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British Museum (Natural History): Department of Palaeontology: Loan Registers
Catalogue reference: DF 117
What’s it about?
This record is about the British Museum (Natural History): Department of Palaeontology: Loan Registers dating from 1904-1975.
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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 117
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Title (The name of the record)
- British Museum (Natural History): Department of Palaeontology: Loan Registers
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1904-1975
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of a series of volumes recording the loan and return of specimens into and out of the Department. The registers record the insurance value at the time, and a statement on the condition of the specimens being loaned out.
Series held at The Natural History Museum are catalogued more fully in its online catalogue (reference DF PAL/117). Online descriptions of some individual records can also be viewed on Discovery, see DF 117.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Volumes 10 and 24 were not transferred but have been allocated numbers in the sequence. Space has been left in the numbering system for missing volume 55.
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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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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- British Museum (Natural History), 1881-1992
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 60 volume(s)
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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)
- DF 117/1-9, DF 117/11-23 and DF 117/25-54 were transferred to the archives in 1994. DF 117/56-60 were transferred in 1998.
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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/C15955/
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British Museum (Natural History): Department of Palaeontology: Loan Registers