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British Museum (Natural History): Director's Office: Museum Notices
Catalogue reference: DF 936
What’s it about?
This record is about the British Museum (Natural History): Director's Office: Museum Notices dating from 1936-1975.
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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 936
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Title (The name of the record)
- British Museum (Natural History): Director's Office: Museum Notices
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1936-1975
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of the notices which were circulated to staff by the Director or, in his absence, the Deputy Director or Museum Secretary. Material commonly carried by Museum Notices includes promotions, changes to allowances, reminders of regulations, lists of staff changes, notice of holidays, lists of recent Museum publications, security matters, and announcements about exhibitions and events. The set of notices is complete from 1948.
The widespread circulation of notices began in 1946, and from 1947 each one was numbered, and indexes were produced from time to time. Before 1946, notices were distributed to Keepers and the Librarian, and then circulated around each department.
The set of notices is one that was built up in the Library, with additions from the Department of Zoology set where necessary.
Series held at The Natural History Museum are catalogued more fully in its online catalogue (reference DF DIR/936). Online descriptions of some individual records can also be viewed on Discovery, see DF 936.
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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)
- 30 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 series was transferred to the Archive in 1982.
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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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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Accruing through the Modern Records Store.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16092/
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British Museum (Natural History): Director's Office: Museum Notices