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Ref NoDF/ADM/1011/5
Alt Ref NoDF1011/5
TitlePrinted ephemera of the Natural History Museum
DescriptionIncludes (but not restricted to):
Index to printed forms in use; photography regulations and permissions;
list of current publications 1920-1926; list of instructions for collecting and preparing specimens; list of guidebooks, list of postcards, Christmas booklets (1925-)
Directions for preparing small mammal skins (January 1923);
'British Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises' (BMNH 123 second edition 1920, third edition 1923); Stranded whales, porpoises and dolphins BMNH 135 second edition 1920 ; stranded whales, porpoises and dolphins - replies to questions in leaflet 135 second edition 1920; 'Distinguishing features of the caa'ing what and bottlenose whales second edition 1922, third edition 1923' Captured whales form in different languages, whales statistics forms

Form for ticket of admission to visit department; visitor tickets to different departments
Dates of meetings of trustees and standing committees (1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927)

BMNH almanac 1921, 1922, 1924 (dates and anniversaries, building, staff, history opening hours, expeditions by staff and/or for the benefit of the museum, staff killed in war, statues and busts, growth of collections, exhibitions)
Tours on saturdays (1921-1924); hours of admission; daily tours by guide/lecturer 1921, no of visitors on bank holidays
Forms thanks for publications; communications, donations, tally of publications sold, stationery order; receipts from lavatories, loan of lantern slides
Staff - time sheet, rotas, appointment letter, vacancies - assistant's and attendants, telephone list (1922, 1923); staff list (1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926); receipt of wages; note of photograph of all staff (1923); report of absences, overtime, appointments, holidays; instructions to warders (noise, damage etc 1926)
Swiney lecture - posters and syllabus (The Wonders of Geology - J D Falconer; Fossils and What they Teach - T J Jehu; Gem Minerals and their uses in art and industry - W T Gordon; The Geological History of Plants - W T Gordon)
Notice of lectures by the Society of Civil Servants
Prohibition of staff helping with cross words (1930)
Proposal to charge for admission (1922)
Student tickets regulations (1923), permission to paint (1923)
Annual report form
Ticket and Programme to Natural History Museum Sports Club annual athletics meeting Stamford Bridge 28 May 1923
Report of the Executive Committee of the Godman Memorial fund (1923)
Invitation to unveiling of Wallace portrait (1923); unveiling of tablet to Godman and Salvin includes photograph (1923)
Notice of visit of secondary school teachers from overseas (26 July 1926);
Regulations for conversaziones
Armistice Day 1924
Regulations for loans 1924
Forms for budgets and Estimates 1925
'National Emergency' (general strike) 1926
Notice to press to send representative to view new exhibit on damage by oil to birds 'Oil Menace' 1926
Announcement of Economic Series publication on the house fly 1926
Natural History Museum Staff Association notice of 'A Scientific Reunion' 13 July 1927
Date1920-1955
AccessStatusOpen
FormatVolume
Held ByNHM Archives
LevelFile

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