IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0117 NLB
Held at: Royal Society
Title: Royal Society: New Letter Book
Date(s): 1885-1931
Level of description: sub-fonds
Extent: 74 volumes
Name of creator(s): Royal Society
CONTEXT
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CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Copies of outgoing letters from the President, Officers and Assistant Secretaries. Each page may contain up to four copied documents. Volumes are numbered 1-73 with an additional volume for the period January 1901-November 1904.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Conditions governing access:
Open
Conditions governing reproduction:
No publication without written permission. Apply to Archivist in the first instance.
Physical characteristics:
Physical condition of the volumes is poor, with some fading of text - particularly towards the end of the sequence.
Finding aids:
Each volume has an alphabetical index of recipients of the letters referring the user to the page on which the letter is to be found, but not to the individual letter. A sheaf catalogue for the collection was started by Leslie Townsend but remains incomplete; at present this covers volumes 1-2 only (1885-1888). Information in alphabetical order of recipient, with some subject references; details given are author, date, recipient, (including address, whether a FRS and date of election), summary of contents and volume and page number.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
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ALLIED MATERIALS
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Related material:
The series was microfilmed between 1975-1977. See Miscellaneous Correspondence (reference MC) which contains corresponding incoming letters sent to the Society.
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Copied from the Royal Society catalogue by Sarah Drewery.
Date(s) of descriptions: Feb 2009.