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1. RPS MS 275-278

Reference (shelfmark):
RPS MS 275-278
Title:
RPS MSS 275-278. General Minute Books; 1813-1965. Except for the earliest entries, the principal concerns of general meetings are the laws of the Society and the election of members, etc. Normally two meeting were held each year. Four volumes.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1813-1965
Extent:
4 items

2. RPS MS 279-294

Reference (shelfmark):
RPS MS 279-294
Title:
RPS MSS 279-294. . Directors’ minute books (subsequently minutes of the Managers and then of the Council of Management); 1816-1959. Directors were elected annually at general meetings to manage the concerts. These minutes are principally concerned with artists, repertory and allied matters. Sixteen volumes.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1816-1959
Extent:
16 items

3. RPS MS 295-298

Reference (shelfmark):
RPS MS 295-298
Title:
RPS MSS 295-298. . Rough minute books; 1871-96. Drafts of full minutes for both general and directors’ meetings, kept by the Secretary and often also including notes for action arising from those meetings. Four volumes.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1871-1896
Extent:
4 items

4. RPS MS 306-307

Reference (shelfmark):
RPS MS 306-307
Title:
RPS MSS 306-307. Account ledgers; 1908-55. Income and expenditure, arranged under headings such as subscriptions, guarantees, broadcasting fees, recording royalties, etc., and orchestra, conductors and soloists, rent of halls, printing, etc. Two volumes. 317 x 205mm.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1908-1955
Extent:
2 items

5. RPS MS 308-310

Reference (shelfmark):
RPS MS 308-310
Title:
RPS MSS 308-310. ‘Cash Books’; 1908-68. Pages specially printed, receipts on versos, expenditure on rectos, with columns bearing headings for income from entrance fees, guarantors, etc., and expenditure on orchestra, soloists, ‘Q[ueen’s] H[all] Staff’ (in RPS MS 309 only), printing, etc. In all three volumes, some headings have been amended in MS, for example, in RPS MS 310 to allow for income from broadcasting. Three volumes.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1908-1968
Extent:
3 items

6. RPS MS 315-317

Reference (shelfmark):
RPS MS 315-317
Title:
RPS MSS 315-317. Recommendations for the various categories of membership; 1815-1949. Each signed by three or more existing members. Three volumes.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1815-1949
Extent:
3 items

7. RPS MS 321-324

Reference (shelfmark):
RPS MS 321-324
Title:
RPS MSS 321-324. Miscellaneous official papers; 1813-1962. Four volumes.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and German
Date Range:
1813-1962
Extent:
4 items

8. RPS MS 327 A-B

Reference (shelfmark):
RPS MS 327 A-B
Title:
Conductor’s baton, tuning fork; 1869, 1896-97.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1869-1897
Extent:
1 item

9. RPS MS 333-369

Reference (shelfmark):
RPS MS 333-369
Title:
‘Original letters’; 1813-1955, n.d. The principal part of the series, surviving from the Society’s archive since its inception, had been gathered together and arranged by 1910. Subsequently select later letters were inserted into the series, and the whole bound into these volumes on their incorporation as a loan in the British Museum. A small number of draft letters from the Society is included, placed in order with the letters from the addressee. The letters are arranged in alphabetical o...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, German, Italian, and Russian
Date Range:
1813-1955
Extent:
37 items

10. RPS MS 370-378

Reference (shelfmark):
RPS MS 370-378
Title:
RPS MSS 370-378. Correspondence files: concerts and general; 1849-1960. Nine volumes. Various sizes.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, and German
Date Range:
1849-1960
Extent:
9 items

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