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British Museum (Natural History): Department of Botany: British Herbarium Tract Collection...
Catalogue reference: DF 444
What’s it about?
This record is about the British Museum (Natural History): Department of Botany: British Herbarium Tract Collection... dating from 1840-1970.
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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 444
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Title (The name of the record)
- British Museum (Natural History): Department of Botany: British Herbarium Tract Collection Manuscripts
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1840-1970
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of manuscripts, typescripts, printed ephemera, and annotated printed items which were removed from the tract boxes about 1980. There are letters to Alfred James Wilmott (1888-1950) the first Head of the European Herbarium, species lists which accompanied collections, printed ephemera of societies and field clubs, typescript extracts from published works and other papers.
Series held at The Natural History Museum are catalogued more fully in its online catalogue (reference DF BOT/444). Online descriptions of some individual records can also be viewed on Discovery, see DF 444.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
The series is not 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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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)
- 4 box(es)
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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 Library 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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15523/
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British Museum (Natural History): Department of Botany: British Herbarium Tract Collection Manuscripts