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Catalogue description British Museum (Natural History): Department of Botany: Cryptogamic Herbarium Visitors Books
This record is held by Natural History Museum Library and Archives
| Reference: | DF 426 |
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| Title: | British Museum (Natural History): Department of Botany: Cryptogamic Herbarium Visitors Books |
| Description: |
The series consists of the single set of visitors' books which served all the cryptogamic sections. Series held at The Natural History Museum are catalogued more fully in its online catalogue (reference DF BOT/426). Online descriptions of some individual records can also be viewed on Discovery, see DF 426. |
| Date: | 1885-1972 |
| Held by: | Natural History Museum Library and Archives, not available at The National Archives |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Physical description: | 33 volume(s) |
| Access conditions: | Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated |
| Immediate source of acquisition: |
The series was transferred to the archives from the Botany Department office in 1990. |
| Accruals: | This series is accruing through the Modern Record Store. |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
From 1885 until the Second World War, the Cryptogamic Herbarium was located in and between the central towers of the Museum, on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th floors. After the War, the General Herbarium and Library moved into the 2nd floor west wing, while the Cryptogamic Herbarium moved into the 2nd floor of the east wing, below the new exhibition mezzanine. |
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