Royal Institution of South Wales

This page summarises records created by this Organisation

The summary includes a brief description of the collection(s) (usually including the covering dates of the collection), the name of the archive where they are held, and reference information to help you find the collection.

Alternative name(s):	Swansea Literary and Philosophic Institution (Formerly known as) RISW (Also known as)
Date:	1485-2013
Places:	Swansea, Glamorgan
Functions, occupations and activities:	Societies and Associations > Learned, scientific, literary and debating
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/C9062 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/O30711 )

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1835-2009: records incl finance records, minutes, annual reports, corresp, bequests, lectures, programmes, Young Persons Section, newsletters	West Glamorgan Archive Service	D/D RISW
2	c1485-2013: records incl society records, accounts, library records, records rel to development, records rel to building work, staff records, records rel to events, records rel to lectures, guides, catalogues, museum records, corresp, Acts of Parliament, bequests, photographs, records rel to other early institutions and organisations, published and unpublished works collected by the RISW	West Glamorgan Archive Service	RISW	NRA 14358 Swansea See Records transferred to West Glamorgan Archives from The Royal Institution of South Wales in 2004
3	1837-1839: records of the Swansea Statistical Survey incl surveys, corresp, statistical accounts, newspaper cuttings	West Glamorgan Archive Service	RISW S	NRA 14358 Swansea See Records transferred to West Glamorgan Archives from Swansea University in 2004