sub-fonds GB 0117 NLB - Royal Society: New Letter Book

74 volumes

GB 0117 NLB 1885-1931 Sub-fonds 74 volumes Royal Society

Copies of outgoing letters from the President, Officers and Assistant Secretaries. Each page may contain up to four copied documents. Volumes are numbered 1-73 with an additional volume for the period January 1901-November 1904.

Open

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

English

Physical condition of the volumes is poor, with some fading of text - particularly towards the end of the sequence.

Each volume has an alphabetical index of recipients of the letters referring the user to the page on which the letter is to be found, but not to the individual letter. A sheaf catalogue for the collection was started by Leslie Townsend but remains incomplete; at present this covers volumes 1-2 only (1885-1888). Information in alphabetical order of recipient, with some subject references; details given are author, date, recipient, (including address, whether a FRS and date of election), summary of contents and volume and page number.

The series was microfilmed between 1975-1977. See Miscellaneous Correspondence (reference MC) which contains corresponding incoming letters sent to the Society.

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.

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Copies of outgoing letters from the President, Officers and Assistant Secretaries. Each page may contain up to four copied documents. Volumes are numbered 1-73 with an additional volume for the period January 1901-November 1904.

Open

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

• Engels

• Latijn

English

The series was microfilmed between 1975-1977. See Miscellaneous Correspondence (reference MC) which contains corresponding incoming letters sent to the Society.

Each volume has an alphabetical index of recipients of the letters referring the user to the page on which the letter is to be found, but not to the individual letter. A sheaf catalogue for the collection was started by Leslie Townsend but remains incomplete; at present this covers volumes 1-2 only (1885-1888). Information in alphabetical order of recipient, with some subject references; details given are author, date, recipient, (including address, whether a FRS and date of election), summary of contents and volume and page number.

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