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British Museum (Natural History): Publications Section: Director's Office: Photographic...

Catalogue reference: DF 503

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This record is about the British Museum (Natural History): Publications Section: Director's Office: Photographic... dating from c 1948-1973.

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Reference
DF 503
Title
British Museum (Natural History): Publications Section: Director's Office: Photographic Section: Negative Registers (MN Series)
Date
c 1948-1973
Description

The volumes in this series provide a register of numbered negatives. Brief details are given of the image, who requested it and why, and the negative size. Entries are only rarely dated.

Series held at The Natural History Museum are catalogued more fully in its online catalogue (reference DF PUB/503). Online descriptions of some individual records can also be viewed on Discovery, see DF 503.

Held by
The Natural History Museum Archives, London
Former department reference
MN series
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Physical description
9 volume(s)
Access conditions
Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition
The records were transferred to the archives in 1982.
Subjects
Topics
Museums and galleries
Official publications
Administrative / biographical background

Maurice Geoffrey Sawyer, the Museum Photographer, worked within the Director's Office from 1937, being a member of the Exhibition Section from 1948 until he retired in 1970. He was succeeded by Peter John Green (b 1932), as first head of the Photographic Section, which was transferred to the Department of Central Services in 1974.

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British Museum (Natural History): Publications Section: Director's Office: Photographic Section: Negative Registers (MN Series)