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RSA/AD/MA/900 · SubSub Fonds · 1754-
Part of Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA)

Information on Fellows has been gathered since foundation of the Society, although this has always been for administrative/financial reasons. Membership lists do not include any further biographical information. Subscribers to the Society were originally termed 'members'. From 1914, members were referred to as 'Fellows'.\n\nFellowship 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 usually 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.\n\n
Membership Committee minutes
RSA/AD/MA/900/12/1 · Item · 1963-1989
Part of Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA)

November 1963 - November 1989.\nThe minutes detail the main functions of the Membership Committee which scrutinised applications and dealt with resignation and removals from the Society. It also discussed issues such as alterations to the age limit for membership, the election of Honorary Corresponding Members and individual cases for reduced fees and life-long membership.