Council for Science and Society Archive

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0117 CSS
Held at	: Royal Society   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://royalsociety.org/collections/ ›
Full title	: Council for Science and Society Archive
Date(s)	: 1972-1990
Level of description	: Collection (fonds)
Extent	: 138 files, 2 volumes and 19 printed books/pamphlets
Name of creator(s)	: Council for Science and Society
Detailed catalogue	: Click here to view repository detailed catalogue

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Council for Science and Society was established in 1972 as an independent organization with the stated objectives 'to promote the study of and research into the social effects of science and technology: and to disseminate the results thereof to the public'.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of the Council for Science and Society comprising 138 files; 2 volumes of minutes and associated loose papers and 19 printed books or pamphlets issued by the Council, 1972-1990. The types of records include minutes of the Council meetings and Executive Committee meetings, Financial sub-committee papers and accounts, annual reports, correspondence, press cuttings and miscellaneous items, The series was stored in a single four drawer filing cabinet. (contents now transferred to boxes).

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

Conditions governing access:

Closed pending cataloguing.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Finding aids:

No list available

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Membership of the Council included several Fellows of the Royal Society, and it was deemed appropriate on the winding up of the affairs of the Council that its records be transferred to the Society's archives.

Allied Materials

Related material:

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Copied from the Royal Society catalogue by Sarah Drewery.

Rules or conventions:
General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions:
Feb 2009.