Record

Reference numberNLB/61
Alternative reference numberNLB/61
LevelFile
TitleNew Letter Book volume 61, copy letters sent from Royal Society administration
Date26 April 1921-11 November 1921
DescriptionNew Letter Book volume 61 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, Francis Alexander Towle; Secretary, James Hopwood Jeans.

Primary recipients: Sir Frederick William Andrews; Coults & Comapny; Few & Company; Sir Richard Tetley Glazebrook; John Williamson Nicholson; Harold William Wager.

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 911 letters
FormatCarbon
Manuscript
Physical descriptionHalf-bound in brown leather, brown cloth binding. The binding is sound, but the spine is slightly affected by red rot.
DimensionsHeight 44(cm), width 29(cm).
Access statusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA1226Jeans; Sir; James Hopwood (1877 - 1946); physicist and mathematician1877 - 1946
NA8225Glazebrook; Sir; Richard Tetley (1854 - 1935)1854 - 1935
NA6296Nicholson; John William (1881 - 1955)1881 - 1955
NA8294Wager; Harold William Taylor (1862 - 1929)1862 - 1929
NA6126Harmer; Sir; Sidney Frederic (1862 - 1950); zoologist1862 - 1950
NA8140Bragg; Sir; William Henry (1862 - 1942); physicist1862 - 1942
NA8273Prain; Sir; David (1857 - 1944); botanist1857 - 1944
NA8234Hardy; Sir; William Bate (1864 - 1934); biologist and food scientist1864 - 1934
NA1426Heycock; Charles Thomas (1858 - 1931); chemist1858 - 1931
NA8278Rutherford; Ernest (1871 - 1937); Baron Rutherford of Nelson1871 - 1937
NA6145Andrewes; Sir; Frederick William (1859 - 1932)1859 - 1932
NA1351Macdonald; Hector Munro (1865 - 1935)1865 - 1935
NA1221Blackman; Frederick Frost (1866 - 1947)1866 - 1947
NA671Sampson; Ralph Allen (1866 - 1939)1866 - 1939
NA1149Gardiner; John Stanley (1872 - 1946)1872 - 1946
NA930Thomson; John Millar (1849 - 1933)1849 - 1933
NA8209Dyson; Sir; Frank Watson (1868 - 1939); astronomer1868 - 1939
NA8246Lamb; Sir; Horace (1849 - 1934)1849 - 1934
NA1731Russell; Sir; Edward John (1872 - 1965)1872 - 1965
NA1274Carpenter; Sir; Henry Cort Harold (1875 - 1940); metallurgist1875 - 1940
NA7877Strutt; Robert John (1875 - 1947); 4th Baron Rayleigh1875 - 1947
NA1890Simpson; Sir; George Clarke (1878 - 1965)1878 - 1965
NA6964Teale; Thomas Pridgin (1831 - 1923)1831 - 1923
NA7959Arber; Agnes (1879 - 1960); botanist1879 - 1960
NA1170Allen; Edgar Johnson (1866 - 1942)1866 - 1942
NA8138Boys; Sir; Charles Vernon (1855 - 1944); physicist and inventor1855 - 1944
NA6169Fowler; Alfred (1868 - 1940); astrophysicist1868 - 1940
NA1631Kellaway; Charles Halliley (1889 - 1952)1889 - 1952
NA1831Farmer; Sir; John Bretland (1865 - 1944); botanist1865 - 1944
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