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British Museum (Natural History): Department of Mineralogy: Keeper of Mineralogy's...
Catalogue reference: DF 7
What’s it about?
This record is about the British Museum (Natural History): Department of Mineralogy: Keeper of Mineralogy's... dating from 1909-1991.
Is it available online?
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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 7
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Title (The name of the record)
- British Museum (Natural History): Department of Mineralogy: Keeper of Mineralogy's Subject Files
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1909-1991
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of subject files generated by the British Museum (Natural History) Department of Mineralogy's Keeper of Mineralogy.
It contains a small number of files of correspondence and papers relating to aspects of the colections, departmental administration, security, accommodation and staffing, mainly to and from the Keeper of the Department of Mineralogy.
Series held at The Natural History Museum are catalogued more fully in its online catalogue (reference DF MIN/7). Online descriptions of some individual records can also be viewed on Discovery, see DF 7.
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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Many files that were originally part of this series can be found in: DF 10, DF 11, DF 12, DF 13, DF 20
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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)
- 23 file(s)
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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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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
- Transferred to the archives from 1991
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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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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Further accruals expected.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C5831/
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British Museum (Natural History): Department of Mineralogy: Keeper of Mineralogy's Subject Files