Minutes of a meeting of the Standing Joint Committee on Scientific and Technological Records; the Royal Society and the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts Present at the meeting: Profesosr N Kurti in the chair; DR G R C Davis; Mr R H Ellis; Professor M M Gowing; Sir David Martin; Professor W D M Paton; Professor J S Rowlinson; Sir Robert Somerville Mrs J B Alton, Mr H M G Baillie, Mr W J Craig, Dr R E W Maddison and Mr R A Storey in attendance 1. Apologies for absence from Dame Veronica Wedgwood, Professor R V Jonesw and Mr M W Leonard 2. Minutes of meeting of 19 December 1972 agreed adn signed 3. Arising from the Minutes, item 2 4. Guide to the personal papers of leading British scientists 5. Survey and preservation of the papers of Contemporary British Scientists and Technologists 6. Date of next meeting was not fixed 7. Thanks to the Chairman and committee adjourned 25 May1973