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Catalogue description British Museum (Natural History): Department of Mineralogy: Departmental Correspondence, Individual Collections
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| Reference: | DF 3 |
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| Title: | British Museum (Natural History): Department of Mineralogy: Departmental Correspondence, Individual Collections |
| Description: |
This series consists of individual collections of departmental correspondence of the British Museum (Natural History) Department of Mineralogy. This series consists of individual correspondence files and volumes of a number of staff in the Department, together with a larger collection of papers relating to meteorites. The papers relating to meterorites consists of boxed folders of letters and other papers each relating to an individual specimen or fall. The other papers range over the whole work of the department. There is a card index of writers represented in the meterorite papers in DF 3/1-3 Series held at The Natural History Museum are catalogued more fully in its online catalogue (reference DF MIN/3). Online descriptions of some individual records can also be viewed on Discovery, see DF 3. |
| Date: | 1817-1978 |
| Separated material: |
Some material may have been removed to DF 10 |
| Held by: | Natural History Museum Library and Archives, not available at The National Archives |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Physical description: | 9 files and volumes |
| Access conditions: | Subject to 30 year closure |
| Custodial history: | The meterorite 'collection' probably originated from the Keeper's Office, while one file (piece 5) derives from the Department of Zoology. |
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