Miscellaneous Correspondence

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0117 MC
Held at	: Royal Society   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://royalsociety.org/collections/ ›
Full title	: Miscellaneous Correspondence
Date(s)	: 1800-1925
Level of description	: Collection (fonds)
Extent	: 13,117 letter in total, in 17 volumes and 25 boxes.
Name of creator(s)	: Various
Detailed catalogue	: Click here to view repository detailed catalogue

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Letters sent to the Royal Society, usually Officers or Assistant Secretaries.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Original of letters sent to the Royal Society, generally on official business, and usually to Officers or Assistant Secretaries. The collection is effectively in two parts; letters for the period 1800-1899 are bound as 17 volumes; those for 1903-1925 are held unbound in boxes. The full sequence forms a single chronological archive with only occasional gaps, the most notable being the complete absence of the years 1900-1902 and 1920. From 1885, the series may be used in conjunction with the New Letter Books, which contain the corresponding outgoing letters.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

By date.

Conditions governing access:

Conditions governing reproduction:

Finding aids:

Entries in Archive Card Catalogue; Volumes 1-17 include author, address, date, summary of contents and reference number. Subsequent entries are limited to noting the author with a combined reference number and date, such as MC.06039 May 21 (letter number 39 on 21 May 1906).

Archival Information

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Allied Materials

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Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Copied from the Royal Society catalogue by Sarah Drewery.

Rules or conventions:
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.

Date(s) of descriptions:
Feb 2009.