| Description | Committee on Research Laboratory and Technical Services, minutes 8 May; Committee on buildings, minutes 8 May; Committee on buildings, minutes 10 May; correspondence with Minister of Works, April - June 1967, about extensions to Museum, Bloomsbury scheme, and National Reference Library of Science and Invention; Queen's Birthday Honours LIst 1967; special leave for P H Lawson to train person in conservation of Dead Sea Scrolls; mould of death mask of Lord Nelson; Parliamentary questions - treasure trove, gifts and legacies to museums and galleries, location of Patent Office; microfilming of Index Nominum; House of Lords debate on the Arts; Nereid Monument; petrographical examination of stone axes; damage to caryatid; unauthorized opening of show-case; recommendations from Keepers of Departments on future policy in lending to provincial museums; The National Museum Loan Service - annual report 1965-1966 (printed); damage to Greek and Roman antiquities and to marble bust; loans to other museums and galleries; Director's statement of balances; bid for book-bindings; Macmillan archives; purchases recommended; contribution by National Art Collections Fund for purchase of the Lowther Cross; bequests; gifts; list of purchases from departmental funds. |