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British Museum (Natural History): Central Administration: Director's Office: Journals,...
Catalogue reference: DF 1008
What’s it about?
This record is about the British Museum (Natural History): Central Administration: Director's Office: Journals,... dating from 1931-1978.
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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 1008
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Title (The name of the record)
- British Museum (Natural History): Central Administration: Director's Office: Journals, Ledgers, Abstracts and other Financial Records
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1931-1978
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains a selection of the accounting records for the Museum, being the daily financial record, financial records arranged by subhead, the record of incoming cash, and the tabulated abstract of all outgoing monies. Later petty cash books and journals have been destroyed.
Series held at The Natural History Museum are catalogued more fully in its online catalogue (reference DF ADM/1008). Online descriptions of some individual records can also be viewed on Discovery, see DF 1008.
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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)
- 7 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)
- This series was transferred to Archives in 1983.
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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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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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These four types of record were all started in 1931 when Thomas Wooddisse was appointed Accountant, and given responsibility for the day-to-day conduct of the Museum finances.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16118/
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British Museum (Natural History): Central Administration: Director's Office: Journals, Ledgers, Abstracts and other Financial Records