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Ref NoDF/ZOO/238/5/62
Alt Ref NoDF238/5/62
Acc No2022/18
TitleSF62 The Director
DescriptionCorrespondence between the Keeper of Zoology, F. C. Fraser and the Director. Subjects include the transporation of fishing gear; X-ray photographs of the hook at the tip of a panther's tail; repair work done to gallery spaces; collection of dolphins and other specimens; staff absence on official business; installation of electric lighting and heating; stranded whales reports; pest management; whale hall; fire precuations; whale gallery; bird pavilion and bird gallery; management of departmental records; suspension of dolphin casts; alteration of Centre Block, Science Museum; proposed restriction of access to egg collections by the R. S. P. B.; scientific name of the chimpanzee.
Date1948-1965
AccessStatusOpen
Held ByNHM Archives
Extent1 file
LevelFile

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CodePersonNameDates
PX239Fraser; Francis Charles (1903-1978); Keeper of Zoology1903-1978
PX1936Parker; Hampton Wildman (1897-1968); Herpetologist; Keeper of Zoology1897-1968
PX40Scott; Sir; Terence Charles Stuart Morrison (1908-1991); Zoologist; Director of the British Museum (Natural History)1908-1991
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