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British Museum (Natural History): Central Administration: Director's Office: Personnel...
Catalogue reference: DF 1005
What’s it about?
This record is about the British Museum (Natural History): Central Administration: Director's Office: Personnel... dating from 1900-1993.
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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 1005
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Title (The name of the record)
- British Museum (Natural History): Central Administration: Director's Office: Personnel Files
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1900-1993
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of files relating to long-serving scientists and senior non-scientific staff, selected from the complete set of staff files kept by the Museum Secretary's Office, later the Personnel Section of the Department of Administrative Services.
The files typically contain papers relating to the individual's application, interview and appointment; matters relating to special leave, expeditions and conferences; progress and promotion reports; disciplinary matters; resignation or retirement; voluntary and part-time paid work after retirement; superannuation and other financial papers. Routine papers relating to annual and sick leave have been removed and destroyed.
Files in the series are complementary to the departmental personal files, which relate rather more to scientific than to administrative matters.
Series held at The Natural History Museum are catalogued more fully in its online catalogue (reference DF ADM/1005). Online descriptions of some individual records can also be viewed on Discovery, see DF 1005.
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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)
- 104 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to closure for periods up to 100 years
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
- Transferred to Archives in 1994.
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16115/
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- View this record page in our current catalogue
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