| Description | 1. Reports. 210 pieces. Including:
Cheque book.
War Memorial Record, published by The War Memorial Committee British Museum (Natural History) 1922.
National Work at the Natural History Museum, reprinted from 'The Museums Journal' 1918.
Report on problems or questions arising from the war that were studied by the Museum. Including Boring Beetles, insects damaging crops, a leech from the nasal cavity of a soldier which was one of the 'minor horrors of war', Army Biscuit, sources of German supplies e.g. sand and pebbles.
Lists of members of staff serving in the war
Economic work Museum consulted on
Partial closure of the Museum
2A. Two folders in one file.
National Service, 33 pieces
Staff allocations, 79 pieces
2B. Three folders in one file, plus press cuttings.
Reports, 38 pieces
Imperial War Relief Fund, [Universities] Committee (Natural History Museum) 1922-1924. 35 pieces
Geological Map of Belgium. 16 pieces
2C. Two folders in one file
Hostile air raid precautions, 33 pieces
Proposed closing of Museum, 97 pieces
Includes numbers of visitors, press cuttings, copies of Parliamerntary regulations, memos about visits of soldiers
3. Propaganda, 115 pieces
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