Collection EMS - Edinburgh Microscopical Society

Identity area

Reference code

GB 235 EMS

Title

Edinburgh Microscopical Society

Date(s)

  • 1977 - 2000 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

1 ledger, 1 boxfile and 1 lever arch ringbinder

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

Archival history

The Society was set up in the 1960s as the Edinburgh Electron Microscope Society to promote the use of Scanning Electron Microscopes; name changed to Edinburgh Microscopical Society [in the late 1980s] before the Society folded in 2000. In 2016 the files were transferred by Frieda Christie to the Archives at RBGE.

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Content and structure area

Scope and content

1 ledger, 1 boxfile and 1 lever arch ring binder of material relating to the running of the Edinburgh Microscopical Society

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

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Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Some membership information may be restricted due to the Data Protection Act. Access to the Minutes is open to researchers by appointment, see (right click, open link in new tab:) https://www.rbge.org.uk/science-and-conservation/library-and-archives/visiting-the-library/

Conditions governing reproduction

Permission required from RBGE.

Language of material

  • English

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    Description control area

    Description identifier

    EMS

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    Status

    Draft

    Level of detail

    Minimal

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