Catalogue description British Museum (Natural History): Department of Zoology: Acquisition, Loan and Exchange Records

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Details of DF 216
Reference: DF 216
Title: British Museum (Natural History): Department of Zoology: Acquisition, Loan and Exchange Records
Description:

This series contains official correspondence relating to purchases, loans and exchanges, as well as flimsy copies of the monthly donation lists and books containing the Museum's copies of loan agreement and exchange forms.

Series held at The Natural History Museum are catalogued more fully in its online catalogue (reference DF ZOO/216). Online descriptions of some individual records can also be viewed on Discovery, see DF 216.

Date: 1837-1965
Held by: Natural History Museum Library and Archives, not available at The National Archives
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Physical description: 35 file(s)
Access conditions: Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition:

The records were transferred to the archives in 1982.

Custodial history: The records were originally kept in the Keeper's office.

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