| Description | Contains (taken from index):
Absences: monthly report
Abstractors: regulations respecting examinations for situation of, by Civil Service Commissioners
Addresses of cases intended for British Museum: instructions for labelling
Addresses of cases intended for the Natural History Museum: notice to correspondents
Address labels (from Natural History Museum)
Advertisements: selected list of natural history publications for advertisement in catalogues and guidebooks; list of volumes of catalogue of birds advertised in 'Ibis'; first report on economic zoology by Mr Theobald
Appointments, Natural History Museum: circular giving particulars of examination for Keeper, Assistant Keeper, Assistant and form of confirmation of appointment of Assistant
Assistant Keeper: form for appointment of, by Principal Trustees
Assistants, British Museum: dates of birth of; particulars of appointment of
Assistants, Natural History Museum: memoranda respecting post of and examination, sent out by Civil Service Commissioners; particulars of appointment of; dates of birth of; form of appointment of by Principal Trustees; form of confirmation of appointment; dates of birth of; particulars of appointment of; form for submitting names of candidate to Principal Trustees; form to be filled in by candidate for situation of
Attendants, British Museum: particulars of appointment of
Attendants, Natural History Museum: particulars of appointment of; form for submitting names of candidates to Principal Trustees
Birds, Catalogue of: list of volumes for advertisement in 'Ibis'; list of issued volumes of
Bombay Natural History Society: circulating Mr Thomas's directions for collecting small mammals
Book-binding: Eyre and Spottiswoode's price list of
Boy-Attendants, Natural History Museum: particulars of appointment of
British Museum: invitation ticket to private view of electric lighting of; loans for exhibition - museum rules for; list of British Museum publications; dates of birth of Officers and Assistants; regulations for photographing in British Museum; permission to photograph in British Museum; instructions for labelling cases intended for; particulars of appointment of Assistants; declining to comply with request of correspondents; notice that both museums will be closed on 22 June 1897; prospectus of General Catalogue of Printed Books; particulars of appointment of Assistants and Attendants; memoranda slip to Trustees asking them to bring copy of minutes to next meeting of Standing Committee at Bloomsbury
Casts of fossils: list of; supplement to list of
Catalogues (see publications)
Certificate of conduct by Heads of Departments of members of staff recommended for annual increment
Civil Service Annual Dinner: particulars of
Civil Service Commissioners: memoranda respecting examination of candidates for Assistantships, Natural History Museum; regulations respecting examinations for situation of Abstractor
Collecting instructions (see instructions for collectors)
Commissionaires, Corps of: Sending annual certificates to be filled in of men employed at Natural History Museum
Confirmation of appointment of Assistant by Principal Trustees, form of
Conversaziones, Natural History Museum: Royal Institute of British Architects (programme); Royal Colonial Institute (programme)
Correspondents, British Museum: form declining to comply with request of
Current list of natural history publications
Dates of birth of Officers and Assistants of British Museum
Dates of birth of Officers and Assistants of Natural History Museum
Dates of birth of Messengers and Attendants of Natural History Museum
Days and hours of admission to Natural History Museum
Directions for collecting specimens (see instructions for collectors)
Director's compliments printed form
Donations: monthly report of, from Departments
Dulau and Co: list of current natural history publications of; Natural History Museum printed and circulated
Duplicate specimens: particulars to be supplied by museums when applying for grant from Natural History Museum
Economic Section, Natural History Museum: specimens of writing papers; precis sheet
Economic Zoology: first report on by Mr Theobald; pamphlet advertising
Electric lighting of British Museum: invitation ticket to private view
Etheridge, Robert: notice of complimentary dinner to
Exchequer extra receipts: monthly sale of guide-books
Expeditions and explorations: Lake Tanganyika
Eyre and Spottiswoode's price list of book-binding
Fire extinguishing appliances at Natural History Museum: list of
Flower, Sir William, memorial bust: bust by Mr Brock to be presented to Trustees of British Museum
Free Public Libraries: list of receiving Trustees' natural history publications; particulars to be supplied when applying for Trustees' natural history publications
Gardens, Natural History Museum: rules for persons using
Garnett, Dr Richard: proposals of Portrait Committee
General Library (see library)
Geology: Swiney lectures on (see Swiney Lectures); list of casts of fossils in Department of, and supplement to
Guide-books: Monthly sake of (Exchequer extra receipts); list of for exhibition at Messengers' enclosure; guide (pamphlet) to exhibition illustrating eruptions in the West Indies
Hours of opening, Natural History Museum
'Ibis': list of volumes of Catalogue of Birds for advertisement in
Insects: instructions for collecting
Institutions receiving natural history publications of Trustees of British Museum
Instructions for collectors: small mammal skins; how to collect mosquitoes; instructions for collecting insects; reptiles, batrachians and fishes; plants; printed notice of list for exhibition in Messengers' enclosure
Invitation tickets: to private view of electric lighting of British Museum
Keeper of Departments, British Museum and Natural History Museum: form for the appointment of
Kingston-on-Thames, South Western Sanitary Laundry: list of articles sent to from Natural History Museum
Lake Tanganyika: proposed exploration of
Laundry (South Western Sanitary Laundry Co, Kingston-on-Thames): list of articles sent to from Natural History Museum
Lavatories, Natural History Museum
Lectures: Swiney lectures on Geology (see Swiney Lectures); Association of Women Pioneer Lecturers; on whales by Sir William Flower at Royal Colonial Institute; on mollusca by Professor Ray Lankester at Royal Institute
Lepidoptera: prospectus of a series of volumes on, to be published by the Trustees of the British Museum
Letters of thanks
Library, Natural History Museum: monthly report of work done in departmental libraries; regulations for persons using Natural History Museum library; students and visitors (printed notice form); staff using General Library; library regulations; list of natural history publications of British Museum (as printed in library catalogue); monthly report of work done in General Library
Loans for exhibition: British Museum rules
Lost property: Metropolitan Police regulations
Medical report on state of health of person retiring from civil service before the age of 60
Memorandum forms in use at Natural History Museum
Messengers, Natural History Museum: dates of birth of
Metropolitan Police: lost property regulations
Mosquitoes: how to collect, pamphlet printed by Stationery Office
Museums' Association, The: programme of arrangements
Museums: particulars to be supplied when applying for Trustees' publications or duplicate specimens
Natural History Museum: closing of on 22 June 1897
New York, Council of Scientific Alliance of: circular to scientific societies etc. to endeavour to obtain reduced postage rates on natural history specimens
Night patrol duty: pay sheet
Notices: no object belonging to Trustees to be taken possession of by employees of Natural History Museum; list of guide-books for exhibition in Messengers' enclosure; regulations for students and visitors using General Library; instructions for labelling cases intended for British Museum; notice to correspondents, addressing of cases for Natural History Museum; Bombay Natural History Society, circulating Mr Thomas's directions for collecting small mammals; list of guide-books for exhibition in Messengers' enclosure; closing of both museums on 22 June 1897; list of collecting instructions for exhibitions in Messengers' enclosure
Object offered for sale were not required
Officers, British Museum and Natural History Museum: dates of birth of
Overtime forms certifying that overtime of Attendants is necessary
Overtime sheet: Attendants and others, Natural History Museum
Owen, Sir Richard, memorial: first list of committee of; ticket of admission to meeting on; resolutions passed at meeting and list of general committee; first list of donations; copy of summons sent to executive committee; copy of circular sent to general committee; further list of donations
Parents' National Educational Union (see women): Pioneer Lecturers, Association of
Photographing in British Museum and Natural History Museum: rules for in British Museum; form giving permission to photograph in British Museum and Natural History Museum
Plants: directions for collecting and preserving
Post Office telegraphs: fault form for use when telephone circuit interrupted
Presentation label for insertion in Trustees' publications
Principal Trustees: form for appointment of Keeper and Assistant Keeper; form for appointment of Assistant; forms for submitting names of candidates for situation of Assistant and Attendant
Printed books in British Museum: prospectus of general catalogue of
Property of Trustees: notice that no object belonging to be taken possession of by employees
Publications: asking societies etc. to supply deficient parts; asking societies etc. for last published part; current list of natural history publications; selected list of natural history publications for advertisement in catalogues; requesting return of receipt form for publications forwarded; selected list of natural history publications for advertisement in guide-books; list of volumes of Catalogue of Birds for advertisement in 'Ibis'; list of British Museum publications; list of institutions and Free Public Libraries receiving natural history publications; presentation label for insertion in Trustees' publications; drawing attention to imperfection in set of; memoranda that volume presented has been placed in the hands of Wesley and Son; memoranda that volume presented has been placed in the hands of an agent; prospectus of series of volumes on Lepidoptera; foreign letter of thanks for publications received; letter of thanks for publication received; advertisement of First Report on Economic Zoology
Receipt-form: for moneys received from Trustees of British Museum as repayment; for natural history publications
Reptiles, batrachians and fishes: instructions for collecting
Royal Colonial Institute: programme of conversazione at Natural History Museum; lecture by Sir William Flower on whales
Royal Institute of British Architects: conversazione at Natural History Museum
Royal Institution of Great Britain: course of ten lectures by Professor Lankester
Royal Park and Gardens: rules for Natural History Museum gardens
Salaries: certificate of conduct of a person for annual increment of salary; regulated increase of, agenda slip
Second Division Clerks: form of certificate for appointment to higher grade
Small mammals: directions for preparing skins of; directions for collecting; directions for Bombay Natural History Society; printed directions for preparing skins of
South Western Sanitary Laundry Company, Kingston-upon-Thames: list of articles sent to
Specimens, sending out of museum: regulations to be observed; extract from Trustees' regulations
Students: regulations for admission of; ticket for permission to paint in galleries; application form for admission to departments; authorising Keeper to issue ticket of admission; ticket of admission to paint will be granted; ticket of admission to study will be granted
Summons cards for Trustees' meetings
Sunday duty pay sheet
Superannuation: reasons recommended for and gratuities etc., form to be filled in; medical report on state of health of person retiring from civil service before the age of 60
Swiney Lectures on Geology: syllabus and bills; conditions of appointment of Swiney lecturer
Telephones: fault form for use when circuit interrupts
Thanks, letters of (see letters of thanks)
Time-sheets, workmen's
Trustees of the British Museum: dates of meetings; general meeting summons card; memoranda slip asking Trustees to bring copy of minutes to next meeting of Standing Committee
Volcanic eruptions in the West Indies: guide to exhibition illustrating at Natural History Museum
Wesley and Son: memoranda that volume presented by Trustees of British Museum has been placed in the hands of
Women Pioneer Lecturers, Association of: course of lectures at Natural History Museum; course of children's lectures
Workmen's time sheet, Natural History Museum
Writing paper: specifications of used in Economic Section |