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Catalogue description British Museum (Natural History): Department of Botany: Botany Library Accession Records
This record is held by Natural History Museum Library and Archives
| Reference: | DF 460 |
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| Title: | British Museum (Natural History): Department of Botany: Botany Library Accession Records |
| Description: |
The series consists of surviving purchase, presentation and exchange records. |
| Date: | 1891-1968 |
| Held by: | Natural History Museum Library and Archives, not available at The National Archives |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Physical description: | 18 volume(s) |
| Access conditions: |
Access conditions: Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated |
| Immediate source of acquisition: |
The series was transferred to the archives from the Library in 1990. |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
During its time in Bloomsbury, the Department of Botany had access to the Banksian Library of natural history books, the main British Museum library, and a small departmental collection. In 1881 it was only this small departmental collection that was transferred to South Kensington, so that a new library had to be virtually built up from scratch. It was housed on the 2nd floor of the east tower, and was the responsibility of a clerk. Since 1975 the Library has been the responsibility of the Department of Library Services. |
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