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British Museum (Natural History): Department of Mineralogy: Publications Correspondence...
Catalogue reference: DF 9
What’s it about?
This record is about the British Museum (Natural History): Department of Mineralogy: Publications Correspondence... dating from 1882-1926.
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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 9
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Title (The name of the record)
- British Museum (Natural History): Department of Mineralogy: Publications Correspondence and Artwork
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1882-1926
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of publications, correspondence and artwork of the British Museum (Natural History) Department of Mineralogy.
It comprises copies of booklets and guides to the Mineral Gallery marked up with additions and corrections for reprinting papers relating to publication of the 'Discovery' report, and coloured artwork for the series of mineral postcards produced during the 1920s.
Series held at The Natural History Museum are catalogued more fully in its online catalogue (reference DF MIN/9). Online descriptions of some individual records can also be viewed on Discovery, see DF 9.
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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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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Ferrar, Hartley Travers, 1879-1932
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 16 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 between 1991 and 1994
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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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Departments were responsible for their own publications until 1954, when RJ Drumm was appointed Museum Publications officer to coordinate planning and production. A publication Section evolved over the years until, in 1975, all publications planning and production was carried out centrally.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C5833/
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British Museum (Natural History): Department of Mineralogy: Publications Correspondence and Artwork