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Journal of the Royal Society of Arts

Journal of the Royal Society of Arts is the earlier name of the official journal of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, based in the UK. (There is a Wikipedia article about this serial.)

Publication History

This journal began in 1852 as the Journal of the Society of Arts, adding "Royal" to its name when the society gained royal recognition in 1908. No issue or contribution copyright renewals were found for this serial. (More details) It changed its name to "RSA Journal" in the 1980s, and is still published today. (Issues under its current name are listed separately.)

Persistent Archives of Complete Issues

• 1852-1881: JSTOR has volumes 1-29, and some issues of volume 30 freely readable online. Access to later content may require subscription or payment.
• 1852-1928: HathiTrust has volumes 1-36, 38-72, and 74-76, scanned from the University of Michigan. Access to volumes after 1899 might be restricted outside the United States. Some later volumes may be searchable but not readable online here.
• 1852-1908, 1914-1920: HathiTrust has volumes 1-56, 63, 65, and 67-68, scanned from various libraries. Access to volumes after 1899 might be restricted outside the United States.
• 1852-1859, 1861-1868, 1870-1884, 1886-1887, 1890-1929: HathiTrust has volumes 1-7, 10, 12-16, 19-22, 24-25, 27-32, 35, 39-41, 43-44, 46-71, 73, and 75-77. Access to volumes after 1899 may be restricted outside the United States. Some later volumes may be searchable but not readable online here.
• 1874-1875: The Internet Archive has volume 23. Some page content may be cut off.
• 1880-1881: The Internet Archive has volume 29. Some page content may be excised.

Official Site / Current Material

• The official RSA website has more information on the group and their activities.

Related Resources

• Recent RSA Journal issues are also online.

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