Series
British Museum (Natural History): Department of Entomology: Keeper's Correspondence
Catalogue reference: DF 300
What’s it about?
This record is about the British Museum (Natural History): Department of Entomology: Keeper's Correspondence dating from 1880-1990.
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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 300
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Title (The name of the record)
- British Museum (Natural History): Department of Entomology: Keeper's Correspondence
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1880-1990
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of correspondence of the Department of Entomology's Keeper.
The earliest letters, which date from just before the move of the insect collections to South Kensington, are mostly addressed to Charles Owen Waterhouse (1843-1917), who joined the staff in 1866, and succeeded George Hampson in charge of the Insect Section in 1905. Although most letters were received and answered by the Keeper or his deputy, a few are letters on 'departmental' topics written by his staff. Incoming letters are occasionally accompanied by carbon copy replies in DF 300/1-15, and more generally thereafter.
The correspondence deals with departmental administration, accessions to the collection, general entomological and curatorial topics, and the research interests of successive keepers.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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The series is arranged in seven alphabetical sequences. Letters are generally filed under the name of the individual writer, though some letters in DF 300/22-132 are grouped by institution, and a number are in subject categories.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Natural History Museum Library and Archives
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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)
- 132 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Access conditions: Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
- DF 300/1-21 were transferred to the archives in 1991, DF 300/22-132 in 1993.
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- There is a card index to writers for DF 300/1-21.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/e1288914-e8cf-441c-9ff7-e9710eac5e31/
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British Museum (Natural History): Department of Entomology: Keeper's Correspondence