Catalogue description British Museum (Natural History): Department of Botany: Reports to Trustees and other Official Documents

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Details of DF 403
Reference: DF 403
Title: British Museum (Natural History): Department of Botany: Reports to Trustees and other Official Documents
Description:

This series consists of copies of the communications made by the Keeper to the Trustees on all aspects of the work of the Department, together with official letters and memoranda informing him of the Trustees' decisions. For the period 1827-1913 (DF 403/1-23) there are only a few supporting documents, but for 1914-1928 (DF 403/24-38) there is a wider range of letters, memoranda and other papers, as well as the annual estimates. From 1929-1968 (DF 403/39-78) notes and other papers of all sorts are included in the files.

Series held at The Natural History Museum are catalogued more fully in its online catalogue (reference DF BOT/403). Online descriptions of some individual records can also be viewed on Discovery, see DF 403.

Date: 1827-1975
Related material:

Estimates files for 1947-1948 to 1975-1976 are held in:

Held by: Natural History Museum Library and Archives, not available at The National Archives
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Physical description: 83 files and volumes
Access conditions: Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition:

The series was transferred to the archives from the Keeper's Office in 1990.

Unpublished finding aids:

Two indexes cover the period 1930-1961.

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