GB 0120 MS.8131 - French Naturalists: correspondence, 1816-1846

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Reference code

GB 0120 MS.8131

Title

French Naturalists: correspondence, 1816-1846

Date(s)

  • 1816-1846 (Creation)

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Extent and medium

126 files

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Name of creator

Biographical history

Unknown

Archival history

GB 0120 MS.8131 1816-1846 Collection (fonds) 126 files Various

Unknown

Purchased from Desgranges, Paris, June 1931.

Correspondence between French naturalists and entomologists, 1816-1846.

Each set of correspondence is in an individual paper folder, with the name of the author of the letters, and the title of their occupation. Arranged alphabetically, by surname of the author of the letter.

The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.

Photocopies/photographs/microfilm are supplied for private research only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds, and that photographs cannot be photocopied in any circumstances. Readers are restricted to 100 photocopies in twelve months. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.

English, French, German

Entry compiled by Sarah Drewery.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Jul 2008 France Scientific personnel Scientists Naturalists Zoology Entomology Western Europe Europe Personnel People by occupation People

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Purchased from Desgranges, Paris, June 1931.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Correspondence between French naturalists and entomologists, 1816-1846.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Each set of correspondence is in an individual paper folder, with the name of the author of the letters, and the title of their occupation. Arranged alphabetically, by surname of the author of the letter.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.

Conditions governing reproduction

Photocopies/photographs/microfilm are supplied for private research only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds, and that photographs cannot be photocopied in any circumstances. Readers are restricted to 100 photocopies in twelve months. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English, French, German

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Wellcome Library

Rules and/or conventions used

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

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Language(s)

  • English

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