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British Museum (Natural History): Department of Palaeontology: Acquisition, Loan...
Catalogue reference: DF 105
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This record is about the British Museum (Natural History): Department of Palaeontology: Acquisition, Loan... dating from 1785-1929.
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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 105
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Title (The name of the record)
- British Museum (Natural History): Department of Palaeontology: Acquisition, Loan and Exchanges: Correspondence and Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1785-1929
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of papers relating to acquisitions, loans and exchanges of the British Museum (Natural History) Department of Palaeontology.
It comprises correspondence, lists, notes and catalogues of specimens offered to the Museum as gifts or for purchase, together with correspondence and papers relating to the distribution and exchanges of duplicates. Some are written by the original donor or vendor; others were prepared by staff after the arrival of the specimens. Some papers relate to the acquisition of a single specimen, others, such as DF 105/30, to the purchase of a large collection. The whole range of the Department's collections is covered in the series, although records of collections of fossil vertebrates predominate.
The papers which make up items DF 105/1-3 were gathered together by the bibliographer C D Sherborn (1861-1942), and bear his annotations. The remainder of the series was assembled in the Library from papers previously held throughout the Department.
Series held at The Natural History Museum are catalogued more fully in its online catalogue (reference DF PAL/105). Online descriptions of some individual records can also be viewed on Discovery, see DF 105.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Many other lists and catalogues of specimens held in the Museum are to be found among the Manuscripts in thePalaeontology Library.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The Natural History Museum Archives, London
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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)
- 57 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
- The series was transferred to the archives in 1992
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- There are word-processed piece lists of DF 105/1-3, and a word-processed name index to the series held in the Natural History Museum Archives
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15409/
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