Guide to the British Museum (Natural History Library): Records of the Mineralogy Department and Mineralogy Library Archive (as filmed by the AJCP), 1815-1983

Summary

Collection number:

M2702-M2707

Creator:

British Museum (Natural History)

Extent:

372 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:

Correspondence 1889-1934. Subjects include: samples of Australian and New Zealand minerals; Australian meteorites; sales of collections of Australian minerals; and collecting expeditions.

Individual collections 1861-1957 concerning meteorites found in Australia.

Collection notes, reports and correspondence 1886-1957, including papers of Archibald Liversidge. Correspondents include William Poole, G.F. Herbert Smith and T. George Sweet.

Notebooks and diaries of Lazarus Fletcher, Philip Game, George Prior and Walter Smith relating to their visits to Australia, New Zealand and Antarctica 1886-1953.

Mineralogy Library Archives including papers of Henry Guppy and Frank Debenham.

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-vn42005] as well as other institutions holding AJCP microfilm.

Existence and Location of Originals:

Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London.

For further information, see Mineralogy Department and Library at the National 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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