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British Museum (Natural History): Department of Zoology: Keeper's Staff...
Catalogue reference: DF 208
What’s it about?
This record is about the <unittitle>British Museum (Natural History): Department of Zoology: Keeper's Staff... dating from 1833-1982.
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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 208
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Title (The name of the record)
- British Museum (Natural History): Department of Zoology: Keeper's Staff Files and Official Diaries
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1833-1982
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series comprises all the departmental staff records, including vacation, attendance and absence books, the Keeper's staff files, and diaries. The staff files contain administrative details of such matters as attendance, absence, re-grading and promotion and also, in some cases, reports of scientific work carried out. All staff were required to keep detailed daily diaries, which were signed each month by their senior officers.
Series held at The Natural History Museum are catalogued more fully in its online catalogue (reference DF ZOO/208). Online descriptions of some individual records can also be viewed on Discovery, see DF 208.
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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)
- 98 volume(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)
- DF 208/1-24 were transferred to the archives in 1982, DF 208/ 43-80 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
- Diaries
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- The staff files in this series were selected as a sample.
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Agricultural Statistics <a href="http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/research-guides/agricultural-statistics.htm">Go to our research guidance</a>
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15968/
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