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- 20th Oct 1937 - 10th Nov 1939 (Creation)
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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.
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Correspondence concerning the transliteration of scripts for use in the Journal. During the 1930s there was concern regarding the printing of non-Latin alphabet scripts. This generated correspondence and administrative documents:
- Correspondence concerning the transliteration of Tibetan. The main correspondents are F.W. Thomas, H.W. Bailey, D.S. Margoliouth and Colonel Hoysted, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society. 16 pieces, dated 20 October 1937 - 31 October 1938.
- Correspondence concerning the transliteration of Chinese and Japanese script. The main correspondents are W. Perceval Yetts, S. Yoshutake, Sir Harold Parlett and Colonel Hoysted. 16 pieces, dated 26 July 1938- 1 December 1938.
- Correspondence and administrative documents concerning transliteration of all scripts. The main correspondents are the Deutsche Morgenlandische Gesellschaft, W. Perceval Yetts and Colonel Hoysted. 11 items, dated 11 January 1939 - 10 November 1939.
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- English
- Tibetan
- Japanese
- Chinese
- Arabic
- Sanskrit
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- Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland (Subject)
- Deutsche Morgenländische Gesellschaft. Orient-Institut (Subject)
- Bailey Harold W. 1899-1996 Harold Walter (Subject)
- Yetts W. Perceval 1878-1957 (Subject)
- Thomas F. W 1867-1956 (Subject)
- Margoliouth D.S. 1858-1940 (Subject)
- Parlett Sir Harold G. 1869-1945 (Subject)