Minutes. 18 Jan. 1863-30 Jan. 1871.
At the meeting of 30 Jan. 1871 (A3:2, f. 52) the Director read a ‘Report of the Delegates appointed by the General Meeting to act with Prof. J.H. Huxley for the Amalgamation of this Society with the Ethnological Society’ which met on 21 Jan. 1871. Resolutions, officers and others appointed to form the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland at the latter meeting are listed on ff. 53-4. The last meeting of the Anthropological Society was held on 30 Jan. and that of the Ethnological Society (Ordinary Meeting) on 31 Jan. The latter held on 14 Feb. a Special General Meeting to authorise the Trustees to transfer assets to the Anthropological Institute, q.v.
1/1 8 Jan. 1863-18 Jan. 1870
and Minutes of Special Council meetings, 24 Nov. 1868, ff. 378-9; 18 Jan. 1869, ff. 388-9
The minutes of 4 and 18 Jan. 1870 are repeated in A3:2; they are not signed by the President.
2 Draft minutes held in the John Beddoe Papers, Special Collections, University of Bristol Library (the following are photocopies; in Miscellanea box):
1869
2 Feb., leaves 1-3
16 Mar., leaves 4-5
6 Apr., leaves 6-8
20 Apr., leaves 9-11
4 May, leaves 12-14
18 May, leaves 15-18
1 June, Resolutions to be proposed by P.M. Duncan at a Special General Meeting a recommendation for amalgamation with the Ethnological Society; and at a Special General Meeting that the two societies form a Society for the Study of Man in its ‘widest interpretation’. leaves 19-20; see A3:1, ff. 414-15, minute which is ambiguous; see also A3:2, f. 52
12 Oct., leaves 21-3
2 Nov., leaves 24-6
16 Nov., leaves 27-9
30 Nov., leaves 30-2
14 Dec., leaves 33-8
1870
4 Jan., leaves 36-8
4 Jan., Draft circular on the receipt of a notice from James Hunt’s Executors that they wish for a discussion of the Anthropological Review. leaves 39-40; see A3:1, f. 439, and 3:2, f. 2. James Hunt’s death is referred to in the Minutes, 14 Dec. 1869, f. 434 and a notice on his memory was published in the Anthropological Review, vol. 7, 1869, p. 432; he was the ‘sole editor and proprietor’ of the review
18 Jan., leaves 41-2
1 Feb., leaves 43-5
15 Feb., leaves 46-8
1 Mar., leaves 49-51
15 Mar., leaves 52-3
5 Apr., leaves 54-6
19 Apr., leaves 57-8
3 May, leaves 59-60
9 May, leaves 61-2
17 May, leaves 63-5
31 May, leaves 66-8
Most of the minutes appear to be in the hand of J. Frederick Collingwood who was Secretary/Librarian (salaried) from 1868-71. John Beddoe was President from 1867-70.
3 Notes for procedure of Ordinary meeting, 30 Nov. 1869; paper to be read: ‘The Shiná people’ by G.W. Leitner, Principal, Government College, Lahore with notes on the subsequent discussion probably in G.W. Leitner’s hand. 3 leaves (photocopies; in Miscellanea box). See /2 above for original holding
4 Anniversary meeting, 19 Jan. 1869 – proof of Report of the Council … for the 1868, Anthropological Review, vol. 7, 1869, pp. lxxiv-lxxx. 5 leaves (numbered [1]-5) (photocopy; in Miscellanea box). See /2 above for original holding
5 Anniversary address, 19 Jan. 1869 – proof, Anthropological Review, vol. 7, 1869, pp. civ-cvii. 3 leaves (numbered 6-8) (photocopy; in Miscellanea box). See /2 above for original holding
6 Anthropological Society of London meeting, 2 Feb. 1869 – proof of papers read with deletions and additions, Anthropological Review, vol. 7, 2 Feb. 1869, pp. cxiii-cxix. 1 leaf (photocopy; in Miscellanea box). See /2 above for original holding
4 Jan. 1870-30 Jan. 1871; see A3:2, ff. 1-54
In addition the following minutes are included: Ordinary Meetings of the Anthropological Institute, 1898-1935, ff. 61-398; Annual General Meetings, 1899-1935; and other meetings, ff. 401-46, 457-8; see A12:3 for details.
