Ben Burrell Collection of Programme Cards

Ben Burrell Collection of Programme Cards.

These programme cards are part of a generous donation made to the society by Richard McKimm, archivist to the British Astronomical Society, in April 2025.

In 2008. Miriam Burrell,  one of Ben Burrell’s two daughters,  presented his collection of archive material to the British Astronomical Society, and amongst this archive where items relating to the Doncaster Scientific Society.

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Doncaster Scientific Society

    1. Rules – Adopted at the Annual General Meeting, held on April 27, 1927 (2 copies)
    2. Summer Excursion Programme 1931
    3. Summer Excursion Programme 1934 (2 copies)
    4. Summer Excursion Programme 1935
    5. Winter Programme 1935-36 
    6. Summer Excursion Programme 1936
    7. Winter Programme 1936-37 
    8. Summer Excursion Programme 1937
    9. Summer Excursion Programme 1938
    10. Summer Excursion Programme 1939
    11. Winter Programme 1939-40 Sixty-First Session
    12. Summer Excursion Programme 1940
    13. Winter Programme 1940-41 Sixty-Second Session
    14. Summer Excursion Programme 1943
    15. Winter Programme 1943-44 Sixty-Fifth Session
    16. Summer Excursion Programme 1944
    17. Winter Programme 1944-45 Sixty-Sixth Session (2 copies)
    18. Summer Excursion Programme 1945
    19. Winter Programme 1945-46 Sixty-Seventh Session
    20. Summer Excursion Programme 1946 (2 copies)
    21. Winter Programme 1946-47 Sixty-Eighth Session (2 copies)
    22. Summer Excursion Programme 1947 (2 copies)
    23. Winter Programme 1947-48 Sixty-Ninth Session (4 copies)
    24. Summer Excursion Programme 1948 (4 copies)
    25. Winter Programme 1948-49 Seventieth Session (2 copies)
    26. Summer Excursion Programme 1949 (6 copies)
    27. Winter Programme 1949-50 Seventy-first Session
    28. Summer Excursion Programme 1950
    29. Winter Programme 1950-51 Seventy-Second Session
    30. Summer Programme 1951 (2 copies)
    31. Winter Programme 1951-52 Seventy-third Session
    32. Summer Excursion Programme 1952
    33. Winter Programme 1952-53 Seventy-Fourth Session
    34. Summer Excursion Programme 1953 (3 copies)
    35. Winter Programme 1953-54 Seventy Fifth Session
    36. Summer Excursion Programme 1954
    37. Winter Programme 1954-55 Seventy-sixth Session
    38. Summer Programme 1955
    39. Winter Programme 1955-56 Seventy Seventh Session
    40. Winter Programme 1956-57 (2 copies) 
    41. Winter Programme 1957-58 
    42. Summer Programme 1958
    43. Winter Programme 1960-61 
  1. Winter Programme 1962-63 –  [Now Doncaster Naturalist’s Society]
  2. Winter Programme 1963-64 
  3. Winter Programme 1965-66 
  4. Winter Programme 1966-67 
  5. Winter Programme 1967-68 
  6. Winter Programme 1975-76 

Many cards contain amendments, by Ben, to the published programme, and other interesting notes.