Catalogue description British Museum (Natural History): Department of Palaeontology: Staff Files and Diaries

This record is held by Natural History Museum Library and Archives

Details of DF 106
Reference: DF 106
Title: British Museum (Natural History): Department of Palaeontology: Staff Files and Diaries
Description:

This series consists of staff files and diaries of the British Museum (Natural History) Department of Palaeontology.

It contains the few surviving departmental staff records. The diaries give details of the day to day work of the individuals concerned, while the staff files contain official letters relating to appointment, promotion and retirement. Also included are four of Henry Woodward's general files on staff matters (DF 106/35 - 38).

All staff had to keep an official diary until 1967, when they were discontinued, and all staff must have been the subject of a keeper's file.
Date: 1848-1967
Held by: Natural History Museum Library and Archives, not available at The National Archives
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Physical description: 39 file(s)
Access conditions:

Access conditions: Subject to 30 year closure
Immediate source of acquisition:

Custodial history: The series was transferred to the archives in 1992
Subjects:
  • Diaries
  • Museums and galleries
  • Pay and pensions

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