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British Museum (Natural History): Central Administration: Director's Office: Journals,...

Catalogue reference: DF 1008

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This record is about the British Museum (Natural History): Central Administration: Director's Office: Journals,... dating from 1931-1978.

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Reference
DF 1008
Title
British Museum (Natural History): Central Administration: Director's Office: Journals, Ledgers, Abstracts and other Financial Records
Date
1931-1978
Description

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.

Held by
The Natural History Museum Archives, London
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Physical description
7 volume(s)
Access conditions
Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition
This series was transferred to Archives in 1983.
Subjects
Topics
Museums and galleries
Official publications
Administrative / biographical background

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.

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