Correspondence of the Tring (natural history) Museum, 1890-1955.
Tring MuseumPapers of the Department of Zoology comprising: DF200 Keeper of Zoology's correspondence and files;
DF201 Keeper of Zoology's out-letters;
DF202 Department of Zoology: Keeper's miscellaneous documents;
DF203 Keeper of Zoology's wartime papers and memoranda;
DF204 Registers and indexes of Zoology departmental correspondence;
DF205 Zoology Reports to Trustees and other official documents;
DF206 Keeper of Zoology's subject files;
DF207 Zoology Departmental finance and accounts;
DF208 Keeper of Zoology's staff files and official diaries;
DF209 Zoology reports of progress, monthly and annual;
DF210 Keeper of Zoology's building and accommodation files;
DF211 Keeper of Zoology's publication files;
DF212 Keeper of Zoology's confidential files;
DF213 Keeper of Zoology's expedition files;
DF214 Keeper of Zoology's Great Barrier Reef Expedition files;
DF215 Keeper of Zoology's John Murray Expeditions files;
DF216 Zoology Acquisition, loan and exchange records;
DF217 Artwork for publication;
DF218 Zoology Accessions Registers;
DF219 Collection Catalogues;
DF220 Zoology Departmental Visitors Books;
DF230 Bird Section correspondence;
DF231 Vertebrate Section reports to Trustees and other official documents;
DF232 Mammal Section correspondence;
DF233 Fish Section correspondence;
DF234 Osteology Section subject files;
DF235 Reptile Section correspondence;
DF250 Invertebrate Section correspondence and papers;
DF251 Invertebrate Section reports to Trustees and other official documents;
DF252 Crustacea Section correspondence;
DF253 Coelenterata Section correspondence;
DF254 Mollusca Section correspondence;
DF255 Arachnida Section correspondence;
DF256 Crustacea Section research papers;
DF257 Coelenterata Section research papers;
DF258 Coelenterata Section collection records;
DF259 Parasitic Worms Section correspondence;
DF260 Sponge Section correspondence;
DF261 Bryozoa Section correspondence;
DF262 Invertebrate sections visitors books;
DF263 Sponge Section, photographs and artwork for publication;
DF264 Echinodermata and Protochordata Section correspondence;
DF265 Annelida Section Correspondence and Papers;
DF266 Echinodermata and Protochordata Section research papers;
DF270 Zoology Library accession records;
DF271 Zoology Library correspondence and memoranda;
DF272 Zoology Library catalogues and related material.
Papers of Department of Palaeontology comprising:
DF100 Palaeontology Departmental Correspondence;
DF101 Registers of Palaeontology Departmental Correspondence;
DF102 Palaeontology Departmental Finance and Accounts;
DF103 Palaeontology Reports to Trustees and other Official Documents;
DF104 Palaeontology Reports of Progress, Monthly and Annual;
DF105 Palaeontology Acquisition, Loan and Exchange Correspondence and Papers;
DF106 Staff Files and Diaries;
DF107 Keeper of Palaeontology's subject files;
DF108 Palaeontology Departmental visitors books;
DF109 Publications correspondence and artwork;
DF110 Parcel books;
DF116 Correspondence and papers on Piltdown Man;
DF117 Palaeontology loan registers;
DF120 Early members of staff, correspondence and papers;
DF121 Fossil Reptilia Section: correspondence and papers;
DF122 Fossil Mollusca Section: correspondence and papers;
DF123 Fossil Echinodermata Section: correspondence and papers;
DF124 Fossil Brachiopoda Section: correspondence and papers;
DF125 Fossil and Recent Protozoa Section: correspondence and papers;
DF140 Anthropology Sub-Department correspondence;
DF141 Anthropology Sub-Department subject files;
DF142 Anthropology Sub-Department visitors books;
DF160 Palaeontology Library accessions;
DF161 Palaeontology Librarian's correspondence.
Papers of the Department of Mineralogy including: DF1 Mineralogy Departmental Correspondence;
DF2 Registers of Mineralogy Departmental and Other Correspondence;
DF3 Mineralogy Departmental Correspondence, Individual Collections;
DF4 Mineralogy Reports to Trustees and Other Official Documents;
DF5 Authorisations from Trustees Meetings;
DF6 Keeper of Mineralogy's Staff Files;
DF7 Keeper of Mineralogy's Subject Files;
DF8 Correspondence and Papers of W Campbell Smith;
DF9 Mineralogy Publications Correspondence and Artwork;
DF10 Collection Notes, Reports and Correspondence;
DF11 Reports and Correspondence on Collecting Expeditions and Other Visits;
DF12 Mineral Gallery and Exhibits;
DF13 Keeper of Mineralogy's Accommodation Files;
DF14 Mineral Library, Correspondence and Papers;
DF15 Keeper of Mineralogy's Internal Correspondence;
DF16 Mineralogy Annual Reports of Progress;
DF17 Correspondence and Papers of L J Spencer;
DF18 Keeper of Mineralogy's Papers on Staff and Staffing;
DF19 Laboratory Notebooks and Registers of Apparatus;
DF20 Official Diaries, Correspondence and Papers of Scientific Staff;
DF21 Mineralogy Invoices and Accounts;
DF22 formerly Department of Mineralogy: Leave and Absence Books. Destroyed 1996;
DF23 Mineralogy Departmental Visitors Books;
DF24 Pass Books;
DF25 Parcel Books;
DF26 Requisition Books;
DF27 Laboratory Order Books;
DF28 Oceanography Section, Correspondence and Papers;
DF29 Outgoing Mineralogy Donations Books;
DF30 formerly Department of Mineralogy: Photographic Requisition Books, destroyed 1996;
DF31 Mineralogy Specimen Loan Books.
Papers of the Department of Entomology comprising: DF300 Keeper of Entomology's correspondence;
DF301 Registers of Entomology departmental correspondence;
DF302 Keeper of Entomology's out-letters;
DF303 Entomology reports to Trustees;
DF304 Sectional correspondence;
DF305 Keeper of Entomology's expedition files;
DF306 Keeper of Entomology's subject files;
DF307 Keeper of Entomology's staff files;
DF308 Entomology donation records;
DF309 Entomology departmental and sectional visitors books;
DF310 Entomology Financial Records;
DF311 Artwork for Publication;
DF312 Entomology Librarian's Correspondence;
DF313 Entomology Specimen Loan Books;
DF330 Economic Section correspondence and papers;
DF331 Diptera Section correspondence and papers;
DF332 Lepidoptera Section correspondence and papers;
DF333 Coleoptera Section correspondence and papers;
DF334 Hemiptera Section correspondence and papers;
DF335 "Neuropteroid" Orders Section correspondence and papers;
DF340 Custodian of Rothschild Collection of Siphonaptera Correspondence and Papers.
Papers of the Department of Botany comprising: DF400 Botany Departmental correspondence;
DF401 Registers of Botany departmental correspondence;
DF402 Botany finance and accounts;
DF403 Botany Reports to Trustees and other official documents;
DF404 Keeper of Botany's correspondence and papers;
DF405 Papers of the editors of the Journal of Botany;
DF406 Keeper of Botany's subject files;
DF407 Keeper of Botany's Staff Files and Official Diaries;
DF408 Botany Annual Reports of Progress;
DF409 Exhibitions in the Botany Gallery;
DF410 Biographical index by Britten, Boulger and Rendle, papers;
DF411 The Island of Mull (1978), data sheets, papers and correspondence;
DF412 Botany Departmental visitors' books;
DF413 Botany Acquisition and loan records;
DF414 Parcel Books;
DF415 Equipment Registers and Collecting Materials;
DF420 Correspondence and Papers of Antony Gepp;
DF421 Agal Section correspondence and papers;
DF422 Diatom Section correspondence and papers;
DF423 Lichen Section correspondence and papers;
DF424 Fern Section correspondence and papers;
DF425 Mycology Section correspondence and papers;
DF426 Cryptogamic Herbarium Visitors Books;
DF427 Cryptogamic Herbarium Accession Records;
DF440 General Herbarium Correspondence and Papers;
DF441 General Herbarium visitors books;
DF442 European Herbarium correspondence and papers;
DF443 European Herbarium visitors' books;
DF444 British Herbarium tract collection manuscripts;
DF445 British Herbarium, papers associated with plant collections;
DF460 Botany Library Accession Records;
DF461 Botany Librarian's correspondence.
Central administration papers of the Natural History Museum comprising: DF1000 Director's Office: Reports and Letters;
DF1001 Director's Office: Museum Secretary's Outgoing Letters;
DF1002 Director's Office: Numerical Register of Incoming Letters;
DF1003 Director's Office: Alphabetical Register of Incoming Letters;
DF1004 Director's Office: Case and Policy Files;
DF1005 Director's Office: Personnel Files;
DF1006 Director's Office: Salary and Wage Records;
DF1007 Director's Office: Registers of Payable Orders;
DF1008 Director's Office: Journals, Ledgers, Abstracts and other Financial Records;
DF1009 Director's Office: Establishment Officer's Files;
DF1010 Director's Office: Papers of the General Foreman;
DF1011 Director's Office: Printed Forms.