Guide to the British Museum (Natural History Library): Papers of the Department of Palaeontology Archive (as filmed by the AJCP), 08 May 1838-15 August 1986

Summary

Collection number:

M2878-M2887

Creator:

British Museum (Natural History). Department of Palaeontology Archive

Extent:

176 items

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Acknowledgement of use of this material should refer to the location of the original material and to the Australian Joint Copying Project.

Items from this collection should include references to the location of the original material and to the AJCP nla.obj number, which serves as the online identifier for the digital copy.

Example: M Series: Journal of Capt. James Cook, 18 February 1770, British Library Add. MS 27885 (AJCP ref: http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1234)

Availability:

Available

Access conditions:

Available for reference.

Background

Content Summary:

Departmental correspondence 1846-1916 concerning dispatch of specimens and fossils, exchange of specimens, identification of specimens, and other research. Correspondents include F.W. Whitehouse, Duncan Merrilees, David Ride, B.D. Webby, A.B. Walkom, Reverend Robert T. Wade, Martha Small, Michael Waldman, Arthur Wade and R.J. Tillyard.

Correspondence 1839-1930 relating to acquisition, loan and exchange.

Fossil Mollusca Section: correspondence 1893-1924 of Richard Newton.

Fossil Echinodermata Section: correspondence and papers 1898-1929 of Francis Bather.

Fossil Brachiopoda Section: correspondence 1948-1955 of W.N. Benson.

Related

Existence and Location of Copies:

The original AJCP microfilm of the records filmed from this collection is available at the National Library of Australia [https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2355170] as well as other institutions holding AJCP microfilm.

Existence and Location of Originals:

Archive Section, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London.

Collection reference: DF PAL 100-199. For further information see Library and Archives at the Natural History Museum. [https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/departments-and-staff/library-and-archives.html]

Conditions Governing Access:

Available for Access.

Conditions Governing Use:

Many of the records digitised as part of the AJCP are still in copyright. Readers wishing to publish or reproduce documents should seek permission, in the first instance, from the owner of the original material.

Preferred citation:

Acknowledgement of use of this material should refer to the location of the original material and to the Australian Joint Copying Project.

Items from this collection should include references to the location of the original material and to the AJCP nla.obj number, which serves as the online identifier for the digital copy.

Example: M Series: Journal of Capt. James Cook, 18 February 1770, British Library Add. MS 27885 (AJCP ref: http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1234)

Location of this collection:

National Library of Australia

Parkes Place

Canberra ACT 2600, Australia

Contact:

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