Royal Society: Officers Minutes and Agenda

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0117 OMA
Held at	: Royal Society   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://royalsociety.org/collections/ ›
Full title	: Royal Society: Officers Minutes and Agenda
Date(s)	: 1926-1987
Level of description	: Sub-fonds
Extent	: 27 volumes
Name of creator(s)	: Royal Society
Detailed catalogue	: Click here to view repository detailed catalogue

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

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.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

Conditions governing access:

30 year rule applies.

Conditions governing reproduction:

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

Finding aids:

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.

Archival Information

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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.