| Reference number | NLB/20 |
| Alternative reference number | NLB/20 |
| Level | File |
| Title | New Letter Book volume 20, copy letters sent from Royal Society administration |
| Date | 11 January 1900-14 July 1900 |
| Description | New Letter Book volume 20 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 author: Assistant Secretary, Robert William Frederick Harrison.
Primary recipients: Colonial Office; Michael Foster; George Carey Foster; Foreign Office; William Abbott Herdman; William Dobinson Halliburton; Harrison & Sons; Joint Permanent Eclipse Committee; Lord Joseph Lister; Robarts, Lubbock & 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 | 516p comprising 822 letters |
| Format | Carbon |
| Manuscript |
| Physical description | Volume half-bound in brown leather, brown cloth binding. |
| Dimensions | Height 44(cm), width 29(cm). |
| Access status | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA8220 | Foster; Sir; Michael (1836 - 1907); physiologist | 1836 - 1907 |
| NA6347 | Foster; George Carey (1835 - 1919); chemist and physicist | 1835 - 1919 |
| NA6570 | Herdman; Sir; William Abbott (1858 - 1924) | 1858 - 1924 |
| NA8059 | Halliburton; William Dobinson (1860 - 1931) | 1860 - 1931 |
| NA8069 | Lister; Joseph (1827 - 1912); 1st Baron Lister of Lyme Regis; surgeon and pioneer of antiseptic surgery | 1827 - 1912 |