Council
Details
Type of record: Archive
Title: Council
Classmark: SC/LPLS/02
Creator(s): Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society
Date(s): 1819-2004
Language: English
Size and medium: 12 boxes
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/617564
Collection group(s): Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society
Description
Material relating to the records created, received and kept by the Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society’s Council. Since the creation of the Society, the Council have been central to the running, maintenance and development of society activities.
Records in this series begin with Council Administration which include files of Society papers, ledger’s of society business, a society address book and other administrative activities that the council would have facilitated such a notice for Public Air-Raid procedures in 1917.
Following this, are the records of the Society Meetings. These meetings were held by the Council and lead to the creation of many corresponding documents, including Agenda’s, Minutes, Reports and Memoranda. [Please note that records relating to general Society meetings, where members of the Society are involved, are contained within their own series ‘General Meetings’ (SC/LPLS/04)]
A large section of this series consists of the Council’s correspondence records, which have subsequently been split into internal correspondence between Council members and external correspondence with individuals outside of the Council.
The final section in the series is ‘Council Members’, which is dedicated to records which specifically reference the duties, resignations, recruitment and listings of Council members throughout the Society’s history.
Arrangement:
SC/LPLS/02/1 - Council administration
SC/LPLS/02/2 - Society meetings
SC/LPLS/02/3 – Council Correspondence
SC/LPLS/02/4 - Council Members
Biography or history
These regular publications are now discontinued, but the Society still sponsors occasional publications, and maintains the traditions of publishing annual reports on its activities. There is a full set of these reports in the University’s Special Collections, where the Society’s archive is now deposited so that it is publicly accessible.
The Society organises a programme of public lectures each year, across the full range of its interests in the sciences, arts and humanities, and awards grants to groups, societies, and individuals, focusing on those whose projects have a particular connection with Leeds.
A history of the Society, based on a study of its minute books, was written by Edwin Kitson Clark and published in 1924 under the title The History of 100 years of life of the Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society.
System of arrangement
.Records have been arranged by theme
Access and usage
Reproduction
Access
Some parts of this collection have not been listed in detail and the content may be protected under the Data Protection Act and other relevant legislation. Please consult the relevant part of the catalogue for specific details. Where a detailed record does not exist, please contact Special Collections. Upon receipt of your request, a member of the team will discuss your requirements with you and review relevant material accordingly
These papers have been deposited on the understanding that anybody wishing to make substantial use of them, or to publish substantial extracts, shall first seek permission from the Secretary of the Society: http://www.leedsphilandlit.org.uk/.
Contact the Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society for information on permissions and acknowledgement.
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