Ref NoGSL/MUS/5/1/3
Title'Present Book', 1834-1844
Date1834-[1844]
LevelFile
Extent1 microfilm
FormatElectronic record
DescriptionDiazo microfilm copy of the Geological Society Museum 'Present Book', containing lists of books, journals, maps, drawings, prints and museum specimens donated to the Society between 1834-[1844]. The entries on the pages on the left cover library donations, January 1834-January 1836, and those on the right concern donations to the Museum, January 1834-March [1844].

All entries generally record the following information: date of accession; description of item(s); date when announced [ie at an OGM]; date of letter of thanks; date when letter sent. Donors are indexed at the front.
Administrative HistoryNote: the volume indicates that the entries end in 1844, however the last batch of entries for March are also in the following register and dated March 1844.
ProvenanceDonated by the Library of the NHM, October 2014.
Access ConditionsAccess is by appointment only. Please contact the Archivist for further information.
LanguageEnglish
Related MaterialDonations to the Library are continued in the series: GSL/LIB/1.
Publication NoteLists of donations to the Society, were generally read at the regular Ordinary General Meetings but were also published in the 'Proceedings...' and 'Transactions...' of the Society. The donations lists were still included in the 'Quarterly Journal...' but generally these do not include Museum specimens.
ArchNoteDescription by Caroline Lam
CreatorNameMuseum of the Geological Society of London | 1808-1911
Persons
CodePersonNameDates
DS/UK/39Museum of the Geological Society of London; 1808-19111808-1911
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