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.
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.
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.
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.
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.