Royal Society: Tercentenary Addresses

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0117 TA
Held at	: Royal Society   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://royalsociety.org/collections/ ›
Full title	: Royal Society: Tercentenary Addresses
Date(s)	: 1960
Level of description	: Sub-fonds
Extent	: 320 addresses and gifts received
Name of creator(s)	: Various
Detailed catalogue	: Click here to view repository detailed catalogue

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Royal Society's Tercentenary celebrations took place on 18 July 1960.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

The Royal Society's Tercentenary celebrations in 1960 prompted learned societies and centres of academic excellence worldwide to send gifts and messages of congratulations. Presentation books, medals and other memorabilia were presented also. Many of the messages were highly ornate, and this series illustrates a wide range of calligraphic techniques and styles of binding.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

Ordered in 9 small groups of documents according to size and type of address.

Conditions governing access:

Open

Conditions governing reproduction:

No publication without written permission. Apply to Archivist in the first instance.

Finding aids:

Typed handlist, indicating order of arrangement.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Allied Materials

Related material:

Publication note:

A list by country and organization of origin was published in 'The tercentenary celebrations of the Royal Society of London', edited by Harold Hartley (London 1961).

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.