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British Museum (Natural History): Department of Zoology: Registers of Departmental...

Catalogue reference: DF 204

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This record is about the British Museum (Natural History): Department of Zoology: Registers of Departmental... dating from 1909-1936.

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Reference
DF 204
Title
British Museum (Natural History): Department of Zoology: Registers of Departmental Correspondence
Date
1909-1936
Description

This series consists of registers of departmental correspondence of the Department of Zoology. The registers provide a daily record of letters coming into the department, with an indication of who dealt with them. The register covering 1909-1921 does not seem to include the Keeper's correspondence in DF 200/53-72, and neither does the 1933-1936 register include Keeper's letters for that period. The 1921-1932 registers give a file reference to items in DF 200/73-95. The four indexes are incomplete and cannot at present be interpreted.

Series held at The Natural History Museum are catalogued more fully in its online catalogue (reference DF ZOO/204). Online descriptions of some individual records can also be viewed on Discovery, see DF 204.

Held by
The Natural History Museum Archives, London
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Physical description
23 volume(s)
Access conditions
Subject to 30 year closure
Immediate source of acquisition
The records were transferred to the archives in 1982 and 1989
Subjects
Topics
Museums and galleries
Unpublished finding aids
Card catalogues provide indexes to the registers for 1909-1921and 1921-1938.
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15889/

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British Museum (Natural History): Department of Zoology: Registers of Departmental Correspondence