Record

Reference numberNLB/50
Alternative reference numberNLB/50
LevelFile
TitleNew Letter Book volume 50, copy letters sent from Royal Society administration
Date6 April 1914-17 November 1914
DescriptionNew Letter Book volume 50 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. Volume 50 also covers the subject of the First World War.

Primary authors: Assistant Secretary, Robert William Frederick Harrison.

Primary recipients: Sir William Crookes; Charles Chree; Sir Francis Darwin; Richard Tetley Glazebrook; Harrison & Sons; William Bate Hardy; Charles Herbert Lees.

Contains alphabetical index of letter recipients referring to the page on which the letter is to be found, but not to the individual letter.
Extent516p comprising 844 letters
FormatCarbon
Manuscript
Physical descriptionHalf-bound in brown leather, brown cloth binding.
DimensionsHeight 44(cm), width 29(cm).
Access statusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA8188Crookes; Sir; William (1832 - 1919); chemist and science journalist1832 - 1919
NA1735Chree; Charles (1860 - 1928); physicist1860 - 1928
NA8197Darwin; Sir; Francis (1848 - 1925)1848 - 1925
NA8225Glazebrook; Sir; Richard Tetley (1854 - 1935)1854 - 1935
NA8234Hardy; Sir; William Bate (1864 - 1934); biologist and food scientist1864 - 1934
NA688Lees; Charles Herbert (1864 - 1952); physicist1864 - 1952
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