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British Museum (Natural History): Department of Entomology: Departmental and Sectional...
Catalogue reference: DF 309
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This record is about the British Museum (Natural History): Department of Entomology: Departmental and Sectional... dating from 1867-1984.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- DF 309
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Title (The name of the record)
- British Museum (Natural History): Department of Entomology: Departmental and Sectional Visitors Books
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1867-1984
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Description (What the record is about)
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The earliest visitors books in the series contain the names of visitors to the insect room of the Zoology Department from 1866 until 1901, as entered by the clerk on duty. The earliest books relating to the Entomology Department date from 1930 and contain the signatures of visitors to a particular section or floor of a building. A single series of departmental visitors books became established in the 1940s and ended when the ground floor enquiries entrance was closed in 1984.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
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Earlier visitors to the insect room signed their names in the Zoology Department's visitors books in DF 220
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Natural History Museum Library and Archives
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 81 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Access conditions: Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
- The series was transferred to the archives in 1991.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/31becd45-c850-4bbe-b3e6-55ca47e5dc1f/
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British Museum (Natural History): Department of Entomology: Departmental and Sectional Visitors Books