Finance
Details
Type of record: Archive
Title: Finance
Classmark: SC/LPLS/07
Creator(s): Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society
Date(s): 1819-2001
Language: English
Size and medium: 18 boxes
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/617569
Collection group(s): Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society
Description
Material relating to the Finances of the Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society. This series is significantly large within the LPLS collection, which reflects the Society’s good record keeping practices and the scale of financial transactions occurring within the Society. The series begins with a collection of account, cash and bank books which run from the Society's beginnings in 1819. The material that follows ranges from financial papers to balance sheets, all the way to a rich collection of receipts from purchases made by the Society. There is also information relating to other monetary payments by the Society including the Denny Fund (awarded by the Society, honoring one of the Museum’s curators Denny , who died in 1871), Entertainments Duty and Society Insurance. The series ends with a run of correspondence regarding the finances of the society.
Arrangement:
SC/LPLS/07/1 - Account, Cash and Bank books
SC/LPLS/07/2 - Financial papers
SC/LPLS/07/3 - Balance sheets
SC/LPLS/07/4 - Receipts
SC/LPLS/07/5 - Warrants for payments
SC/LPLS/07/6 - Denny Fund
SC/LPLS/07/7 - Entertainments Duty
SC/LPLS/07/8 - Insurance
SC/LPLS/07/9 - Finance Working party
SC/LPLS/07/10 - Correspondence
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.
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.