Annual General Meeting papers and correspondence,
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- 1950-1986.
Notice of AGM and agendas, 1950-1986; and correspondence and papers of individual meetings, 1974-1986.
Annual General Meeting papers and correspondence,
Notice of AGM and agendas, 1950-1986; and correspondence and papers of individual meetings, 1974-1986.
Published and unpublished works,
Mainly unpublished articles, some submitted but not published in Bee World; and articles and reports in printed form.
Agreements and correspondence,
Correspondence and papers relating to copyright, agreements and royalties between BRA/IBRA and authors and publishers; also included are letters relating to journals and publications, booklists and catalogues.
Hill House staffing, building and organisational structure,
Papers predominantly related to the purchasing of Hill House, including planning applications, 1961-1978; bulletins, 1965-1967; appeal for donations and volunteers, 1966-1967; staffing arrangements, 1973-1986; compendium of IBRA services, 1979-1989; and Masters of forms and staff guides, 1991-1996.
Museum correspondence and papers,
List of donors, 1952-1980; accessions list, 1952-1980; correspondence and papers, 1953-1983; Association of Independent Museums, 1976-1981; correspondence for loan of items, 1966, 1974; acquisition book, 1973-1983; and Wales museums: correspondence, 1983-1987.
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Miscellaneous accumulated papers,
L. E. Snelgrove donated items, 1906-1982; ‘Notes on Beekeeping’, 1909-1958; The National Honey Show, 1930-1952; Les & Mary Workman’s photographs, [c. 1932]- [c. 1961]; J. F. Chalkley’s bees on tokens and in arms, 1953; Worshipful Company of Wax Chandlers, 1959; and Francios Huber letter, 1966.
‘Letters of special interest’ relating to beekeeping, [1876]-1968, including photographs of a letter from Charles Darwin and a photocopy of a letter from Sir Edmund Hilary; E. B. Wedmore and others: correspondence, 1948-1965; microscope slides’ correspondence, 1949-1976; Apimondia and the Bee Research Association, 1951; list of bee plants; correspondence, 1951-1952; general correspondence and papers, 1952-1992; G. P. Henderson agreement, 1955; international appeal, 1960-1967; Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux application, 1960-1967; Bee World remodelling, 1961-1962; Development Commission applications, 1972-1981; International Bee Research Association: agreements, 1972-1986; Sir James Beament: correspondence, 1984-1991; Miss D. Galton’s correspondence, 1984-1992; and Dr M. A. Swaminathan: correspondence, 1988-1989.
Signed minutes February 1949-December 1985 and unsigned minutes February to October 1991, comprising the minutes of meetings 1-72 and 75-81; the minutes for meetings in July-September 1971 (meetings 73-74) are missing.
General administrative papers,
Miss Black and Willi Essinger bequests, 1934, 1973; handbooks and brochure, 1949-1961; membership correspondence and papers, 1949-1993; Bee World and BRA handbook cover designs, 1950-1951; international meetings of editors of beekeeping journals, 1954-1969; Bee Research Association Open Days, 1954-1974; Bee Research Association poster, [c. 1960]; J. Pryce-Jones papers, 1963; regional representatives, 1965-1994; International Organization for Biological Control, 1970-1972; twenty-fifth anniversary celebrations, 1973-1975; International Bee Research Association poster, post 1976; Latif Dewan agreement, 1985; Borregaard Industries report, 1987; and heritage lottery application, 1997-1998.
Financial correspondence and papers,
Ffinance committee correspondence and papers; twenty-fifth anniversary papers; 1975 crisis correspondence and papers; honorary financial advisor; cost-cutting correspondence and papers; directors report and financial statements; and draft accounts for agendas.