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British Museum (Natural History): Central Administration: Director's Office: Alphabetical...
Catalogue reference: DF 1003
What’s it about?
This record is about the British Museum (Natural History): Central Administration: Director's Office: Alphabetical... dating from 1860-1949.
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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 1003
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Title (The name of the record)
- British Museum (Natural History): Central Administration: Director's Office: Alphabetical Register of Incoming Letters
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1860-1949
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Description (What the record is about)
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These registers were kept by a clerk in the Museum Secretary's office, and run in parallel to the numerical registers in class DF 1002. Letters were entered alphabetically under major subject headings such as 'Botany - purchases', 'British Museum', and 'Zoology - accommodation'.
Series held at The Natural History Museum are catalogued more fully in its online catalogue (reference DF ADM/1003). Online descriptions of some individual records can also be viewed on Discovery, see DF 1003.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Most of the items listed in later items ended up in either: DF 1000 DF 1004
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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Letters registered in DF 1003/1, 1860-1880 will mostly be located in the archives of the British Museum.
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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)
- 20 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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16113/
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British Museum (Natural History): Central Administration: Director's Office: Alphabetical Register of Incoming Letters