Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1977 - 2000 (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
1 ledger, 1 boxfile and 1 lever arch ringbinder
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Repository
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.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
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
System of arrangement
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
Script of material
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Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
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Notes area
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Description control area
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Rules and/or conventions used
Status
Draft
Level of detail
Minimal