The archive holds a number of the Society’s own institutional records which date from the founding of the Society in 1823. These have been organised into their record keeping areas with those that have been catalogued listed below.
Allied Societies
Records from the sister branches of the Society including:
• Asiatic Society (formerly Asiatic Society of Bengal)
• Asiatic Society of Bangladesh
• Asiatic Society of Mumbai
• Asiatic Society of Japan
• Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society
• Royal Asiatic Society, China
• Royal Asiatic Society, Hong Kong
• Royal Asiatic Society Korea Branch
• Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka
Awards and Medals
• Public School Medal
• Richard Burton Memorial Medal
• Triennial Gold Medal
• Universities Prize Essay Fund
Collections
• Acquisition records
• Disposal records
• Library Committee Minutes
• Policy documents
• Research registration documents
Finance
• Minutes of Finance and Investment Committees
Governance
• Correspondence
• Minutes of Council Meetings
• Royal Patronage
Lectures & Events
• Centenary celebrations
• Sesquicentenary celebrations
• 160th anniversary celebrations
• 175th anniversary celebrations
• Minutes of Events and House Committee
• Minutes of General Meetings
Property
• 73 Collier Street
• 60 Queen’s Gardens
• 56 Queen Anne Street
• 14 Grafton Street
• 5 New Burlington Street
• 22 Albemarle Street
• 74 Grosvenor Street
Please note that access to some of these records is currently restricted in accordance with Data Protection legislation.
Other Organisations
The Society also hold material from other organisations whose activities have often interlinked with the work of the Society. Examples include:
- Association of British Orientalists
- International Union for Oriental and Asian Studies
- Papers of the Gibb Memorial Trust
- Royal Society for Asian Affairs
More of these can be viewed on the Society’s archive catalogue and on Archives Hub.