The Committee was one of three set up following the demise of the Executive Committee on 31 May 1961; the other two were the Library Committee and the Publications Committee (see Officers’ Meeting, 18 May 1961, A11:5, f. 79)
Minutes incomplete
1/ Minutes and Committee papers, 1961-78, held as follows:
Ref.
no ref. until 28 July 1966, then:
SC/66/1- SC/68/3 12 Oct. 1961 – 11 Apr. 1968
– end of 1968, all 1969, all 1979; nothing held
SC/71/1-2 19 May – 27 May 1971
SC/72/1-10 10 Feb. – 7 Dec. 1972
SC/73/1-9 1 Feb. – 6 Dec. 1973
SC/74/1-8 24 Jan. – 5 Dec. 1974
SC/75/1-7 26 Feb. – 18 Dec. 1975
SC/76/1-3 26 Feb. – 28 Oct. 1976
SC/76/4 18 Dec. 1976; nothing held
SC/77/1-5 14 Jan. – 16 Nov. 1977
SC/78/1 ? Jan. 1978; nothing held
SC/78/2 22 Feb. 1978
.2/ Correspondence and papers 1962-78
1 A.H. Christie to W.B. Fagg, 3 Mar. 1962 – asks him to attend meeting on 8 Mar. (tp.)
2 7 Dec. – notice of meeting on 13 Dec. (tp. postcard)
3 14 Dec. to W.B. Fagg – notice of meeting on 4 Jan. 1963 (tp. postcard)
4 Notice of meeting on 17 Apr. (tp. with pencil additions)
5 A.H. Christie to W.B. Fagg, 7 May – notice of meeting on 9 May (tp. postcard)
6 Notice of meeting on 11 July (tpc.)
7 29 Aug. to W.B. Fagg – notice of meeting on 4 Sept. (tp. postcard)
8 Notice of meeting on 9 Jan. 1964 (tpc.)
9 Notice of meeting on 5 Mar. (tpc.)
10 S.M. France to W.B. Fagg, 27 Feb. – re. meeting on 5 Mar. (tp. postcard)
11 Notice of a meeting 19 May 1971 – informal agenda (tp.) [Report of this meeting at SC/71/1]
12 Barbara Bentley, 1 Aug. 1972 – encloses informal report on activity of the RAI
.1 Informal report on activity of RAI. 2 leaves (tpc.)
13 Members elected Jul. and Sept. 1972 (tp.) [cf. A76, Vol. 2, 1.22 & 1.26]
14 Barbara Bentley, 13 Nov. – fuller report on activity of RAI. 3 leaves (tpc.)
15 Financial projections for 1973-76 31 Oct. 1972. 6 leaves (photocopy)
16 Calendar of meetings of Standing Committee 22 Mar. 1974 (tp.)
17 Jonathan Benthall, Director, to Council, 11 Feb. 1976 – discusses RAI’s leasing of rooms from Royal Asiatic Society at 56 Queen Anne Street; presents advantages and disadvantages of these rooms over current premises at 36 Craven Street; hopes that Standing Committee will approve entering final negotiations for the lease. 4 leaves (tp.)
18 Ibid., to Standing Committee, 20 Jan. 1978 – notice of meeting of Standing Committee on 22 Feb. (tp.) [Report of this meeting at SC/78/2 see 1/ above]
