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- 1832- (Creation)
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27 volumes
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GB 0117 CMP 1832- Collection (fonds) 27 volumes Royal Society
Minutes of the meetings of the Royal Society Council, concerned with the business and administrtion of the Society. Entries record discussions of all matters relating to the Society's constitution, activities, awards, funds and bequests, buildings, staff, etc. From 1832 the Minutes were printed for distribution to Council Members, and bound sets retained by the Society.
Chronologically by date.
30 year rule applies.
No publication without written permission. Apply to Archivist in the first instance.
English
Leather bound volumes.
Council Minutes Original, reference CMO; various series of rough minutes with some fair copies in the Manuscripts General - reference MS/629-647, 19 volumes 1665-1870 and MS/800, 5 boxes, 1885-1896.
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. Learned societies Royal Society Associations Organizations
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Minutes of the meetings of the Royal Society Council, concerned with the business and administrtion of the Society. Entries record discussions of all matters relating to the Society's constitution, activities, awards, funds and bequests, buildings, staff, etc. From 1832 the Minutes were printed for distribution to Council Members, and bound sets retained by the Society.
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Chronologically by date.
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30 year rule applies.
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No publication without written permission. Apply to Archivist in the first instance.
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- English
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- Latin
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English
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Council Minutes Original, reference CMO; various series of rough minutes with some fair copies in the Manuscripts General - reference MS/629-647, 19 volumes 1665-1870 and MS/800, 5 boxes, 1885-1896.
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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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- English