The bound volume records specimen name; where obtained; approximate price; date of approval by L.C.C Committee; date of registration to stores, date of delivery at museum, price paid by stores, grant applied for and remarks. Also included are two folders of correspondence primarily from the Victoria and Albert Museum concerning applications for purchases put forward by the Horniman.
Purchases: Grant in aid (Victoria and Albert Museum)
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Hart Museum Visitor Books
object | ARC/HAR/001/448
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Washing. River in Idah
object | ARC/HMG/RS/STANFIELD/596/012
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object | ARC/HAR/003/030
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Photograph: representatives of the Horniman Museum and London County Council during the ceremony for the modernisation of the South Hall, 1965
object | ARC/HMG/PH/EVENTS/1965/001/005
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