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British Museum (Natural History): Central Administration: Director's Office: Reports...
Catalogue reference: DF 1000
What’s it about?
This record is about the British Museum (Natural History): Central Administration: Director's Office: Reports... dating from 1881-1921.
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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 1000
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Title (The name of the record)
- British Museum (Natural History): Central Administration: Director's Office: Reports and Letters
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1881-1921
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains all official documents received and dealt with by the Director or Museum Secretary. It includes administrative and scientific correspondence from the British Museum, government departments, institutions and individuals in Britain and overseas, as well as internal memoranda and reports from the heads of departments within the Museum. Printed and duplicated papers and memoranda on a wide variety of topics are also included. Many items were tabled and discussed at meetings of the Standing Committee of the Trustees.
Series held at The Natural History Museum are catalogued more fully in its online catalogue (reference DF ADM/1000). Online descriptions of some individual records can also be viewed on Discovery, see DF 1000.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement is strictly chronological, and papers were bound into volumes every few years. From 1921 incoming papers were gathered into subject files and the Reports and Letters series was discontinued.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Departmental Annual Reports are in: DF 935
Incoming papers in subject files are held in: DF 1004
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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)
- 110 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 series was transferred to Archives in 1985.
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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 series was the responsibility of the Museum Secretary and was housed in his office for many years.
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- There are no indexes to the series.
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Copies information (Indicates existence, availability, location and format of copies)
- DF 1000/1-48 on 16 mm roll film.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16099/
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British Museum (Natural History): Central Administration: Director's Office: Reports and Letters