Catalogue description British Museum (Natural History): Department of Botany: Departmental Finance and Accounts

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Details of DF 402
Reference: DF 402
Title: British Museum (Natural History): Department of Botany: Departmental Finance and Accounts
Description:

This series contains all the financial documents which have been preserved by the department. Bills for buying, repairing and binding books and periodicals, for the purchase and preparation of specimens, and for expert assistance are preserved in for the years 1878 to 1937 (DF 402/1-30 and DF 402/48), together with estimates and bills for various publications from 1894 to 1929 (DF 402/31-42). The account books (DF 402/43-47) give a financial overview for the period 1887 to 1916. The Keeper's estimate files run from 1947 to1948 to 1966 to1967.

Series held at The Natural History Museum are catalogued more fully in its online catalogue (reference DF BOT/402). Online descriptions of some individual records can also be viewed on Discovery, see DF 402.

Date: 1878-1976
Related material:

Estimate files for 1915-1916 to 1946-1947 are to be found in:

DF 403

Held by: Natural History Museum Library and Archives, not available at The National Archives
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Physical description: 78 files and volumes
Access conditions: Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
Custodial history: The series was transferred to the archives from the Keeper's Office in 1990.

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