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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.
Series held at The Natural History Museum are catalogued more fully in its online catalogue (reference DF PAL/121). Online descriptions of some individual records can also be viewed on Discovery, see DF 121.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
The correspondence is arranged in alphabetical order, but is not indexed.
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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)
- 1 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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15416/
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British Museum (Natural History): Department of Palaeontology: Fossil Reptilia Section: Correspondence and Papers