sub-fonds GB 0117 RSC - Royal Society Club

64 volumes, 6 boxes and 19 loose files

GB 0117 RSC 1743- Sub-fonds 64 volumes, 6 boxes and 19 loose files Royal Society Club

Royal Society Club is a Dining Club and an independent body, membership of which is limited to Fellows of the Royal Society. The modern Club traces its lineage to the mid-18th century, although such institutions are at least as old as the Royal Society itself. Meetings are social rather than scientific, but inevitably matters of scientific interest have continued to form the main topics for discussion.

The accounts, menus, correspondence and minutes of the Royal Society Club, from 1743 to the present, and its associated organization the Philosophical Club (founded in 1847). Early records of the Club are limited to administrative matters, notably membership, attendance of Fellows and guests, menus and accounts. Summary descriptions of speeches and discussions at weekly meetings are not available until 1847, and then only in the rival Philosophical Club volumes. The eventual merger of the two bodies in 1900 resulted in this practice being retained to date.

30 year rule applies

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

English

No list available. Examples of the records preserved and discussions of their content and significance may be found in 'The Royal Society and its dining clubs' by T E Allibone (Oxford 1976).

'The Royal Society and its dining clubs' by T E Allibone (Oxford 1976).

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. Leisure Leisure time activities Clubs Royal Society Club

The accounts, menus, correspondence and minutes of the Royal Society Club, from 1743 to the present, and its associated organization the Philosophical Club (founded in 1847). Early records of the Club are limited to administrative matters, notably membership, attendance of Fellows and guests, menus and accounts. Summary descriptions of speeches and discussions at weekly meetings are not available until 1847, and then only in the rival Philosophical Club volumes. The eventual merger of the two bodies in 1900 resulted in this practice being retained to date.

30 year rule applies

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

• Engels

• Latijn

English

No list available. Examples of the records preserved and discussions of their content and significance may be found in 'The Royal Society and its dining clubs' by T E Allibone (Oxford 1976).

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.

• Engels