GB 0117 CSS - Council for Science and Society Archive

Zone d'identification

Cote

GB 0117 CSS

Titre

Council for Science and Society Archive

Date(s)

  • 1972-1990 (Création/Production)

Étendue matérielle et support

138 files, 2 volumes and 19 printed books/pamphlets

Zone du contexte

Nom du producteur

Notice biographique

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'.

Histoire archivistique

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

Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert

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.

Zone du contenu et de la structure

Portée et contenu

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).

Zone des conditions d'accès et d'utilisation

Conditions d'accès

Closed pending cataloguing.

Langue des documents

  • anglais

Écriture des documents

  • latin

Notes de langue et graphie

English

Instruments de recherche

No list available

Zone du contrôle de la description

Identifiant du service d'archives

Royal Society

Règles et/ou conventions utilisées

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.

Langue(s)

  • anglais