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British Museum (Natural History): Department of Entomology: Departmental Correspondence
Catalogue reference: DF 304
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This record is about the British Museum (Natural History): Department of Entomology: Departmental Correspondence dating from 1880; 1920-1965.
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- DF 304
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Title (The name of the record)
- British Museum (Natural History): Department of Entomology: Departmental Correspondence
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1880; 1920-1965
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of letters written to various members of the Entomology Department, with carbon copies of their replies. The chief recipients represented are Robert Bernard Benson and John Frederick Perkins of the Hymenoptera Section, Alfred George Gabriel of Lepidoptera, and Hugh Scott of Coleoptera. The series is an artificial one, having been assembled by the Librarian about 1975 from various parts of the Department. It included correspondence of a number of unofficial workers and donors to the collections, including T Bainbrigge-Fletcher, Donisthorpe, H T Stainton and Lord Walsingham, until these were returned to the Entomology Library in 1993.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Alphabetical
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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)
- 32 box(es)
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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/409b4df1-7b46-4243-acc3-1c113f4fa26a/
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British Museum (Natural History): Department of Entomology: Departmental Correspondence