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British Museum (Natural History): Department of Palaeontology: Early Members of Staff:...
Catalogue reference: DF 120
What’s it about?
This record is about the British Museum (Natural History): Department of Palaeontology: Early Members of Staff:... dating from 1870-1898.
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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 120
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Title (The name of the record)
- British Museum (Natural History): Department of Palaeontology: Early Members of Staff: Correspondence and Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1870-1898
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains a small number of items relating to 19th century members of the Department. During this period staff numbers were small, and responsibilities were broad. Although a number of the staff had well-developed specialities, the department was not subdivided into sections. Henry Woodward, for example, although a specialist on fossil arthropods, published on many vertebrate and invertebrate groups.
Series held at The Natural History Museum are catalogued more fully in its online catalogue (reference DF PAL/120). Online descriptions of some individual records can also be viewed on Discovery, see DF 120.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Papers of C D E Konig are held in both Mineralogy and Palaeontology manuscript collections, and some notes on fossil reptiles by G R Waterhouse are held in the Palaeontology Manuscripts, where there is also a large collection of the papers of A Smith Woodward.
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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)
- 6 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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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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- Topics
- Museums and galleries
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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 is a word-processed index to the writers ofletters.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15415/
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British Museum (Natural History): Department of Palaeontology: Early Members of Staff: Correspondence and Papers