{"id":16363,"date":"2021-04-14T17:19:33","date_gmt":"2021-04-14T16:19:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/t-creative.com\/asiatic\/archives-personal-papers-copy\/"},"modified":"2025-09-20T15:24:56","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T14:24:56","slug":"archives-institutional-archives-and-other-organisations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/royalasiaticsociety.org\/archives-institutional-archives-and-other-organisations\/","title":{"rendered":"Archives – Institutional Archives and Other Organisations"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Archives – Institutional Archives and Other Organisations<\/h1>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]The archive holds a number of the Society\u2019s own institutional records which date from the founding of the Society in 1823. <\/strong>These have been organised into their record keeping areas with some of the catalogued ones listed below.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row gap=”25″][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

Allied Societies<\/h3>\n

Records from the sister branches of the Society including:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Asiatic Society (formerly Asiatic Society of Bengal)<\/a>
\n\u2022 Asiatic Society of Bangladesh<\/a>
\n\u2022 Asiatic Society of Mumbai<\/a>
\n\u2022 Asiatic Society of Japan<\/a>
\n\u2022 Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society<\/a>
\n\u2022 Royal Asiatic Society, China<\/a>
\n\u2022 Royal Asiatic Society, Hong Kong<\/a>
\n\u2022 Royal Asiatic Society Korea Branch<\/a>
\n\u2022 Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka<\/a><\/p>\n

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Awards and Medals<\/h3>\n

\u2022 Public School Medal<\/a>
\n\u2022 Richard Burton Memorial Medal<\/a>
\n\u2022 Triennial Gold Medal<\/a>
\n\u2022 Universities Prize Essay Fund<\/a><\/p>\n

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Collections<\/h3>\n

\u2022 Acquisition records<\/a>
\n\u2022 Disposal records<\/a>
\n\u2022 Library Committee Minutes<\/a>
\n\u2022 Policy documents<\/a>
\n\u2022 Research registration documents<\/a><\/p>\n

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Finance<\/h3>\n

\u2022 Minutes of Finance and Investment Committees<\/a><\/p>\n

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Governance<\/h3>\n

\u2022 Correspondence<\/a>
\n\u2022 Minutes of Council Meetings<\/a>
\n\u2022 Royal Patronage<\/a><\/p>\n

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Lectures & Events<\/h3>\n

\u2022 Centenary celebrations<\/a>
\n\u2022 Sesquicentenary celebrations<\/a>
\n\u2022 160th anniversary celebrations<\/a>
\n\u2022 175th anniversary celebrations<\/a>
\n\u2022 Minutes of Events and House Committee<\/a>
\n\u2022 Minutes of General Meetings<\/a><\/p>\n

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Property<\/h3>\n

\u2022 73 Collier Street<\/a>
\n\u2022 60 Queen\u2019s Gardens<\/a>
\n\u2022 56 Queen Anne Street<\/a>
\n\u2022 14 Grafton Street<\/a>
\n\u2022 5 New Burlington Street<\/a>
\n\u2022 22 Albemarle Street<\/a>
\n\u2022 74 Grosvenor Street<\/a><\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Please note that access to some of these records is currently restricted in accordance with Data Protection legislation.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column][vc_separator color=”custom” css=”” accent_color=”#CCCCCC”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

Other Organisations<\/h3>\n

The Society also hold material from other organisations whose activities have often interlinked with the work of the Society. Examples include:<\/p>\n