Royal Society Letters
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0117 RSL |
Held at | : Royal Society Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://royalsociety.org/collections/ › |
Full title | : Royal Society Letters |
Date(s) | : 1737-1799 |
Level of description | : Sub-fonds |
Extent | : 3 volumes of 149 items |
Name of creator(s) | : Various |
Detailed catalogue | : Click here to view repository detailed catalogue |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Letters sent to the Royal Society, its President or Officers. Subject matter is both domestic and scientific. Domestic concerns include such matters as instructions from authors on the publication of papers. The letters on scientific topics appear to be those which were considered of small significance, e.g. giving notice of minor inventions, or appealing to the Society for recognition.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English
System of arrangement:
The letters and some printed material are arranged alphabetically by author within each volume. The series appears to be incomplete; volume 1 contains 49 items, only one of which dates from 1737 - the remainder date from 1768-1783. Volume 2 contains 47 letters dating between 1784-1787. Volume 3 contains 53 letters dated between 1787-1799.
Conditions governing access:
Open
Conditions governing reproduction:
No photocopying. No publication without written permission. Apply to Archivist in the first instance.
Finding aids:
Each volume contains a list of contents in which letter number, author, date and recipient are set out. The same details have been added to the Archive Card Catalogue.
Archival Information
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Allied Materials
Related material:
Publication note:
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.
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