Sir Aurel Stein
Colleagues
and Collections
Edited by Helen Wang
British Museum Research Publication 184
ISBN 978-086159-1848
© The Trustees of the British Museum 2012
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This volume, published to mark the 150th anniversary of the birth of Sir Aurel Stein, presents papers about him, his colleagues and his collections.
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Helen Wang, curator, East Asian Money,
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Line drawing, seal of Pallas Athene, by Fred Andrews, used by Stein as a vignette in his publications.
On Stein, his work and colleagues
Aurel Stein’s Work in the North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan
Wannaporn Rienjang
Aurel Stein’s Methods and Aims in Archaeology on the Silk Road
Valeria Escauriaza-Lopez
Aurel Stein’s Dealings with Wang Yuanlu and Chinese Officials in Dunhuang in 1907
Wang Jiqing
Sir Aurel Stein’s Visit to Japan in 1930: His Diary and Notebook
Imre Galambos
Rudolf Hoernle and Sir Aurel Stein
Ursula Sims-Williams
Aurel Stein’s Calcutta Connection
Susmita Basu Majumdar, Suchandra Ghosh, Anusua Das
Rai Bahadur Lal Singh: Sir Aurel Stein’s Surveying Companion
Daniel Lal Sander and Stephen Sander (Sukwant Singh)
‘Yours ever so sincerely’: Albert von le Coq seen through his Correspondence with Aurel Stein
Catrin Kost
Fraternity on the Silk Road: The Relationship of Aurel Stein and Sven Hedin
Esteban Morin
Recent work on the Stein Collections
Sir Aurel Stein’s Medals at the Royal Geographical Society
Sarah Strong and Helen Wang
Aurel Stein’s Correspondence with Paul Pelliot and Lionel Barnett
Ursula Sims-Williams
A Tentative Listing of the Stein Manuscripts in Paris 1911–19
Frances Wood
New Data Relating to Aurel Stein’s Expeditions to Iran: Correspondence with Fred Andrews, 1936–37
Ursula Sims-Williams
The Stein Collection and World War II
Joyce Morgan
Bodleian Library, Oxford: Catalogue of the Papers of Sir (Marc) Aurel Stein (1862–1943)
Elizabeth Diamond and T.D. Rogers (updated by Christopher Fletcher)
Archives relating to Sir Aurel Stein’s Fourth Expedition to Central Asia (1930–31)
Helen Wang
A History of the Stein and Central Asian Digitisation Project at the
British Museum
Carol Michaelson
Dunhuang Textiles in London: A History of the Collection
Helen Wang, Helen Persson and Frances Wood
International Dunhuang Project: Working on Stein’s Archaeological Legacy
John Falconer and Susan Whitfield
Appendix: Conferences and Study Days relating to Sir Aurel Stein