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Ref NoDF/ZOO/238/5/14/1/3
Alt Ref NoDF238/5/14/1/3
Acc No2025/24
TitleSF14 Remington Kellogg Delphinidae etc
DescriptionCorrespondence between Kellogg and F. C. Fraser. Includes detailed accounts of Kellogg's general work and life and current affairs. Also includes details of specimens in the collection at the United States National Museum and the British Museum (Natural History). Fraser's letter of 1 Sep 1955 includes a details of how the blue whale model was constructed (discussion of this is continued throughout subsequent letters as the United States National Museum construct their own model).
Date1942-1968
AccessStatusOpen
Held ByNHM Archives
Extent1 file

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CodePersonNameDatesSource
PX10609Kellogg; Remington (1892-1969)1892-1969
CX5975Smithsonian Institution; 1846-present1846-present
PX239Fraser; Francis Charles (1903-1978); Keeper of Zoology1903-1978'DR F.C. Fraser Important work in Cetology at the Natural history Museum' in The Times 25/10/1978 – Newspaper cutting found in DF ZOO/208/93
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