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British Museum (Natural History): The Board of Trustees: Minutes of the Standing...
Catalogue reference: DF 900
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This record is about the British Museum (Natural History): The Board of Trustees: Minutes of the Standing... dating from 1884-1989.
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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 900
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Title (The name of the record)
- British Museum (Natural History): The Board of Trustees: Minutes of the Standing Committee and of the Trustees of The Natural History Museum
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1884-1989
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Description (What the record is about)
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The work of the Board of Trustees was carried out by a Standing Committee of normally 18 to 20 members, who met six to eight times a year to scrutinise all aspects of the workings of the Museum. These ranged from important matters of policy to the most trivial staff matters and the approval of small invoices. From its foundation in 1755 until 1884 the Committee met at the British Museum, Bloomsbury, and its minutes are preserved in the archives there. From 1884 the Standing Committee met alternately in Bloomsbury and South Kensington to consider the British Museum and the British Museum (Natural History) respectively. This series consists of the signed minutes arising from the South Kensington meetings.
Series held at The Natural History Museum are catalogued more fully in its online catalogue (reference DF TRU/900). Online descriptions of some individual records can also be viewed on Discovery, see DF 900.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Standing Committee minutes prior to 1884 are in: CE 3 DF 4 DF 403 DF 205 DF 231 DF 251
The minutes are amplified by departmental copies of official papers and reports to Trustees in:
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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)
- 27 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)
- The records were transferred to the archive in 1982.
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- Minutes are in manuscript until 23 September 1902, in letterpress printing until 26 July 1940, and printed from typescript until 1963.
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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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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
- Before being transferred to the archive the series was held by the Directorate.
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- The minutes are indexed in a series of volumes which are included in the series.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16040/
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British Museum (Natural History): The Board of Trustees: Minutes of the Standing Committee and of the Trustees of The Natural History Museum