State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection
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[Repository details]
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| Title: | Royal Society of Victoria - Records |
| Reference: | MS 11663 |
| Date Range: | 1854 - 1988 |
| Description: | Minute books; correspondence files (general, secretarial, financial); correspondence relating to publication of the Transactions and Proceedings; correspondence and accounts relating to the land and hall of the Society, and to memorial funds and government grants; original drafts of scientific papers (1857-1860, 1912); records relating to symposia held (1956-1974); library records; membership records, including 'deaths and resignations' files containing papers relating to wider matters; financial records; reports, notices and other printed matter (incomplete); manuscript papers of Royal Society of Victoria Government Prize essays, 1860; miscellaneous files relating to the history of the society and activities of members; and, photographic material. Also includes records of the Microscopical Society of Victoria: minutes of meetings (31 July 1873 - 28 July 1887), including lists of members, some correspondence, notice papers and reports. |
| Formats: | Photographs and Artwork. |
| Quantity: | 37 boxes (9 m) |
| Online Finding Aid: | The Royal Society of Victoria Guide to Records, with La Trobe Australian Manuscripts Collection, State Library of Victoria, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, 2001, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/guides/asrs/asrs.htm. |
| Related Entries: | Microscopical Society of Victoria (1873 - ) | Philosophical Society of Victoria (1854 - 1855) | Royal Society of Victoria (1859 - ) | Victorian Institute for the Advancement of Science (1854 - 1855) |
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