| Description | The earliest letters in the series date from well before the founding of the Department in 1857. DF100/1-66 mostly contain letters addressed to successive Keepers, or passed to the Keeper by the Museum Secretariat. These letters deal principally with the acquisition and identification of specimens. DF100/76-234 contain the correspondence of all senior staff after 1920, together with earlier letters addressed to F A Bather, G C Crick, C W Andrews and others. These letters deal with the acquisition and exchange of specimens, general palaeontological and curatorial topics, and the research interests of the staff concerned.
DF/100/235 is a later accession labelled correspondence 1950-1980, but containing some letters dated earlier or later tan this time frame. The files contain correspondence answered by the majority of Palaeo staff including HW Ball, A Charig, HA Toombs, CP Castell, K Oakley, EI White and others. Letters include many from interested school children or members of the public seeking to have finds identified, as well as from international science institutions.
Dividing card in the series has been removed, but stated for:
Dahr, E - see W K Gregory
Dalefort Field Centre - see P Conder, J H Barrett and B J Dresser
Dalehousie University - see H B S Cooke
Dalmas, J - see Bordeaux
Dar-Es-Salaam Transport Officer - see Tanganyika Geological Survey
George V memorial Museum - see G Hunter
Dark, Raymond - see University College London
Darlington Public Libraries - see F Dallimore
Darmstadt Museum - see O Haupt
Kaehler, J A - see Canterbury Museum
Kaiser, H S - see Saskatchewan University
Kaltenbach, H - see Frankfurt University
Kansas City Museum - see E Butts
Kaunas University, Lituania - see J Dalinkevicius
Kazakh Academoy of Science, see V S Baschanov
Kennedy-Shaw, W B - see R W Hamilton, Palestine Department of Antiquities
Kent College - see F R Browning
Keny County Library - see Miss F R E Davies
Kenya Mines and Geological Department - see under Nairobi
Kenya Game Warden - see A Ritchie
Ken Trinidad Oilfields Ltd - see N Boutakoff
Kershaw, J A - see Melbourne National Museum
Kidderminster Museum - see L W Hotsfall
Kimberley Museum - see M Wilman
Kinne, A M - see California University
King's College London - see H W Ball, J E Prentice, W T Gordon, J H Taylor, J F Kirkaldy, A K Wells, J D R Fryer, J S Huxley, R J Gladstone, B Barclay Smith, C B Cox
Kirkaldy Museum - see W Hoop
Kitchingham, L - see British Council
Keele University staffs - see N D I Rolfe
Kelly, R B Talbot - see Rugby School Museum
Kendall, J - see Edinburgh Royal Society
Kjobenhaun Museum - see V Ussing
Knight, John - see Hackett, D A
Knowles, M - see R Etheridge
Kobenhavn University Museum - see T Mortensenl H W Rasmussen; G P Ravn; A Rosenkrantz; C Penlsen; E Nielsen; Eske Koch; T Birkelund; F Jottnstrupe; Professor O B Boggild
Kohn, A J - see Washington University
Konigsberg - see Preussiche Bergwerks
Konigsberg (Albertus University) - see P Adloff and K Beurben
Konigsberg University - see P Pratje
Konigsberg University Geology - see R Lebruchnen; Hoppe
Kremsmunster Museum - see R Windisbauer
Krick, H - see H Bartoo
Krommelbein, K - see Frankfurt University
Kyancutta Museum - see R Bedford and Mrs E B Bedford
Kyoto University, Japan - see J Makiyama
Kyushu University, Japan - see K Kanmera
Laforest, Miss M - see Trinidad Museum
Lamego, A R - see Brazil, Department of Geology and Mineralogy
Lancashire and Cheshire Coral Research Association - see G Lomax
Langenheim, R L, Secretary of Palentological Society - see Illinois University
Lapparent, P de - see Paris Lab de Geological
Larder, F T - see J R Farmery
Latimer, Miss M Courtenay, East London - see Courtenay-Latimer
Lauceston, Tasmania - see H H Scott
Lausanne University - see E Peter Hans
Lausanne Museum Geological - see A Schnorf
Lawr Collection - see G R Cartene
Layton, W - see Sudan Geological Survey
Lea Conservancy Board - see N Medrington
Leeward Islands Government Geologist - see P Martin-Kaye
Lees, G - see Birmingham University
Leiden University Zoological Laboratory - see van der Vlerk; B G Escher; G Stiasuy; G J Klaauw
Leipzig Geological Landes unters - see F Kossmat
Leipzig University - see H Wiontzek and E Krenkel
Leloup, E (Acting Director, Institute R Sei Nat, Bruxelles) - see Brussels Institute R Sci Nat
Lemberg - see Lvov
Lemon, R H - see Royal Ontario Museum
Leningrad Academy of Science - see A Borissiak (Geological Museum); L S Berg (Institute of Zoology); D Fedotov (Institute of Zoology); A G Vologdin; Ivon Sokolov; L Gluckman
Lewes School - see J Oldaker
Lewis, C B - see C T Trechmann
Lewis, L P (British Intelligence Objectives Sub-Committee) - see A E Gunther
Liege University - see S Leclercq; G Ubaghs; P Pacar; J de Radzetsky; C [Fraiponot]
Lille University - see Barrois, C; Waterlot; P Provost; D Maitre; M Dutertre; G Delepine
Limni Mines, Cyprus - see J G Smith and C Raeburn
Lindig - see Weimar Museum
Littlehampton Museum - see E J G Hearne and T G [Briarct]
Little, O H - see Egypt Geological Survey
Lloyd, E S - see Ludlaw Museum
Lloyd, J R (Sheiborne School, Dorset) - see R W Powell (Headmaster)
Loczy, L de - see (Royal) Hungarian Geological Survey
Loader, F M - see Southampton University
London Hospital Dental School - see E Sprawson
London Hospital Medical College - see R J Harrison
London Museum - see W F Grimes; R E Mortimer Wheeler; J Ward Perkins and M R Homes
London School of Economics - see L Dudley Stamp
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine - see P A Buxtom
Los Angeles Museum - see A J Tieje; S P Applegate and A Hopwoodtindal
Loughborough Library - see J Swift
Louisiana University - see A Cheetham
Louvain University - see E Asselberghs; F Kaisin; F A Janssens and F Geukens
Lucknow University - see B Sahni; S R Narayana Rao; C P Varma; B S Tewari; Miss Chinna-Virkki; K N Kaul and C P Varma
Ludlow Museum - see [J G] Lang
Luke, E - see Woolwich Museum and Library
Lund, Geology-Mineralogy Institute - see A Hadding; O Isberg; E Norin; J G Carlsson; J E Hede
Lund University - see K Gronwall; J C Moberg
Luton Museum - see A M Buck; C E
Lvov University - see E Lazarenko; R Zuber; P KontyLynn, R W - Bottle Museum
Lyon Museum Sci Nat - see J Viret; J Heuze; C Cote; C Gaillard
Lyon University - G Piret; F Roman; J Viret; J Thoral
Macgregor, A M - see Southern Rhoodesia Geological Survey
Mackenzie, C V - see Dudley Museum
Madagascar Academie Malgache - see C Lamberton
Madagascar (Institut Scientifique de), Paris - see J Millot
Magyar Kiralyi Foldtani Intezet - see Hungarian Geological Institute
Magyar Menzeti Muzeum - see Hungarian National Museum; A Kubacska; A Pongracz; K Rasky
Maidenhead Museum - see P Williams-Hunt
Maillieux, E - see Brussels Museum of Natural History
Mainz Naturhist Museum - see C Schmidtgen
Makere College, Kampala, Uganda - see L C Beadle
Malacological Society - see F E Eames; N B Eales; G I Crawford
Malta University - see S L Villa
Mance, F S - see C Mulholland
Manitoba University - see E Leith
Mann, Mrs A W - see I Rogers
Mantell, Gideon (memorial tablet to) - see Woodward, A S
Manx Museum - see R M C Kermode
Marburg University - see K Tripp
Marcet-Riba, J - see W H Bennett
Markham, S F - see Museum's Association
Marseille Museum - see L Laurent
Marshall, K - see Uganda Geological Survey
Marsh, J K - see Oxford University Museum
Martindell, K M - see (Royal) Anthropological Institute
Martineau, P E - see Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institute
Martin, R - see Munchen University
Massachusetts Agricultural College - see C P Alexander
Massachusetts Institute of Technology - see R Shrock and L R Wilson
Massachusetts Museum of Zoology - see C R Eastman
Matamek Conference on Biological Cycles - see Amory Copley
Maulik, S - see P Jolivet and E Uhmann
McKee, J E - see R Etheridge
McEwen, M - see Gibraltar Museum
McClelland, J A C - see Government Chemist
Mead, H T - see Canterbury Museum
Mecklenburg Geol Landes Anst - see [Bulaw], Dr von
Melbourne Mines Department - see D E Thomas and Victoria, Mines Department
Melbourne University - see I C Cookson; E S Hills; T S Hall
Melmore, S - see Yorks Museum
Mendenhall, W C - see United States Geological Survey
Mendoza Museum de Hist Nat, Argentina - see Professor Carlos Rusconi
Merthyrtydfil Museum and Art Gallery - see C Holder
Mexico Geological Institute - see C Burckhardt
Michael, R - see Preuss Geological Landesanst
Moddleham Caves - see Pease and Partners
Middlesborough Darman Memorial Museum - see H W Elgee and W Lillie
Miers, H - see Museums Association
Miller, C N - see Michigan University
Miller, J M - see Nairobi Mines and Geological Department
Mills, J R E - see London University Institute of Dental Surgery
Mineralien-Niederlage der K S Bergakademie (Freiberg) - see A Zirkeisen
Mississippi State University - see F F Mellen
Missouri University - see W A Tarr and D K Greger
Modena Museum - see D Pantanelli
Moller, A - see Weimar Museum of Ungesch
Mongar, Mrs P E - see British Council
Monmouth County Surveyor - see S A Bennett
Montague, D H - see Geographical Projects Ltd
Montana University - see J H Brafley
Montevideo Museum of Natural History - see E H Cordero
Moore, E N - see Gravesend Borough Librarian
Morgan, P G (Director Geological Survey, Wellington) - see New Zealand Government Office and New Zealand Geological Survey
Morocco Institute of Science - see A Thery
Morris, Nancy P - see Geological Society
Morrison, T S - see P Hurd-Wood
Morton, B L - see Twickenham Gravel Company
Moscow State University Institute of Anthropology - see M S Plisetsky
Moscow Academy of Science URSS, Palaeontology Institute - see J Orlov and A J Sharov
Moscow Darwin Museum - see A E Kohts
Moscow Ordjonidedse Geological Prospecting Institute - see M A Bolkhovitinova and Dr Mikulina
Moss, E R - see Kent Education Committee
Moule, W N - see British Council
Moyse's Hall Museum, Bury St Edmunds - see H Andrews; H J Maltby and A R Edwardson
Mozambique Geological Survey - see A J Freitas and A Borges
Mozambique Oil and Mineral Concessions Ltd - see Lionel Cohen
Munich University or Bayer Staat - see Munchen
Murphy, J E - see F Hunter
Museo de La Plata - see A F Leanza
Museum Civico Pi Storia Naturale - see Genova
Nagpur University - see Sripadrao, Kilpady
Nairobi Museum - see U G L van Someren
Nairobi Public Works - see H L Sikes
A series begins at DF 100/235 which appears to be general Palaeontology Department correspondence, yet overlaps in date with the preceeding series. This covers 1950s-1980s and includes enquiries about dinosaurs, general fossils, found objects. Both alphabetical series' should be searched for correspondence received or sent 1950-1970. |
| AdminHistory | Early letters seem to have originally been arranged in yearly bundles, although many of these were moved into subject boxes. The subject boxes have now been dispersed, and the original chronological order reconstructed. The letterbooks were used by most members of the department. Letters of those who kept their own files, such as Miss Muir-Wood, were added to the main collection after their retirement. Pre-1921 correspondence of Crick, Bather and others was likewise added to the filing system. It passed out of general use in the 1960s, and had only sporadic additions in the 1970s and early 1980s. |