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British Museum (Natural History): Exhibition and Education Section: Director's Office:...
Catalogue reference: DF 701
What’s it about?
This record is about the British Museum (Natural History): Exhibition and Education Section: Director's Office:... dating from 1947-1989.
Is it available online?
Maybe, but not on The National Archives website. This record is held at The Natural History Museum Archives, London. How to view it.
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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 701
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Title (The name of the record)
- British Museum (Natural History): Exhibition and Education Section: Director's Office: Exhibition Section Internal Administration
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1947-1989
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains files relating to the organisation and management of the Exhibition Section and its programme of work, kept by the Exhibitions Officer. The series includes papers relating to the organisation of the Section and its constituent parts, including modelmaking, taxidermy and the various laboratories; copies of the progress reports submitted to the Director and keepers, and papers of the Exhibitions Committee; a small collection of general correspondence, and two collections of printed leaflets and brochures assembled by the Archivist and placed in the series for convenience.
Series held at The Natural History Museum are catalogued more fully in its online catalogue (reference DF EXH/701). Online descriptions of some individual records can also be viewed on Discovery, see DF 701.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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The Director's files relating to the administration of the Section are in DF 1004 and DF 933. The Section's annual reports are in DF 935.
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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)
- 20 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 records were transferred to the archives in 1987.
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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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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing.
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The Exhibition Section was located within the Directorate from 1937, when John Doncaster was appointed as the first Exhibitions Officer, until 1975, when it was incorporated into the new Department of Public Services.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15963/
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