Royal Asiatic Society Collections: Library Correspondence

Collection contains correspondence relating to the Society's Library and its collections. There is also some correspondence relating to loans and exhibitions that the Society has been involved in.

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.

The collection is arranged as follows:

• RAS COLLCOR/1 Collections Correspondence

• RAS COLLCOR/2 Enquiry Correspondence

• RAS COLLCOR/3 Exhibition/Loan Correspondence

Open with some restrictions. 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. Please bring photo ID

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

Catalogued by RAS Archivist Emma Nelson: 16/12/2021.

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.

Some duplicate material was disposed of upon cataloguing. Appraisal took place in accordance with the Society's retention schedule.

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

More expected.

Other material relating to the Society's collections can be found on the Society's Archives Hub page.