GB 0117 LBC - Letter Book Copy

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GB 0117 LBC

Titre

Letter Book Copy

Date(s)

  • 1661-1740 (Création/Production)

Niveau de description

Étendue matérielle et support

30 volumes

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Nom du producteur

Notice biographique

Histoire archivistique

GB 0117 LBC 1661-1740 Collection (fonds) 30 volumes Various

Transcribed from the original Letter Books. Contain fair copies of letters received by the Royal Society, the originals of which are in the Early Letters. Volumes 1-18 are letters of 1661-1727; within this group, Volume 11 has been extended into two volumes. Volume 17 was created in order to leave a gap in the series for retrospective copying of original papers. The succeeding volumes overlap in time, giving correspondence for the years 1720-1740. There are four supplementary copies, labelled A-B, B-C, D-G, G-H.

Volumes 1-18 cover 1661-1727; Volumes 19-26 cover 1720-1740; four supplementary volumes arranged alphabetically.

OPEN

Photocopying restricted. No microfilm available.

English, Latin, French, German and Italian

Leather bound volumes.

Name of author, recipient, date and location are indexed in archive card catalogue.

See Letter Book Original; General Subject Index to Journal, Register and Letter Books by Richard Waller.

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

Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert

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Portée et contenu

Transcribed from the original Letter Books. Contain fair copies of letters received by the Royal Society, the originals of which are in the Early Letters. Volumes 1-18 are letters of 1661-1727; within this group, Volume 11 has been extended into two volumes. Volume 17 was created in order to leave a gap in the series for retrospective copying of original papers. The succeeding volumes overlap in time, giving correspondence for the years 1720-1740. There are four supplementary copies, labelled A-B, B-C, D-G, G-H.

Évaluation, élimination et calendrier de conservation

Accroissements

Mode de classement

Volumes 1-18 cover 1661-1727; Volumes 19-26 cover 1720-1740; four supplementary volumes arranged alphabetically.

Zone des conditions d'accès et d'utilisation

Conditions d'accès

OPEN

Conditions de reproduction

Photocopying restricted. No microfilm available.

Langue des documents

  • anglais

Écriture des documents

  • latin

Notes de langue et graphie

English, Latin, French, German and Italian

Caractéristiques matérielle et contraintes techniques

See Letter Book Original; General Subject Index to Journal, Register and Letter Books by Richard Waller.

Instruments de recherche

Name of author, recipient, date and location are indexed in archive card catalogue.

Zone des sources complémentaires

Existence et lieu de conservation des originaux

Existence et lieu de conservation des copies

Unités de description associées

Descriptions associées

Note de publication

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Note

Identifiant(s) alternatif(s)

Mots-clés

Mots-clés - Lieux

Mots-clés - Noms

Mots-clés - Genre

Zone du contrôle de la description

Identifiant 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.

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Niveau de détail

Dates de production, de révision, de suppression

Langue(s)

  • anglais

Écriture(s)

    Sources

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