| RefNo | CA |
| Level | Fonds |
| Title | Royal Society Council Meeting Agenda |
| Creator | The Royal Society |
| Date | 1950-1975 |
| Description | Printed copies of agenda for the meetings of the Royal Society Council from 1950-1975, concerned with the business and administration of the Society. Agendas record the intention to discuss matters relating to the Society's constitution, activities, awards, funds, bequests, buildings staff, etc. The agendas have been pasted into bound volumes and annotated.
Papers were also submitted to Council and were included with the meeting agenda, they are referred to in these minutes as 'enclosures' but have not been pasted into the volumes. Agendas from 1946 onwards can be found with accompanying papers in the series 'Council Agendas and Papers' (CAP). Some earlier documents submitted to council are preserved in the series 'Council Documents' (CD, 1900-1930). |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 24 volumes |
| Format | Printed |
| Typescript |
| PhysicalDescription | Typescript and printed documents pasted into cloth bound volumes |
| Arrangement | Chronological by date of meeting |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| Copyright | The Royal Society |
| RelatedMaterial | The agendas exist in loose form along with associated papers, from the meeting of 17 January 1946, which also includes the draft minutes of the meetings held on 30 November 1945 and 13 December 1945. These form the series 'Council Agenda and Papers (CAP, 1945-present).
Some earlier documents submitted to council are preserved in the series 'Council Documents' (CD, 1900-1930).
The archive also holds Council minutes, which exist in three main forms. The original council minutes (CMO, 1663-present). The original minutes for 1663-1882 were transcribed retrospectively in the early 18thC and then regularly until 1822 for greater security. These copies form the series 'Council Minutes Copy' (CMC,1663-1832). From 1832 the minutes were printed for distribution to Council members, and sets were retained by the Society. These form the series 'Council Minutes Printed' (CMP, 1832-1997)
There are also various series of rough minutes with some fair copies in the Manuscripts General series (MS/629-47, 19 volumes, 1665-1870 and MS/800, 5 boxes, 1885-1896).
The manuscripts general series also contains some indexes to the Council minutes:
MS/407 'Alphabetical index to the printed minutes' by P.M. Roget is a guide to most of the first volume of printed minutes, 1832-1844.
MS/801 is a subject index for the subjects under discussion in volumes 1-4 of the printed minutes, 1832-1877.
Select Council minutes have been published:
The Council Minutes Original for the period 1660-1687 are printed with the Journal Book Original in 'History of the Royal Society' (London, 1756-1757) by Thomas Birch . An index to the proper names in Birch by Gail Ewald Scala was published in 'Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London' Volume 28, No. 2 (1974).
The minutes 1663-1800 are published on microfilm by University publications of America.
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