These records relate to the development and management of library stock, primarily its accessioning, cataloguing and disposal. These records include accessions registers for special collections (externally deposited papers including photographic and audio visual collections) which were held by the Library, moving to the Archive after 2012.
Horniman Library Collections Management Records
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Receipt
object | ARC/HMG/CM/009/001/F11/063
Archive
35mm slide: Market. Peter Baldwin wanted to buy a coolie hat but couldn’t find one.
object | ARC/BAL/005/016
Archive
35mm slide: Paintings
object | ARC/BAL/005/257
Archive
Horniman Museum: Exhibition of Rumanian Folk Art: lantern slides
object | ARC/HMG/EXH/1957/001/004/020
Collection Information
These objects are only a part of our collections, of which there are more than 350,000 objects. This information comes from our collections database. Some of this is incomplete and there may be errors. This part of the website is also still under construction, so there may be some fields repeated or incorrectly formatted information.
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