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British Museum (Natural History): Department of Zoology: Keeper's Out-letters
Catalogue reference: DF 201
What’s it about?
This record is about the British Museum (Natural History): Department of Zoology: Keeper's Out-letters dating from 1883-1921.
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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 201
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Title (The name of the record)
- British Museum (Natural History): Department of Zoology: Keeper's Out-letters
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1883-1921
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains British Museum (Natural History) Department of Zoology Keeper's out-letters, the replies to incoming letters in DF 200. DF 200/12 is the only survivor of the pre-1909 out-letters, while after 1921 they were interfiled with incoming correspondence. Up until August 1916 pressed copies of handwritten letters are preserved, while after that date the volumes contain carbon copies of typescript. DF 200/1-9 contain contemporary indexes
Series held at The Natural History Museum are catalogued more fully in its online catalogue (reference DF ZOO/200). Online descriptions of some individual records can also be viewed on Discovery, see DF 201.
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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)
- 12 files and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
- The records were transferred to the archives in 1989
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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/C15849/
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British Museum (Natural History): Department of Zoology: Keeper's Out-letters