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British Museum (Natural History): Department of Botany: General Herbarium Visitors...
Catalogue reference: DF 441
What’s it about?
This record is about the British Museum (Natural History): Department of Botany: General Herbarium Visitors... dating from 1882-1978.
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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 441
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Title (The name of the record)
- British Museum (Natural History): Department of Botany: General Herbarium Visitors Books
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1882-1978
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of visitors' books of the Department of Botany's General Herbarium.
Series held at The Natural History Museum are catalogued more fully in its online catalogue (reference DF BOT/441). Online descriptions of some individual records can also be viewed on Discovery, see DF 441.
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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)
- 47 volume(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 from the Botany Department office in 1990.
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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)
- The series is accruing through the Modern Record Store.
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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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After the move to South Kensington in 1881, the General Herbarium occupied the eastern half of the 2nd floor of the east wing of the Museum. It remained there, becoming more and more congested, until it was badly damaged in an air raid in September 1940. The Department moved temporarily across into the 2nd floor of the west wing, and this became the permanent home for the General Herbarium, which was refitted by the end of 1948.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15520/
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British Museum (Natural History): Department of Botany: General Herbarium Visitors Books