| Description | 1/2500 scale map of Tring Park Estate. Correspondence relating to the purchase, finance and planning for the estate. Memorandum proposing to move the mammal collections to Tring, and an assessment of the size of collections and space available at Tring. Reports to the Trustees urging them to accept Lord Roschild's offer of the Mansion to the museum, about the offer made by an 'anonymous benefactor', about a draft scheme for the Tring Park Trust Project with draft Trust Deed and Conveyance. Memorandum to the Director about the price of the collections. Lord Rothschild's bequest. 'Details given by Dr. Jordan 24 Jul 1937 regarding Lord Roschild's Museum and collections'. Newspaper cuttings about Tring Park. Memorandum from K P Oakley the Keeper of Geology about the geology of Tring Park. Correspondence with J P Hill about his Embryological collection and possible inclusion at South Kensington. Correspondence concerning Ellerman's deed of gift. 'Detailed scheme for the formation and preliminary working of the Tring park Trust'. Correspondence to Ellerman regarding financial help for Tring. Photograph of Tring Park. Correspondence from Roschild. 'Report of a committee appointed by the Royal Society to advise council on the answer to be given to the Trustees of the British Museum with regard to Tring'. 'Use of Tring for experimental purposes'. Summary of 'Museum work'. Minutes from Committee meetings. 'Summary note of interview with Dr. C Forster-Cooper (Director of the British Museum (Natural History) |