Catalogue description British Museum (Natural History): Department of Botany: Botany Librarian's Correspondence

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Details of DF 461
Reference: DF 461
Title: British Museum (Natural History): Department of Botany: Botany Librarian's Correspondence
Description:

The series contains correspondence of the Botany Librarian.
Date: 1935-1965
Held by: Natural History Museum Library and Archives, not available at The National Archives
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Physical description: 7 file(s)
Access conditions:

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

The series was transferred from the Botany Library in 1990.
Subjects:
  • People: John Ardagh (1885-1949)
  • Edward James Clow (1922-)
  • Phyllis Irene Edwards (1916-1984)
Administrative / biographical background:

John Ardagh (1885-1949) was the clerk responsible for the Botany Library from 1921 until he retired in 1947. He was succeeded by Edward J Clow and then, in 1951, by Phyllis I Edwards, who remained Botany Librarian until 1976. Phyllis Edwards' correspondence relates to her own historical researches, as well as to purely library matters.

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