Guide to the Records of the Royal Society of Canberra

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MS 4817

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Collection Summary

Creator
Royal Society of Canberra
Title
Records of the Royal Society of Canberra
Date Range
1930-1973
Collection Number
MS 4817
Extent
1.25 metres (5 boxes + 3 folio boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Repository
National Library of Australia

Introduction

Scope and Contents

The collection comprises correspondence, annual reports, minutes of Council and other meetings, rules of the Society (1930 and 1950), lists of members names, addresses and signatures, receipt books, bank statements and bank books, nomination forms and miscellaneous publications. Also minutes of Council 30.10.1972 and 14.3.1973, annual report 1972-73 and minutes of Annual General Meeting, 21.3.1973.

Conditions Governing Access

Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2631868).

Conditions Governing Use

Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.

Preferred Citation

Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Records of the Royal Society of Canberra, National Library of Australia, MS 4817, [box number and series and/or file number]'.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The collection was donated to the Library by Mr S.J. Mayne and Dr Nancy Burbidge in October 1974. Additions were received in 1978 and 1980.

Administrative History

The Royal Society of Canberra was established in 1930 and its object is the promotion of learning and research in science and in its broadcast aspects. The Society arranges lectures, symposia, papers and exhibits. Membership is open to those who are or have been actively engaged in the advancement of science.

Item Descriptions

Correspondence, 1943-1972 (File) - Box 1

Notice of meetings, 1967-1971 (File) - Box 1

Bank books, cheque stubs (File) - Box 2

Mailing lists and nomination material, 1958-1969 (incomplete) (File) - Box 2

Subscription register, 1959-1969 (File) - Box 2

Rules of Society, 1950 (File) - Box 2

Banking and finance, 1949-1973 (File) - Box 3

Annual reports, 1930-1973 (File) - Box 3

Plans, proposals, including Proposal to develop the Upper Tidbinbilla Valley as a national nature fauna reserve (File)

Addition, 18 Oct 1978 (File) - Box 3

Contains minutes of Council meetings, 30 Oct 1972 and 14 March 1973, minutes of AGM 21 March 1973, and annual reports, 1972-1973.

Addition, 9 May 1980 (File) - Box 3

Contains bank statements 1973-1980, cheque stubs 1972-1974, and miscellaneous correspondence re Post Office Tower on Black Mountain (1972), placing of the Society's records in the Library (1974), and final disposal of Society funds (1980).

Books and pamphlets (File) - Box 4-5

Minute book, 19 Sept 1940 - 11 Dec 1968 (File 1) - Folio [No. ?]

Minute book, 7 March 1951 - 30 October 1972 (File 2) - Folio [No. ?]

Register of members (File 2) - Folio [No. ?]

Minute book, 26 Feb 1969 - 30 Oct 1972 (File 3) - Folio [No. ?]

Cash book, 1930-1972 (File 3) - Folio [No. ?]

Cheque book, 1930-1952 (File 3) - Folio [No. ?]


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