The RDS Manuscripts collection currently includes the digital reproductions of the manuscripts of the RDS Council minute books, for the years 1731 to 1948. Additionally, it contains the register and letter books, the treasurer's book, the petitions book, the RDS Natural History Museum Committee minute books, the RDS Library Committee minute books, the RDS Purchase of Books Committee minute books and the RDS Committee of Botany minute books.
The RDS Council minutes note that their meetings were held in various locations around Dublin, including houses on Grafton Street, Hawkins Street and Shaw's Court. Each set of minutes starts with a list of the society members present. They also include orders, proposals, premiums, by laws and ordinances of officers, petitions, amounts paid and debts.
Register and minute book of the Dublin Society (1731-1733)
Register and letter book of the Dublin Society (1731-1736)
The treasurer's book of the Dublin Society (1731 to 1739)
Register and minute book of the Dublin Society (1733-1741)
Dublin Society Council minute book (1741-1746)
Dublin Society Council minute book (1750-1757)
Dublin Society Council minute book (1752-1755)
Dublin Society Council minute book (1758-1761)
The petitions book of the Dublin Society: for the years 1761 to 1762
Dublin Society Council minute book (1766-1767)
Dublin Society Council minute book (1767 to 1769)
Dublin Society Council minute book (1769 to 1771)
Dublin Society Council minute book (1771-1772)
Dublin Society Council minute book (1772-1773)
Dublin Society Council minute book (1773 to 1775)
Dublin Society Council minute book (1791-1795)
Dublin Society Council minute book (1804-1809)
Dublin Society Council minute book (1809 to 1813)
Dublin Society Council minute book (1813-1817)
Dublin Society Council minute book (1817-1820)
RDS Council minute book (1820-1823)
RDS Council minute book (1824-1827)
RDS Council minute book (1828-1832)
RDS Council minute book (1832-1835)
RDS Council minute book (1838-1844)
RDS Council minute book (1835-1839)
RDS Council minute book (1839-1843)
RDS Council minute book (1841-1855)
RDS Council minute book (1844-1849)
RDS Council minute book (1849-1854)
RDS Council minute book (1851-1857)
RDS Council minute book (1854-1861)
RDS Council minute book (1857-1863)
RDS Council minute book (1861-1881)
RDS Council minute book (1863-1869)
RDS Council minute book (1870-1877)
RDS Council minute book (1877-1889)
RDS Council minute book (1881-1928)
RDS Council minute book (1889-1897)
RDS Council minute book (1897-1906)
RDS Council minute book (1906-1916)
RDS Council minute book (1916-1948)
RDS Library Committee minute book (1816-1820)
RDS Library Committee minute book (1835-1838)
RDS Library Committee minute book (1838-1842)
RDS Library Committee rough minute book (1842-1848)
RDS Library Committee minute book (1848-1851)
RDS Library Committee minute book (1849-1862)
RDS Library Committee minute book (1851-1855)
RDS Library Committee rough minute book (1862-1866)
RDS Library Committee minute book (1862-1871)
RDS Library Committee minute book (1871-1889)
RDS Purchase of Books Committee minute book (1916-1928)
RDS Natural History Museum Committee minute book (1831-1854)
RDS Natural History Museum Committee minute book (1854-1877)
RDS Natural History Museum Committee rough minute book (1861-1868)
RDS Natural History Museum Committee rough minute book (1868-1877)
RDS Committee of Botany minute book (1816-1834)
RDS Committee of Botany minute book (1834-1845)
RDS Committee of Botany minute book (1857-1877)
RDS Committee of Botany minute book (1870-1877)
RDS Committee of Fine Arts rough minute book (1816-1820)
RDS Committee of Fine Arts minute book (1816-1830)
RDS Committee of Fine Arts minute book (1824-1828)
RDS Committee of Fine Arts minute book (1830-1844)
RDS Committee of Fine Arts rough minute book (1833-1838)
RDS Committee of Fine Arts rough minute book (1844-1851)
Proceedings of the Committee of the Agricultural Improvement Society of Ireland (1841-1846)
Royal Agricultural Society of Ireland Council rough minutes (1845-1849)
Government School of Design Committee minute book (1849-1853)
RDS Committees for the Great Exhibition of 1851 minute book (1850-1851)
Committee of the Council for Managing the School of Art minute book (1854-1860)
RDS Committee of Fine Arts minute book (1859-1868)
RDS Committee of Fine Arts rough minute book (1860-1865)
RDS Committee of Fine Arts minute book (1867-1889)
RDS Committee of Industries, Art and General Purposes (1890-1917)
Royal Agricultural Society of Ireland Council minutes (1846-1858)
RDS Committee of Agriculture minutes (1848-1863)
Royal Agricultural Society of Ireland Council minutes (1858-1873)
RDS Index to Minutes of Committee of Agriculture (1866)
RDS Committee of Agriculture fair minute book (1872-1892)
Royal Agricultural Society of Ireland Council minutes (1874-1888)
RDS Committee of Agriculture minutes (1892-1909)
RDS Committee of Agriculture minutes (1909-1937)