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Public Record Office

 Organization

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

 Series

Microfilms of RGO Archives Collections, 1964 - 2004

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 36
Scope and Contents

Microfilms of records in the R.G.O. Archives. There are three main series - RGO 1-3 (John Flamsteed, Edmond Halley, James Bradley and Nathaniel Bliss), RGO 6 (G.B. Airy) and RGO 14 (Board of Longitude) - and a fourth, miscellaneous series.

Dates: 1964 - 2004
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
 File

Papers on the Public Record Office, 1958 - 1968

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 10/716
Scope and Contents (1) Correspondence and papers regarding the Public Record Office, mainly by P.S. Laurie, including correspondence with the Meteorological Office concerning the Kew records and material on alterations in the Public Records Act and the pre-release of documents.(2) Correspondence with Miss E.C. Titterton regarding solar photographs and letters.(3) Correspondence regarding public records and the Public Record Office, mainly involving P.S. Laurie, the Royal Greenwich Observatory...
Dates: 1958 - 1968
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).