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British Museum (Natural History): Department of Mineralogy: Departmental Correspondence,...
Catalogue reference: DF 3
What’s it about?
This record is about the British Museum (Natural History): Department of Mineralogy: Departmental Correspondence,... dating from 1817-1978.
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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 3
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Title (The name of the record)
- British Museum (Natural History): Department of Mineralogy: Departmental Correspondence, Individual Collections
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1817-1978
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of individual collections of departmental correspondence of the British Museum (Natural History) Department of Mineralogy.
This series consists of individual correspondence files and volumes of a number of staff in the Department, together with a larger collection of papers relating to meteorites.
The papers relating to meterorites consists of boxed folders of letters and other papers each relating to an individual specimen or fall. The other papers range over the whole work of the department.
There is a card index of writers represented in the meterorite papers in DF 3/1-3
Series held at The Natural History Museum are catalogued more fully in its online catalogue (reference DF MIN/3). Online descriptions of some individual records can also be viewed on Discovery, see DF 3.
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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)
- 9 files and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure
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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 meterorite 'collection' probably originated from the Keeper's Office, while one file (piece 5) derives from the Department of Zoology.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C5827/
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British Museum (Natural History): Department of Mineralogy: Departmental Correspondence, Individual Collections