GB 0117 MM - Miscellaneous Manuscripts

2,550 documents in 24 volumes

GB 0117 MM 15th century- Collection (fonds) 2,550 documents in 24 volumes Various

Single manuscript letters or small groups of related documents considered too small to be added to the Manuscripts General series. Includes various document formats. The collection contains all manner of papers by, about or belonging to the Fellows of the Royal Society. Subject matter covers all branches of the sciences and includes non-scientific material. Current accessions are limited to materials not generated by the Royal Society, but acquired by gift or purchase; these usually number less than 10 items per accession. This has not always been the practice, so that the collection also contains relatively large groups of papers, occasionally on Royal Society business.

Documents not arranged chronologically except within small acquisition groups. Later volumes divide letters by century, so that Volume 18 is devoted to 20th century material, and volumes 20 to 24 contain 18th, 19th and 20th century papers.

Open

No publication without written permission. Apply to Archivist in the first instance.

English

Volumes 1-17, and 19 are bound. Volumes 18, 20-22 are not bound.

Each volume prefaced by a a list of contents. Letters are Draft by author in the Archive Card Catalogue, detailing name and address of sender, date of recipient and reference number. A handlist for volumes 1-14 is available containing similar information. This was produced as an introduction to the microfilm publication of the series by University Publications of America.

Microfilm available since 1985 from University Publications of America.

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. History of science Science Learned societies Royal Society Associations Science of science Organizations

Single manuscript letters or small groups of related documents considered too small to be added to the Manuscripts General series. Includes various document formats. The collection contains all manner of papers by, about or belonging to the Fellows of the Royal Society. Subject matter covers all branches of the sciences and includes non-scientific material. Current accessions are limited to materials not generated by the Royal Society, but acquired by gift or purchase; these usually number less than 10 items per accession. This has not always been the practice, so that the collection also contains relatively large groups of papers, occasionally on Royal Society business.

Documents not arranged chronologically except within small acquisition groups. Later volumes divide letters by century, so that Volume 18 is devoted to 20th century material, and volumes 20 to 24 contain 18th, 19th and 20th century papers.

Open

No publication without written permission. Apply to Archivist in the first instance.

• English

• Latin

English

Microfilm available since 1985 from University Publications of America.

Each volume prefaced by a a list of contents. Letters are Draft by author in the Archive Card Catalogue, detailing name and address of sender, date of recipient and reference number. A handlist for volumes 1-14 is available containing similar information. This was produced as an introduction to the microfilm publication of the series by University Publications of America.

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.

• English