Series
British Museum (Natural History): Department of Palaeontology: Fossil Reptilia Section:...
Catalogue reference: DF 121
What’s it about?
This record is about the British Museum (Natural History): Department of Palaeontology: Fossil Reptilia Section:... dating from 1950-1960.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- DF 121
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Title (The name of the record)
- British Museum (Natural History): Department of Palaeontology: Fossil Reptilia Section: Correspondence and Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1950-1960
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of a small collection of the correspondence of William Elgin Swinton (1900-1994) which, for some reason, was not filed in the departmental collection. Swinton joined the Department in 1924 to take charge of the collection of amphibians, reptiles and birds, succeeding C W Andrews, who had looked after these groups as well as the mammals. Swinton was the author of a number of popular museum guides, and was an excellent lecturer. He left the Museum in 1961 to take up a post in the Royal Ontario Museum.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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The correspondence is arranged in alphabetical order, but is not indexed.
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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)
- 1 file(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)
- Custodial history: The series was transferred to the archives in 1992.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/7b560262-f52c-434e-bdbf-2099ded27108/
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British Museum (Natural History): Department of Palaeontology: Fossil Reptilia Section: Correspondence and Papers