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Congress of Archaeological Societies

Catalogue reference: CAS

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This record is about the Congress of Archaeological Societies dating from 1889-1945.

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CAS
Title
Congress of Archaeological Societies
Date
1889-1945
Description

The Congress of Archaeological Societies (CAS) in union with SA was established after a conference at Burlington House in 1888. The first annual congress was held in 1889; PSA and 'Ass. Sec. SA acted as President and Secretary of the Congress for much of its existence. The Congress was dissolved in 1945 and was superseded by the Council for British Archaeology founded in 1944. See CAS Annual, special and committee reports (1888-1939); see also CAS/003/03 for William Martin's papers on the Congress, 1901-12.

Held by
Society of Antiquaries of London
Former department reference
SAL/MS/990/1-6
Creator(s)
Congress of Archaeological Societies
Physical description
Four boxes.
Immediate source of acquisition
Transferred from SAL archives; CAS/002/008 presented by Dr Ralegh Radford, FSA, 1998; CAS/006 presented by the author, 28 March 1913 (covering letter).
Unpublished finding aids
Society of Antiquaries online catalogue: https://collections.sal.org.uk/cas
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/c1979340-04fa-412f-a4d8-ad52e64f2b62/

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Congress of Archaeological Societies