date(s)

  • 1974-Present (Creation)

Level of description

Fonds

Extent and medium

Two archival folders plus electronic documents

Context area

Name of creator

(1823-present)

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 ofread more

Name of creator

(7 September 1907 - 03 November 1983)

Biographical history

Major J.E. Barwis-Holliday was interested in the Far East. He was the British delegate at the eighth congress of the International Organisation for the Industrial, Scientific and Cultural Advancement in Japan. He owned properties in Sussex and Cumberland.read more

Archival history

These form part of the institutional records of the Royal Asiatic Society.

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

As part of the institutional records, they have been created in the within the Society's business activities.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

The Barwis-Holliday was established in 1977 by the donation of investments to the value of £690 by Major J.E. Barwis-Holliday and supplemented by a bequest of £1,000 from the estate of the donor. The income was to be used to finance a monetary award forread more

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Mostly open, some recent documents are closed for confidentiality reasons. Please contact the archivist. Details can be found here : https://royalasiaticarchives.org/. The archive is open on Tuesdays and Fridays 10-5, and Thursdays 2-5. Access is to anyread 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

Allied materials area

Related units of description

The Minutes of the Council Meetings of the Society may hold further information.

Access points

Subject access points

Description control area

Description identifier

gb 891 ras bha

Dates of creation revision deletion

This material was catalogued by Matt McKenzie, Archival Volunteer, under the supervision of Nancy Charley, RAS Archivist, in 2024.