Catalogue of the Collections of Sir Aurel Stein in the Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Part 2)

Project leader: Helen Wang

Department: Coins and Medals

Project start: 2005
End date: 2007

External partners:
Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, http://www.mtak.hu/

The British Library, http://www.bl.uk/

Description:

Sir Aurel Stein (1862-1943) is renowned for his archaeological exploration in Central Asia, China and India. He spent most of his career associated with British or Indian institutions, and his extensive collections and publications revolutionised oriental studies in the twentieth century.

Stein was Hungarian by birth. Throughout his life he maintained strong links with the Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, and made regular donations, including his personal library, working papers and photographs.

A very successful international project 1999-2002 between the Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, the British Museum and the British Library resulted in the publication of Catalogue of the Collections of Sir Aurel Stein in the Library of the HungarianAcademyof Sciences (2002).

Since then, more materials have come to light, and the international team was reformed in 2005 for a two-year project to complete the cataloguing of the Stein collection in the Library.

Objectives:

To complete the cataloguing of the collections of Sir Aurel Stein in the Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

To produce the publication Catalogue of the Collections of Sir Aurel Stein in the Library of the Hungarian Academyof Sciences(part 2) (to published by LHAS, Budapest in 2007)

To digitise the photographs in the collection.

Publications:

J. Falconer, A. Karteszi, A. Kelecsenyi, L. Russell-Smith (E. Apor and H. Wang eds.), Catalogue of the Collections of Sir Aurel Stein in the Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, (Budapest: LHAS and British Museum, 2002)