This Prize was instituted in honour of her husband in the Will of Mrs Amaury Talbot, and until 1996 was administered by her Trustees, Barclays’ Bank. Thereafter, the RAI took control of the administration. The Prize is offered for the best work published in a given year on African Anthropology, with preference being given to works on Nigeria or West Africa generally; publications entered from this year are judged the next, thus the year the Prize is actually awarded is a year later than the one referred to, for example, the 1963 Prize was awarded in 1964 etc. The archive also covers the publishing of Percy Amaury Talbot’s manuscript.