Royal Society: Tercentenary Addresses
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0117 TA |
Held at | : Royal Society Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://royalsociety.org/collections/ › |
Full title | : Royal Society: Tercentenary Addresses |
Date(s) | : 1960 |
Level of description | : Sub-fonds |
Extent | : 320 addresses and gifts received |
Name of creator(s) | : Various |
Detailed catalogue | : Click here to view repository detailed catalogue |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
The Royal Society's Tercentenary celebrations took place on 18 July 1960.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
The Royal Society's Tercentenary celebrations in 1960 prompted learned societies and centres of academic excellence worldwide to send gifts and messages of congratulations. Presentation books, medals and other memorabilia were presented also. Many of the messages were highly ornate, and this series illustrates a wide range of calligraphic techniques and styles of binding.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English
System of arrangement:
Ordered in 9 small groups of documents according to size and type of address.
Conditions governing access:
Open
Conditions governing reproduction:
No publication without written permission. Apply to Archivist in the first instance.
Finding aids:
Typed handlist, indicating order of arrangement.
Archival Information
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Allied Materials
Related material:
Publication note:
A list by country and organization of origin was published in 'The tercentenary celebrations of the Royal Society of London', edited by Harold Hartley (London 1961).
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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