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British Museum (Natural History): Department of Botany: Keeper's Subject Files
Catalogue reference: DF 406
What’s it about?
This record is about the British Museum (Natural History): Department of Botany: Keeper's Subject Files dating from 1930-1977.
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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 406
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Title (The name of the record)
- British Museum (Natural History): Department of Botany: Keeper's Subject Files
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1930-1977
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains files on expeditions, visits, publications and donations. The files were not registered, but were kept in filing cabinets in the Keeper's office. With a few exceptions they date from the keeperships of Taylor, Dandy and Cannon.
Series held at The Natural History Museum are catalogued more fully in its online catalogue (reference DF BOT/406). Online descriptions of some individual records can also be viewed on Discovery, see DF 406.
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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)
- 75 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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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
- The series was transferred to the archives from 1989 onwards.
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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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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing through the Modern Record Store.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15503/
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British Museum (Natural History): Department of Botany: Keeper's Subject Files