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British Museum (Natural History): Department of Palaeontology: Fossil Brachiopoda...
Catalogue reference: DF 124
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This record is about the British Museum (Natural History): Department of Palaeontology: Fossil Brachiopoda... dating from 1907-1972.
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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 124
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Title (The name of the record)
- British Museum (Natural History): Department of Palaeontology: Fossil Brachiopoda Section: correspondence and papers
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1907-1972
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists almost entirely of the scientific papers of Miss Helen Marguerite Muir-Wood.
Series held at The Natural History Museum are catalogued more fully in its online catalogue (reference DF PAL/124). Online descriptions of some individual records can also be viewed on Discovery, see DF 124.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Files and loose papers are listed first, in chronological order where possible, and are followed by notebooks.
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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)
- Wood, Helen Marguerite Muir-, 1895-1968
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 45 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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- 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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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Helen Marguerite Muir-Wood studied geology at Bedford College, and carried out post-graduate research on Palaeozoic brachiopod faunas at University College with Professor Garwood. She first worked at the Museum in 1919, being made Part-time Assistant in charge of the Brachiopoda in 1923. She became a full-time member of staff in 1936, and Deputy-Keeper in 1955. Muir-Wood first studied the Productid and Chonetid brachiopods, moving on to other fossil groups over the years, and making contributions to the study of living brachiopods as well. She was a leading contributor to the brachiopod volume of the 'Treatise on Invertebrate Palaeontology'.
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Proceedings of the Geologists Association, Helen Marguerite Muir-Wood, 80:122-124
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15419/
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British Museum (Natural History): Department of Palaeontology: Fossil Brachiopoda Section: correspondence and papers