Folder 1: Expenditure by London County Council on the maintenance of exhibits, includes correspondence and instructions to advise (1902-1903).
Folder 2: Correspondence establishment of a museum at Castlewood Mansion, Shooters Hill, 1924
Folder 3: Emslie Horniman bequest expenditure (1932-1965)
Folder 4: Governing museums (1951)
Folder 5: R.B. Dennis Bequest (1951-1964)
Folder 6: Suggested acquisition of 94/98 London Road, use of E.J. Horniman Bequest for extension (1954-1964)
Folder 7: Employment of canteen attendent (1964), proposed alterations to rules of Laura Emslie Horniman cup competition (1965), student's undertakings (1965) and museum security leaflet (1967).
Folder 8: Sales of museum publications, books, souvenirs etc and price increases (1970-1973), proposed new extension (1972), enquiry as to disposal of museum (1972).
Administration papers: Legal and parliamentary department case files
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Hart Museum Visitor Books
Photograph of the construction site of the Horniman Museum's West Hall with foundations being laid, 1933
Souvenir slide: Sealskin parka (Eskimo, Northern Canada)
35mm slide: Interior of schoolhouse. The name of the village [reached at 14.00 according to the log book] is Longyun (Dragon Cloud).
Collection Information
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