French Naturalists: correspondence, 1816-1846

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0120 MS.8131
Held at	: Wellcome Library   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://wellcomelibrary.org/ ›
Full title	: French Naturalists: correspondence, 1816-1846
Date(s)	: 1816-1846
Level of description	: Collection (fonds)
Extent	: 126 files
Name of creator(s)	: Various
Detailed catalogue	: Click here to view repository detailed catalogue

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Unknown

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Correspondence between French naturalists and entomologists, 1816-1846.

Access & 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:

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Purchased from Desgranges, Paris, June 1931.

Allied Materials

Related material:

Publication note:

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