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British Museum (Natural History): Department of Palaeontology: Staff Files and Diaries
Catalogue reference: DF 106
What’s it about?
This record is about the British Museum (Natural History): Department of Palaeontology: Staff Files and Diaries dating from 1848-1967.
Is it available online?
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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 106
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Title (The name of the record)
- British Museum (Natural History): Department of Palaeontology: Staff Files and Diaries
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1848-1967
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of staff files and diaries of the British Museum (Natural History) Department of Palaeontology.
It contains the few surviving departmental staff records. The diaries give details of the day to day work of the individuals concerned, while the staff files contain official letters relating to appointment, promotion and retirement. Also included are four of Henry Woodward's general files on staff matters (DF 106/35 - 38).
All staff had to keep an official diary until 1967, when they were discontinued, and all staff must have been the subject of a keeper's file.
Series held at The Natural History Museum are catalogued more fully in its online catalogue (reference DF PAL/106). Online descriptions of some individual records can also be viewed on Discovery, see DF 106.
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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)
- 39 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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15410/
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