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British Museum (Natural History): Department of Botany: Lichen Section Correspondence...
Catalogue reference: DF 423
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This record is about the British Museum (Natural History): Department of Botany: Lichen Section Correspondence... dating from [1931]-1946.
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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 423
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Title (The name of the record)
- British Museum (Natural History): Department of Botany: Lichen Section Correspondence and Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1931]-1946
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Description (What the record is about)
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The series consists of a small collection of notebooks, diaries and other papers of I M Lamb, together with two items dating from his service with Operation Tabarin.
Series held at The Natural History Museum are catalogued more fully in its online catalogue (reference DF BOT/423). Online descriptions of some individual records can also be viewed on Discovery, see DF 423.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
The series has not been arranged or listed in detail.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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The P W James correspondence is held in the Modern Record Store.
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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)
- 77 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 Lamb papers were transferred from the Botany Library in 1989.
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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
- Diaries
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
- Previously held in the Lichen Section.
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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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Ivan Mackenzie Lamb (1911-1990) was the first lichenologist employed by the Museum. He was appointed in 1935, having studied at Edinburgh. Lamb remained at the Museum until 1943, when he joined Operation Tabarin, an expedition to protect British interests in the Antarctic, as botanist. He returned to the Museum in 1945, but resigned the following year and held botanical posts in Argentina, Canada, and finally at Harvard University, USA. After Lamb's resignation, lichens were the responsibility of Alan Henry Norkett (1914-1990) until Peter Wilfrid James (b 1930) was appointed in 1955. From 1952, Jack Laundon worked as an Assistant in the Section.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15514/
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