Includes papers of membership committee and Privy Council about use of letters; and items on proposals to abolish term 'Fellow'
Correspondence from Victoria Chapter and other areas including letters from Sir Laurence Hartnett. Also details of social events and visits of Chairman and Secretary.
Correspondence to and from Australian members including Sir Laurence Hartnett and nominations for the Hartnett Medal. The medal was instituted in honour of Sir Laurence Harnett (1899-1986), the founder in 1972 of the Society's first Overseas Chapter. Sir Laurence did much to encourage Australian membership and to spread knowledge of the Society's work. The medal was awarded for achievement, eminence and performancein Australia in the fields of arts, manufactures and arts, manufactures and commerce). Also details of social events and visits of Chairman and Secretary.
Correspondence to and from Fellows in Holland, Denmark, Sweden and France
Administrative correspondence between the RSA and various American institutes about the silver medal which was offered to outstanding students in universities or other institutions of higher learning in the United States to recognise individual achievements and strengthen the good relations between the United States and Great Britain. The RSA ended this scheme in 1988.
The RSA, one of three British societies of which Franklin was a member, was invited to join a committee of sponsors for the Franklin anniversary celebrations. \nCorrespondence and papers about arrangements for visit by Kenneth Luckhurst, and links with American Fellows, details of speech to be given by Professor Andrade of the Royal Society
Contains the minutes and papers of the following committees; the Membership Committee, the Regional Activities Committee and the Fellowship Committee.
January 1964 - May 1988. This file also includes the Regional Activities Conference minutes for May 1987 and May 1988.
Includes booklets published at intervals giving general information about the Society and the Fellowship
Information on Fellows has been gathered since foundation of the Society, although this has always been for administrative/financial reasons. Fellowship lists exist in various formats:\nSubscription lists (manuscript) from 1754 to 1986: early volumes are bound, late 20th century ledgers are loose leaf. There are gaps.\nPrinted lists of Members/Fellows also appear bound into the volumes of Transactions, later the Journal, for most years. In the 1970s and 80s, separate printed lists were published.\nInformation contained in lists includes name and ususally address, date of election and year of resignation ('declined') or death, if specifically noted. Early lists include details of proposer and some also include Member's area of interest or profession.\nMembership lists do not include any further biographical information.
Includes name, address, amount of subscription, by whom proposed, when elected; in alphabetical order
List of names
List of names
Includes names and addresses
Includes names and addresses of Members and a list of Vice Presidents
Three booklets dated 1971, 1974 and 1977
Statue presented to the Society in 1793