Catalogue description British Museum (Natural History): Department of Botany: Mycology Section Correspondence and Papers

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Details of DF 425
Reference: DF 425
Title: British Museum (Natural History): Department of Botany: Mycology Section Correspondence and Papers
Description:

The series consists of the papers and correspondence of John Ramsbottom. They include material on botanical nomenclature and the history of natural history, as well as mycology.

Series held at The Natural History Museum are catalogued more fully in its online catalogue (reference DF BOT/425). Online descriptions of some individual records can also be viewed on Discovery, see DF 425.

Date: 1910-1950
Arrangement:

The series is not arranged or listed in detail.
Related material:

Ramsbottom's student notes are in the Botany Library.
Separated material:

Other Section papers were transferred to Kew in 1970.
Held by: Natural History Museum Library and Archives, not available at The National Archives
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Physical description: 13 box(es)
Access conditions: Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition:

The material was transferred from the Botany Library in 1989 and 1990.
Administrative / biographical background:

Vernon Herbert Blackman (1872-1967), the first mycologist on the staff of the Museum, was appointed in 1896 and remained until 1906 when he moved to Leeds. Blackman was followed in 1910 by John Ramsbottom (1885-1974), who remained head of the Mycology Section until he retired in 1950. He was assisted by Jack B Evans (1915-1969) and Miss Frances L Stephens (Mrs Balfour-Brown), who succeeded him as Head of Section. Under the Morton Agreement of 1961, fungi became the responsibility of Kew, and the collections were transferred after Mrs Balfour-Browne's retirement in 1967.

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