| RefNo | NLB/53 |
| AltRefNo | NLB/53 |
| Level | File |
| Title | New Letter Book volume 53, copy letters sent from Royal Society administration |
| Date | 9 March 1916-10 January 1917 |
| Description | New Letter Book volume 53 containing carbon copies of outgoing Royal Society correspondence. Subjects are general administrative, including material on committees, refereeing and printing of papers and other annual routines. Volume 53 also covers the subject of the First World War.
Primary authors: Assistant Secretary, Robert William Frederick Harrison; Secretary, William Bate Hardy; Secretary, Dr. Arthur Schuster; Treasurer, Alfred Bray Kempe.
Primary recipients: Hugh Longbourne Callendar; Coutts and Company; John Stanley Gardiner; Harrison & Sons; Edward Bagnall Poulton; Sir William Napier Shaw; Alfred North Whitehead.
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 | 516p comprising 808 letters |
| Format | Carbon |
| Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Half-bound in brown leather, brown cloth binding. The binding is sound, but the spine is slightly affected by red rot. |
| Dimensions | Height 44(cm), width 29(cm). |
| AccessStatus | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA5307 | Callendar; Hugh Longbourne (1863 - 1930); physicist | 1863 - 1930 |
| NA8234 | Hardy; Sir; William Bate (1864 - 1934); biologist and food scientist | 1864 - 1934 |
| NA1149 | Gardiner; John Stanley (1872 - 1946) | 1872 - 1946 |
| NA6974 | Poulton; Sir; Edward Bagnall (1856 - 1943) | 1856 - 1943 |
| NA7142 | Shaw; Sir; William Napier (1854 - 1945); meteorologist | 1854 - 1945 |
| NA6260 | Whitehead; Alfred North (1861 - 1947) | 1861 - 1947 |