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British Museum (Natural History): Department of Botany: British Herbarium, Papers...

Catalogue reference: DF 445

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This record is about the British Museum (Natural History): Department of Botany: British Herbarium, Papers... dating from 1900-1965.

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Reference
DF 445
Title
British Museum (Natural History): Department of Botany: British Herbarium, Papers Associated with Plant Collections
Date
1900-1965
Description

This series consists of the items of correspondence, notes, photographs and notebooks that came to the herbarium with collections of British specimens.

The series includes material relating to the Rubus collection of W C Barton, the C E Salmon herbarium, and the Rev W Moyle Rogers Rubus collection, and smaller collections relating to the Mrs E S Gregory, W B Grove, F J Hanbury, Rev E F Linton, C C Lacaita and A J Wilmott herbaria.

Arrangement

The series has not been arranged or listed in detail.

Related material

Separated material: Where the manuscript collection was large and wide-ranging it was placed in the Botany Library.

Held by
Natural History Museum Library and Archives
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Physical description
file(s)
Access conditions

Access conditions: Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated

Immediate source of acquisition
The series was transferred from the British Herbarium in 1990.
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/03c75865-1460-4409-a35c-68f36ea21b86/

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British Museum (Natural History): Department of Botany: British Herbarium, Papers Associated with Plant Collections