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French Naturalists: correspondence, 1816-1846


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0120 MS.8131

Held at: Wellcome Library

Title: French Naturalists: correspondence, 1816-1846

Date(s): 1816-1846

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 126 files

Name of creator(s): Various

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Unknown

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Correspondence between French naturalists and entomologists, 1816-1846.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English, French, German

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 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.

Finding aids:

Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Purchased from Desgranges, Paris, June 1931.

ALLIED MATERIALS

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Archivist's note: Entry compiled by Sarah Drewery.

Rules or conventions: 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.

Date(s) of descriptions: Jul 2008


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Entomology | Zoology
Naturalists | Scientists | Scientific personnel | Personnel | People by occupation | People

Personal names

Corporate names

Places
France | Western Europe | Europe