Identity area
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Date(s)
- 1972-1990 (Creation)
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138 files, 2 volumes and 19 printed books/pamphlets
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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'.
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GB 0117 CSS 1972-1990 Collection (fonds) 138 files, 2 volumes and 19 printed books/pamphlets Council for Science and Society
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'.
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.
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).
Closed pending cataloguing.
English
No list available
Copied from the Royal Society catalogue by Sarah Drewery.
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.
Feb 2009. Council for Science and Society
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
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.
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Scope and content
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).
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Closed pending cataloguing.
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English
Script of material
- Latin
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English
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No list available
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Rules and/or conventions used
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.
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Language(s)
- English