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Richard Pankhurst, historian and Graham C. Dorsett, photographer
This week I’ve been working through more of the collections records. I’ve completed a first sort of all the physical material in the archives and have organised chronologically the material associated with…
Chinese Dreams in Romantic England: The Life and Times of Thomas Manning – Out Now!
This week’s blog post is by RAS Librarian Edward Weech. Many long-time readers of the Society’s blog will remember that, in 2015, the RAS acquired the archive of Thomas Manning (1772-1840). At…
What’s Happening in the Archives?
A new year and decade, and just over five years in post as archivist, I decided it would be a good idea to take stock of the progress in caring for the…
Horace Geoffrey Quaritch Wales (1900-1981)
We are pleased to announce that the catalogue for the Papers of Horace Geoffrey Quaritch Wales is now available on Archives Hub. This has been a long term project due to the…
Royal Asiatic Society acquires A.C. Graham Collection
The Society is delighted to have acquired the A.C. Graham Library and Archive, which has been donated by the Graham family. Angus C. Graham (1919-1991) was a central figure in the field…
Saving Archival Treasures
What do you do when you find a photograph album whose binding is broken and whose leaves have become so brittle that their edges break very easily on…
Events, Displays, Archives, Napoleon and Thomas Manning and, of course, Happy New Year
Happy New Year to all our readers. We hope that you had a relaxed and enjoyable time over the festive period and that 2016 will be a successful year for you. As…
Saved for the nation: RAS acquires Thomas Manning Archive
The Royal Asiatic Society has acquired the archive of sinologist Thomas Manning (1772-1840), one of Britain’s first scholars of Chinese language and culture. The archive consists of over 400 letters to and…
