Council minutes, vol. 16
Volume of minutes of the Council, including the following selected entries: a reference to the loan of works for the Paris Universal Exhibition, 1878, 19 March 1878; a note of the decision to refuse a petition of female students to be allowed to study from the semi-draped figure, 5 April 1878; entries relating to the death of the President,
Sir Francis Grant, 7 October - 5 November 1878; note of a memorandum on the proposed new office of clerk of works, 16 November 1878; a copy of letter on behalf of the
Prince of Wales thanking the Royal Academy for the loan of works to the Paris Universal Exhibition, 1878; a note of the resolution to appoint a Surveyor, 21 January 1879; a note of a discussion concerning the office of Professor of Chemistry, 26 May 1879; entry relating to a loss on the winter exhibition catalogue, 17 June 1879; notification of the bequest of
Charles Landseer, including a provision for the creation of Landseer scholarships, 4 November 1879 and minutes of a specially convened meeting to discuss the admission of women as members, 11 November 1879; and a note of further conditions added to one of the resolutions passed at that meeting, 18 November 1879.