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British Museum (Natural History): Director's Office: Press Notices
Catalogue reference: DF 937
What’s it about?
This record is about the British Museum (Natural History): Director's Office: Press Notices dating from 1946-1988.
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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 937
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Title (The name of the record)
- British Museum (Natural History): Director's Office: Press Notices
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1946-1988
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains the notices that were issued by the Director's Office for the press. They include announcements of important accessions to the collections, appointment of Trustees and senior staff, lectures and other events, and scientific discoveries made as a result of the Museum's activities. The set is incomplete.
Series held at The Natural History Museum are catalogued more fully in its online catalogue (reference DF DIR/937). Online descriptions of some individual records can also be viewed on Discovery, see DF 937.
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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)
- 43 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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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)
- The records in this series have been gathered from various quarters.
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Accruing through the Modern Record Store.
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Communicating with the press was the responsibility of the Museum Secretary until the appointment of the first Press Officer, Phyllis Rowlands, in 1979.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16093/
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British Museum (Natural History): Director's Office: Press Notices