Buildings/Property
Details
Type of record: Archive
Title: Buildings/Property
Classmark: SC/LPLS/06
Creator(s): Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society
Date(s): 1819-1919
Language: English
Size and medium: 1 box
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/617568
Collection group(s): Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society
Description
Material relating to the Building and Premises owned and used by the Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society. The Society’s main base for its work and the establishment of the Leeds City Museum, was the Philosophical Hall Building on Park Row/Bond Street, in Leeds. This series contains important information regarding the legal ownership of the property, various conveyance documentation shared with the council, Building Fund material and information regarding the use and maintenance of property.
Please note that records relating to the activities and formal procedures of both the Building Committee and the Committee on Ancient Lights, are contained within the ‘Committees’ series (SC/LPLS/03). Also, please note that material related to the location of the Leeds City Museum since 1921 are contained within the ‘Transfer of Assets’ series (SC/LPLS/15) due to the fact that since 1921, the Building and Museum assets have been under the control of the Leeds City Council.
Arrangement:
SC/LPLS/06/1 - Society buildings ownership documentation
SC/LPLS/06/2 - Conveyance documentation
SC/LPLS/06/3 - Maintenance of Society Buildings
SC/LPLS/06/4 - Use of Society Buildings
SC/LPLS/06/5 - Building Fund
SC/LPLS/06/6 - Building Drawings
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
This material is not subject to restrictions under Data Protection or other relevant legislation that might limit access. However, other protections, such as donor conditions or conservation considerations, may still apply where advised.
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.
Material in this collection may remain in copyright but further details are unknown. Photocopies or digital images can only be supplied by the Library for research or private study. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain the copyright holder's permission to reproduce for any other purpose. Guidance is available for tracing copyright status and ownership.