Sub-sub-fonds
British Museum (Natural History): Department of Zoology: Departmental Visitors Books
Catalogue reference: DF 220
What’s it about?
This record is about the British Museum (Natural History): Department of Zoology: Departmental Visitors Books dating from 1841-1991.
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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 220
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Title (The name of the record)
- British Museum (Natural History): Department of Zoology: Departmental Visitors Books
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1841-1991
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of the books in which visitors to the Zoology Department were recorded. DF 220/1-5 are signature books, relating to the whole Department up to the 1880s, and perhaps just to the Insect Section thereafter. DF 220/6-10 were written by a clerk and presumably kept for statistical purposes.
Series held at The Natural History Museum are catalogued more fully in its online catalogue (reference DF ZOO/220). Online descriptions of some individual records can also be viewed on Discovery, see DF 220.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Further visitors books for the Insect Section are in DF 309
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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)
- 31 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 220/1-10 were transferred to the archives in 1992, DF 220/11-26 from the Zoology Library to the archives in 1997.
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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/C15978/
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British Museum (Natural History): Department of Zoology: Departmental Visitors Books