British Museum (Natural History) - Department of Zoology - Coelenterata Section - Correspondence, 1912-1969

M 2643-2644

fonds

Canberra : Australian Joint Copying Project, [19--]

432898

Microfilm : M 2643-2644. See contents list (14pp.) at Micro. Ref. Bks. 2.3/277, vol. 17.

microfilm reels 35 mm

Formally set up in 1913 with the split of the old Invertebrate Section. Section heads were Arthur Knyvett Totton (1914-1954) and William James Rees (1955-1967). Ernest White worked as an assistant from 1918-1964

Contains correspondence of successive heads of the Coelenterata Section and covers the acquisition, loan and exchange of specimens, enquiries from both professional and amateur zoologists, and coelenterate research. Both Totton and Rees kept individual files for the chief correspondents with a chronological or alphabetical sequence for the remainder

Filmed as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project by the National Library of Australia and the State Library of New South Wales
National Library of Australia holds microfilm master
Available for reference
Australian Joint Copying Project miscellaneous series M2643-2644
Microfilm copy of originals held by the Archives Dept., British Museum (Natural History)
Descriptive list available (14 p.)