Record

Reference numberNLB/66
Alternative reference numberNLB/66
LevelFile
TitleNew Letter Book volume 66, copy letters sent from Royal Society administration
Date1 February 1924-25 September 1924
DescriptionNew Letter Book volume 66 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 John Rose Bradford, Professor Sydney Chapman, Coutts & Company, William Ernest Dalby, Harrison & Sons, Sir Sidney Frederic Harmer, Frederick Alexander Lindemann, Henry George Lyons, Lord Rayleigh [Robert John Strutt], Albert Charles Seward.

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 930 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
NA8234Hardy; Sir; William Bate (1864 - 1934); biologist and food scientist1864 - 1934
NA1395Bradford; Sir; John Rose (1863 - 1935); physician and physiologist1863 - 1935
NA1649Dalby; William Ernest (1862 - 1936)1862 - 1936
NA6126Harmer; Sir; Sidney Frederic (1862 - 1950); zoologist1862 - 1950
NA8251Lindemann; Frederick Alexander (1886 - 1957); Viscount Cherwell1886 - 1957
NA6939Lyons; Sir; Henry George (1864 - 1944); geologist and museum director1864 - 1944
NA7877Strutt; Robert John (1875 - 1947); 4th Baron Rayleigh1875 - 1947
NA5951Seward; Sir; Albert Charles (1863 - 1941)1863 - 1941
NA8165Chapman; Sydney (1888 - 1970); mathematician and geophysicist1888 - 1970
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