14 Dec 2008

Handbook to the collections of Sir Aurel Stein in the UK
The British Museum, London, UK.
Supplied note:
"The updated and expanded edition of the Handbook to the Collections of Sir Aurel Stein in the UK (edited by Helen Wang and John Perkins) has just been published (December 2008) on the British Museum website [in PDF format, 921KB - ed.]. This new online edition is available free of charge to everyone, and has a convenient search facility, as well as active website [...] Sir Aurel Stein, Proceedings of the British Museum Study Day, 23 March 2002 (unchanged since its appearance as a hard copy publication in 2004) is also available on the British Museum website: http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/research_publications/online_research_publications/sir_aurel_stein.aspx - hw."
Site contents:
* Preface (2008); * Foreword (1999); * The Stein Collections In London (British Academy (BA), British Library (BL), British Museum (BM) National Archives (Kew), National Portrait Gallery (NPG,) Royal Asiatic Society (RAS), Royal Geographical Society (RGS), Royal Society for Asian Affairs (RSAA), University College London (UCL), Victoria & Albert Museum (V&A)); * The Stein Collections in Oxford (Bodleian Library, Corpus Christi College (CCC), Oxford University Press (OUP), University of Oxford); * The Stein Collections In Cambridge 37 (Cambridge University Library); * Appendices (Appendix 1 Reports of the Stein Days held in 1995 and 1996, Appendix 2 Sir Aurel Stein -- Obituary, Appendix 3 Sir Aurel Stein -- Chronology, Appendix 4 Sir Aurel Stein -- Bibliography, Appendix 5 Sir Aurel Stein -- Correspondence, Appendix 6 The People who worked with Aurel Stein on his Central Asian Expeditions).
URL http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/research_publications/online_research_publications/handbook_stein_collection.aspx
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Link reported by: Helen Wang (hwang--at--thebritishmuseum.ac.uk), forwarded by h-asia--at--h-net.msu.edu
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