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British Museum (Natural History): Department of Palaeontology: Fossil Mollusca Section:...
Catalogue reference: DF 122
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This record is about the British Museum (Natural History): Department of Palaeontology: Fossil Mollusca Section:... dating from 1893-1964.
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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 122
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Title (The name of the record)
- British Museum (Natural History): Department of Palaeontology: Fossil Mollusca Section: Correspondence and Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1893-1964
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of the correspondence of Richard Bullen Newton , curator of the museum's fossil mollusca collection
Series held at The Natural History Museum are catalogued more fully in its online catalogue (reference DF PAL/122). Online descriptions of some individual records can also be viewed on Discovery, see DF 122.
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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 alphabetically within biennial items.
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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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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Newton, Richard Bullen, 1867-1949
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 8 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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- 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 names of writers held at the Natural History Museum
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Richard Bullen Newton (1854-1926), joined the Museum staff in 1880, after seven years' service with the Geological Survey of Great Britain. He was responsible for the collection of fossil molluscs, and published some 120 papers on this group. Newton was also in charge of the collection of fossil plants, though these do not figure prominently in his correspondence. He was successively president of the Malacological and Conchological societies, 1910-1912 and 1913-1915. Newton was succeeded by Leslie Reginald Cox (1897-1965), who took charge of the bivalves and gastropods, and Leonard Frank Spath (1882-1957), who worked part-time on the cephalopods
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15417/
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British Museum (Natural History): Department of Palaeontology: Fossil Mollusca Section: Correspondence and Papers