| RefNo | NLB/5 |
| AltRefNo | NLB/5 |
| Level | File |
| Title | New Letter Book volume 5, copy letters sent from Royal Society administration |
| Date | 13 February 1891-5 February 1892 |
| Description | New Letter Book volume 5 containing carbon copies of outgoing Royal Society correspondence. Subjects are general administrative, including material on committees, refereeing and printing of papers, soirees and other annual routines.
Primary authors: Assistant Secretary, Herbert Rix.
Primary recipients: William Edward Ayrton; Cambridge Engraving Company; Clay & Sons; Drake & Gorham; John Evans; Michael Foster; Harrison & Sons; Robarts, Lubbock & Company; Lord Rayleigh [John William Strutt]; Sir William Thomson; West Newman & Company.
Contains alphabetical index of letter recipients referring to the page on which the letter is to be found, but not to the individual letter. |
| Extent | 500p comprising 1260 letters |
| Format | Carbon |
| Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Volume half-bound in brown leather, brown cloth binding. Book spine and boards starting to detach from binding. |
| Dimensions | Height 44(cm), width 29(cm). |
| AccessStatus | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8037 | Ayrton; William Edward (1847 - 1908) | 1847 - 1908 |
| NA1686 | Evans; Sir; John (1823 - 1908) | 1823 - 1908 |
| NA8220 | Foster; Sir; Michael (1836 - 1907); physiologist | 1836 - 1907 |
| NA6090 | Strutt; John William (1842 - 1919); 3rd Baron Rayleigh; experimental and mathematical physicist | 1842 - 1919 |
| NA8289 | Thomson; William (1824 - 1907); Baron Kelvin of Largs; mathematician and physicist | 1824 - 1907 |