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British Museum (Natural History): Department of Botany: British Herbarium, Papers...
Catalogue reference: DF 445
What’s it about?
This record is about the British Museum (Natural History): Department of Botany: British Herbarium, Papers... dating from 1900-1965.
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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 445
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Title (The name of the record)
- British Museum (Natural History): Department of Botany: British Herbarium, Papers Associated with Plant Collections
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1900-1965
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Description (What the record is about)
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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.
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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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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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Where the manuscript collection was large and wide-ranging it was placed in the Botany Library.
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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)
- 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 series was transferred from the British Herbarium 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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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