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British Museum (Natural History): Department of Zoology: Echinodermata and Protochordata...
Catalogue reference: DF 266
What’s it about?
This record is about the British Museum (Natural History): Department of Zoology: Echinodermata and Protochordata... dating from 1900-1992.
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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 266
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Title (The name of the record)
- British Museum (Natural History): Department of Zoology: Echinodermata and Protochordata Section: Research Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1900-1992
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists almost entirely of a collection of research notes and drafts of Ailsa McGown Clark (b 1926), who was head of the Echinodermata and Protochordata section from 1948 until her retirement in 1986.
The Asteroidea files consist of notes on specific species of Asteroidea (Starfish) from different collections, where as the Collections files consist of notes on a variety of Echinoderms from specific locations. Where files relate to identifiable published papers the reference to the paper may be found in the notes field. The lists provide details of specimens identified by A M Clark with annotations indicating those to be kept by the Natural History Museum.
DF266/39 is number not used.
Series held at The Natural History Museum are catalogued more fully in its online catalogue (reference DF ZOO/266). Online descriptions of some individual records can also be viewed on Discovery, see DF 266.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Thee arrangement of this series is chronological, with undated material at the end.
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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)
- 115 files and photographs
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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 series was transferred to the archives from the Section in 2000.
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16019/
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