Archief RAS LEC1 - Royal Asiatic Society Lectures and Events: Minutes of General Meetings

Identificatie

referentie code

GB 891 RAS LEC1

Titel

Royal Asiatic Society Lectures and Events: Minutes of General Meetings

Datum(s)

  • 1823 - 2011 (Vervaardig)

Beschrijvingsniveau

Archief

Omvang en medium

15 bound volumes

Context

Naam van de archiefvormer

(1823-)

Institutionele geschiedenis

The Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland was founded by the eminent Sanskrit scholar Sir Henry Thomas Colebrooke on the 15th March 1823. It received its Royal Charter from King George IV on the 11th August 1824 'for the investigation ofread more

Geschiedenis van het archief

These form part of the institutional records of the Royal Asiatic Society.

Directe bron van verwerving of overbrenging

As part of the institutional records, they have always been part of the Society's possessions.

Inhoud en structuur

Bereik en inhoud

Minutes for the General Meetings held by the Society for its Members to attend. At these meetings, new members would be admitted, donations presented, and Papers or letters read on Asiatic topics. The Minutes have been accumulated into bound volumesread more

Ordeningstelsel

The Minutes have been arranged chronologically. They are housed within bound Minute books and therefore these have become the files of the fonds.

Voorwaarden voor toegang en gebruik

Voorwaarden voor raadpleging

Open. Please contact the archivist. Details are given here .The archive is open on Tuesdays and Fridays 10-5, and Thursdays 2-5. Access is to any researcher without appointment but it will help if an appointment is made via phone or email. Please bring photo ID

Voorwaarden voor reproductie

Digital photography (without flash) for research purposes may be permitted upon completion of a copyright declaration form, and with respect to current UK copyright law.

Taal van het materiaal

  • Engels

Verwante materialen

Related units of description

Other Lecture and Events material also form part of the institutional records. Details of material available can be accessed in the Reading Room.

Trefwoorden

Onderwerp trefwoord

Beschrijvingsbeheer

Identificatie van de beschrijving

gb891-raslec1

Aantekeningen van de archivaris

The material was catalogued by Nancy Charley, RAS Archivist, in 2019.