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British Museum (Natural History): Department of Botany: British Herbarium, Papers...

Catalogue reference: DF 445

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This record is about the British Museum (Natural History): Department of Botany: British Herbarium, Papers... dating from 1900-1965.

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Reference
DF 445
Title
British Museum (Natural History): Department of Botany: British Herbarium, Papers Associated with Plant Collections
Date
1900-1965
Description

This series consists of the items of correspondence, notes, photographs and notebooks that came to the herbarium with collections of British specimens.

The series includes material relating to the Rubus collection of W C Barton, the C E Salmon herbarium, and the Rev W Moyle Rogers Rubus collection, and smaller collections relating to the Mrs E S Gregory, W B Grove, F J Hanbury, Rev E F Linton, C C Lacaita and A J Wilmott herbaria.

Series held at The Natural History Museum are catalogued more fully in its online catalogue (reference DF BOT/445). Online descriptions of some individual records can also be viewed on Discovery, see DF 445.

Arrangement
Arrangement

The series has not been arranged or listed in detail.

Separated material

Where the manuscript collection was large and wide-ranging it was placed in the Botany Library.

Held by
The Natural History Museum Archives, London
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Physical description
file(s)
Access conditions
Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition
The series was transferred from the British Herbarium in 1990.
Subjects
Topics
Museums and galleries
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15524/

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British Museum (Natural History): Department of Botany: British Herbarium, Papers Associated with Plant Collections