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British Museum (Natural History): Department of Botany: Fern Section Correspondence...
Catalogue reference: DF 424
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This record is about the British Museum (Natural History): Department of Botany: Fern Section Correspondence... dating from 1930-1965.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- DF 424
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Title (The name of the record)
- British Museum (Natural History): Department of Botany: Fern Section Correspondence and Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1930-1965
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Description (What the record is about)
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The series consists of the correspondence of A H G Alston, J A Crabbe and various other sectional papers, reports etc.
Series held at The Natural History Museum are catalogued more fully in its online catalogue (reference DF BOT/424). Online descriptions of some individual records can also be viewed on Discovery, see DF 424.
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Arrangement
The correspondence of A H G Alston is arranged alphabetically but the series as a whole has not been arranged or listed in detail.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The Natural History Museum Archives, London
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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- file(s)
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- Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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- Topics
- Museums and galleries
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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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Arthur Hugh Garfit Alston (1902-1958) was the first pteridologist to work at the Museum. He joined the staff in 1930, having studied at Oxford and worked at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and at the Botanic Gardens in Peradeniya, Ceylon. Alston remained head of the Fern Section until his suicide in 1958, with an absence from 1939 to 1944 in the Ministry of Home Security. Alston had a special interest in the genus Selaginella, and in tropical ferns in general, and was author of many books and papers. He was President of the British Pteridological Society from 1947 to 1958. Alston was assisted from 1932 by James A Crabbe (b 1914), and succeeded in 1958 by Anthony Clive Jermy.
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- 'A H G Alston', P R Bell, Taxon, 8: 83-85 (1959).
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15515/
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British Museum (Natural History): Department of Botany: Fern Section Correspondence and Papers