These were produced during the 2nd half of the 20th century for talks, lectures, publications etc given by RSA Archive and library staff. It is an artificially created collection and is not part of the rest of the archive as a whole. It is not known why these were catalogued (as part of the HLF funded project in 1997), and many are images of items not in the RSA collection. Many are also copyrighted. Most at some stage can be de-accessioned, but prior to this they will need to be gone through before, as they may contain the only image we have of certain premiums.
The Library Committee was established in 1948 to discuss the organisation and development of the Society's Library. It later took on responsibility for the History Study Programme (becoming the History Study Panel, later the History Records and Collections Panel)
1983-1995
The minutes record the administraion and organisation of 'The Countryside 1970' Conferences and Award Scheme.