Subsérie RAS MEMB/5/4 - Diplomas for Membership

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Since its establishment the Society has maintained the tradition of sending a diploma to a newly elected Honorary Member to commemorate their membership. Foreign and Corresponding Members, before these two types of membership went obsolete, were also sent diplomas. The practice of issuing its Honorary Members a diploma was suspended during and after the Second World War and was revived at the decision of the Council at the meeting on 14 April 1966. Records show that Fellows elected as early as in 1945 were also sent their diplomas retrospectively when this practice was revived.

This sub-series contains copies of a diploma presumably intended for Foreign Members in 1820s, and several copies of a diploma dating from the pre-Second World War period, which were likely used as a template for the new design, and after 1969 when a new design was adopted.