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Archives IdentifierCM007Date Range1910-2017DescriptionThis is a series of records created by the New Zealand Astronomical Society from formation through to its name change to the Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand.
Some records from the Society have been split into separate series grouped by type of record. The remaining records are in this series, which includes:
- subject based correspondence files
- records collected by the society from the Astronomical Section of Wellington Philosophical Society (A C Gifford); which later became the Royal Society NZ - Wellington Branch.
- some financial records for the years 1920-1940, the years prior to the summarised information being included as part of the annual reporting in Southern Stars c.1937.
- a set of Executive Secretary Correspondence registers (1982-2017), with a record of the file number that the correspondence was filed on in the numbered correspondence series (CM004).
- membership records, including membership lists, society rules bylaws over the years.
- photographs and ephemeral items including the Society seal.
There are two other groups of correspondence records that are not in this series:
- the first group of correspondence records created by the New Zealand Astronomical Society (CM006) were filed chronologically over the period 1920-1941.
- a latter set of numbered correspondence records created Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand (CM004) was introduced in the 1970s.MediumFileCollection TypeCommunity archives
Some records from the Society have been split into separate series grouped by type of record. The remaining records are in this series, which includes:
- subject based correspondence files
- records collected by the society from the Astronomical Section of Wellington Philosophical Society (A C Gifford); which later became the Royal Society NZ - Wellington Branch.
- some financial records for the years 1920-1940, the years prior to the summarised information being included as part of the annual reporting in Southern Stars c.1937.
- a set of Executive Secretary Correspondence registers (1982-2017), with a record of the file number that the correspondence was filed on in the numbered correspondence series (CM004).
- membership records, including membership lists, society rules bylaws over the years.
- photographs and ephemeral items including the Society seal.
There are two other groups of correspondence records that are not in this series:
- the first group of correspondence records created by the New Zealand Astronomical Society (CM006) were filed chronologically over the period 1920-1941.
- a latter set of numbered correspondence records created Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand (CM004) was introduced in the 1970s.MediumFileCollection TypeCommunity archives
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RASNZ, Records. Archives Online, accessed 04/04/2026, https://archivesonline.wcc.govt.nz/nodes/view/934311








