Records of the Royal Watercolour Society and its predecessors including:
minutes and proceeding of the Society associated for the purpose of establishing an annual exhibition of paintings in water colours 1804-1808; the Society of Painters in Water Colours 1908-1812; the Society of Painters in Oil and Water Colours 1812-1820; and the Society of Painters in Water Colours 1820-2003;
proceedings of the committees, 1805-1896; minutes of the Council, 1896-1989; and correspondence 1938-1975;
administrative papers including laws and regulations, correspondence, deeds, leases, licences, plans, signature collections, menus, photographs, 1823-1980; annual reports 1897-1955; calendar 1939-1959;
letter books 1896-1942;
financial records 1805-1978;
catalogues of exhibitions 1805-1990; catalogues of non-members exhibitions 1939-1968; London Salon of Photography exhibitions, 1935-1972; Society of Portrait Sculptors, 1958-1967; Society of Miniaturists 1943-1970;
Jenkins Papers comprising106 files on individual artists collected by John Joseph Jenkins, containing obituaries, letters, memoranda, catalogues, printed papers, cuttings, and notes;
miscellaneous volumes comprising of laws and rules of the society 1804-1842; photographs of Presidents, Honorary Members, Members and Associates of the Society, c1863; membership book 1878-1985; register of candidates 1904-1967; exhibition statistics 1914-1951; admission revenues 1926-1937; General meeting attendance books, 1895-1923; Council attendance book1908-1968; library catalogue 1885-1890s; inventories of furniture, fittings and works of art 1885-1906; list of members of the first exhibition 1805; private view list 1900-1910; register of visitors 1904-1905; stationary standard books 1901-1938; parcel books 1902-1937; annual dinner invitation lists 1904-1914; Treasurer's reports to Council 1885-1889; Social Evenings Committee minutes 1885; Sub-Committee on the Law of Copyright minutes 1896-1902; agendas 1898-1952; private view signatures 1927-1978;
press cuttings books 1880-1974;
sales records comprising sales books, 1825-1981; artists and buyers daily accounts 1897-1956; ledgers 1897-1937;
Peter De Wint Trust Fund records comprising minutes 1924-1976;
correspondence and papers 1922-1969; financial records 1922-1982;
Art Club minutes and papers 1884-1984; attendance book 1912-1953; letter book 1906-1909; financial records 1884-1976; register of subscriptions, 1931-1936; sales day book, 1959-1984; annual reports, 1936-1938; correspondence 1936-1986; catalogues of exhibitions, 1886-1984 including exhibitions held jointly with the Society of Miniaturists, 1971-1983; membership lists and rules, 1884-1939;
Old Water-Colour Society Club records comprising minutes 1923-1971; draft constitution and rules 1923; correspondence 1937-1985; printed papers and ephemera 1924-1972; financial records 1939-1970; annual dinner menus 1928-1939; plans of table 1926-1939;
John Joseph Jenkins' personal papers including personal letters 1846-1875; notes 1833-1834; society papers 1810-1884; newspaper cutting 1852-1884; miscellaneous papers on artists, 1815-1880; and papers relating to the Society's history 1804-1884;
Items given to the RWS comprising illuminated coat of arms, 1931; miscellaneous letters 1804-1946; papers of Sir Ernest A Waterlow, 1898-1913; sketchbook of Alfred Parsons 1880-1918; Thomas Rooke's memoir of the RWS and its members 1926; sketch, photograph and letters of Roland Bachelor 1979-1980.
Artist files containing cuttings, articles and related papers on members of the RWS (24 boxes); and Artist photographs - collection of photographs of members of the RWS 1852/3- (3 boxes).
