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Catalogue description British Museum (Natural History): Central Administration: Director's Office: Reports and Letters
This record is held by Natural History Museum Library and Archives
| Reference: | DF 1000 |
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| Title: | British Museum (Natural History): Central Administration: Director's Office: Reports and Letters |
| Description: |
This series contains all official documents received and dealt with by the Director or Museum Secretary. It includes administrative and scientific correspondence from the British Museum, government departments, institutions and individuals in Britain and overseas, as well as internal memoranda and reports from the heads of departments within the Museum. Printed and duplicated papers and memoranda on a wide variety of topics are also included. Many items were tabled and discussed at meetings of the Standing Committee of the Trustees. Series held at The Natural History Museum are catalogued more fully in its online catalogue (reference DF ADM/1000). Online descriptions of some individual records can also be viewed on Discovery, see DF 1000. |
| Date: | 1881-1921 |
| Arrangement: |
Arrangement is strictly chronological, and papers were bound into volumes every few years. From 1921 incoming papers were gathered into subject files and the Reports and Letters series was discontinued. |
| Related material: |
Departmental Annual Reports are in: DF 935 Incoming papers in subject files are held in: DF 1004 |
| Held by: | Natural History Museum Library and Archives, not available at The National Archives |
| Copies held at: |
DF 1000/1-48 on 16 mm roll film. |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Physical description: | 110 volume(s) |
| Access conditions: | Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated |
| Immediate source of acquisition: |
The series was transferred to Archives in 1985. |
| Custodial history: | The series was the responsibility of the Museum Secretary and was housed in his office for many years. |
| Unpublished finding aids: |
There are no indexes to the series. |
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