'Retrospective' files

WIHM envelopes arranged by geographical destination of material, subdivided if appropriate by receiving institution. There are two sequences: within Britain [WA/HMM/TR/Ret/B.] and abroad [WA/HMM/TR/Ret/C.] , preceded by a card index [WA/HMM/TR/Ret/A.]. These records represent attempts by Museum staff in the 1980s [Georgina Russell, Museum Transfer Officer] to collect together information about the earlier disposal of objects. They contain material from a variety of provenances: original correspondence about transfers of material in the 1960s and 1970s [mostly of Colin Sizer]; copies of original documents relating to earlier transfers; original correspondence from the 1980s with other curators about transfers and individual objects. Files have not been retained if they merely duplicate, in note form, information held in the card index.

c.1950s-1980s

1 Box

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