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British Museum (Natural History): Department of Mineralogy: Mineral Library Correspondence...
Catalogue reference: DF 14
What’s it about?
This record is about the British Museum (Natural History): Department of Mineralogy: Mineral Library Correspondence... dating from 1875-1984.
Is it available online?
Maybe, but not on The National Archives website. This record is held at The Natural History Museum Archives, London. How to view it.
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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 14
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Title (The name of the record)
- British Museum (Natural History): Department of Mineralogy: Mineral Library Correspondence and Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1875-1984
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of mineral library correspondence and papers from the British Museum (Natural History) Department of Mineralogy.
It contains the few surviving archive items relating to the Mineral Library.
Series held at The Natural History Museum are catalogued more fully in its online catalogue (reference DF MIN/14). Online descriptions of some individual records can also be viewed on Discovery, see DF 14.
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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Donation and purchase records have all disappeared, together with early correspondence and binding records.
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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)
- 3 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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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
- The records were transferred to the archives from the library to the archives between 1992 and 1995.
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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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George Savigar headed the Library from 1881 until 1918 when he retired. He was then succeeded by J J Mugford, who ran the Library until 1954. Following this the Library was headed by Miss Kafka (1954-1958), then Miss J R Wood (1959-1962), then by R W T Atkins (1962-1982), who transferred to the newly created Department of Library Service in 1975.
The Library was housed in the east basement for many years and moved to the second floor of the east tower in 1962.
The Department held only a small number of books until 1879 when the first considerable purchases were made, ready for the move to South Kensington. A catalogue printed in 1881 comprised 1,297 entries, of which 39 referred to maps. By 1900 the collection was estimated to contain 6,339 volumes, 1, 770 memoirs and pamphlets and 252 sheets of maps. Thereafter the library grew steadily, acquiring monographs, serials, maps and manuscripts relating to the whole range of the work of the Department.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C5838/
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