sub-fonds GB 0117 OMA - Royal Society: Officers Minutes and Agenda

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GB 0117 OMA

Title

Royal Society: Officers Minutes and Agenda

Date(s)

  • 1926-1987 (Creation)

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sub-fonds

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27 volumes

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GB 0117 OMA 1926-1987 Sub-fonds 27 volumes Royal Society

Minutes of the meetings of the Officers of the Society to discuss matters of policy, the administration and staffing of the Society, and to consider reports from staff.

30 year rule applies.

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

English

Officers Mintes (OM): the subjects under discussion are indexed in all volumes except volume 6, covering the period 1943-1948. There are two additional volumes which give chronological lists of papers submitted to the Officers 1947-1973 and 1973-1981. The minute books are listed in the Archive Card Catalogue, giving a brief indication of the chronological extent of each volume.
Officers Agenda (OA): each volume listed in the Archive Card Catalogue, chronological extent noted.

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

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Minutes of the meetings of the Officers of the Society to discuss matters of policy, the administration and staffing of the Society, and to consider reports from staff.

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30 year rule applies.

Conditions governing reproduction

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

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

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English

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Officers Mintes (OM): the subjects under discussion are indexed in all volumes except volume 6, covering the period 1943-1948. There are two additional volumes which give chronological lists of papers submitted to the Officers 1947-1973 and 1973-1981. The minute books are listed in the Archive Card Catalogue, giving a brief indication of the chronological extent of each volume.
Officers Agenda (OA): each volume listed in the Archive Card Catalogue, chronological extent noted.

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Royal Society

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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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  • English

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