Belfast Natural History and Philosophical Society records, 1821-1947.
Draft minute books, 1878-1911; Council minute books, 1821-1929; minute book of the Archaeological Section, 1917-1934; minute book of the Belfast Museum Building Committee, 1829-1836; copy out letter books, 1824-1872; letters to the Secretary, 1825-1910; letters to Robert Patterson, 1834-1836; letters to Edmund Getty, 1830-1841; letters from office bearers, 1831-1835; subscription/shareholders records, 1829-1916; account, 1828-1947; scrapbooks, 1821-1947; Belfast Museum Visitors' Books, 1834-1884 and printed and miscellaneous material.
The Belfast Natural History Society (after 1842, the Belfast Natural History and Philosophical Society) was founded in 1821 for the cultivation of that science in its various brances and more especially for the investigation of the natural history of Ireland. In 1831 the Society formally opened new premises in the Belfast Museum in College Square North, the first museum ever erected in Ireland by voluntary subscription.
Natural history -- Societies, etc. -- Northern Ireland.
Natural history museums -- Northern Ireland.
Societies (Academies and learned societies) Records and correspondence -- England.
Accounts. aat
Minute books. aat
Scrapbooks. aat
Getty, Edmund.
Patterson, Robert.
Belfast Museum -- Administration.
Belfast Museum Archaeological Section.
Belfast Museum Building Committee -- 19th century.
Belfast Museum -- Miscellanea.
Belfast Natural History Society. Council.
Belfast Natural History and Philosophical Society (1821-)
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