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DCC - Derbyshire County Council - [18th cent]-2025
CL - Communities, Culture and Heritage - 1875-21st cent
9 - Museums
3 - School Museum Service - 1936-2011
2 - Collections Management - 20th cent
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Archive Reference / Library Class No.
DCC/CL/9/3/2/15
Title
Index cards
Date
1965-1985
Description
Each index card describes one exhibit, sometimes further broken down into individual objects. There are some gaps, suggesting cards were permanently withdrawn on occasion. Each card has:
A case number, giving a simple running number, occasionally including an alphabetical suffix to connote relationship between exhibits.
A class, i.e. category or field of study, such as Geography, Geology, History, Natural History, Sculpure. Some categories are further divided. For instance, Arts has sub-categories for Textiles, Music and Entertainment.
A title and description of exhibits.
Start and finish dates for cataloguing.
Origin/Countries. This field is usually blank but occasionally identifies third party organisations, e.g. Sikh Cultural Society.
Packing, giving information such as the dimensions of boxes.
Extent
2 boxes
Level
File
Repository
Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator
Derbyshire County Council School Museum Service
Format
Document
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