LA Special Collections — Combined minor collections (6 sections)
About this product
Overview
LA Special Collections — Combined minor collections (6 sections) groups 50 collection units from 6 sections within the LA Special Collections division (Library & Archives), covering an estimated 1,509,485 individual items held across 136,111 curatorial/storage units. Material is predominantly two-dimensional nonprojectable graphic (18 of 50 collection units), manuscript language material (13 of 50 collection units), and language material (9 of 50 collection units). Preservation is mainly no treatment and other.
Value
Curatorial assessment rates this product highly on Significance by comparison, Strategy/mission/research, and Exhibition suitability (avg. 4.2/5 across its top three scored dimensions), indicating it is well positioned for external licensing relative to other NHM holdings. Its breadth and depth of coverage make it suitable as a comprehensive reference dataset rather than a niche sample.
Use Cases
- institutional-history and provenance research for museums and heritage-sector partners
- content for documentary, media, and heritage-tourism production
- reference material for archival science and museology research and training
- digitised imagery and manuscripts for publishing and digital-humanities projects
- comparative research, and as a dataset that is distinctive relative to equivalent holdings at other institutions
- academic and institutional research licensing (biodiversity, systematics, and comparative studies)
Assets (50)
Anthropology - Manuscripts
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Anthropology - Special books
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Botany - Artwork 1
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Botany - Artwork 2
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Botany - Copper plate collection 1
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Botany - Copper plate collection 2
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Botany - Manuscripts
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Botany - Manuscripts - Banks Collection
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Botany - Plate collection 1
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Botany - Plate collection 2
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Botany - Portrait collection
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Botany - Special books 1
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Botany - Special books 2
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Botany - Special books 3
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Entomology - Artwork 1
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Entomology - Artwork 2
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Entomology - Artwork 3
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Entomology - Chalmers Hunt
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Entomology - Manuscripts
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Entomology - Manuscripts - Anti-Locust archive
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Entomology - Special Books 1
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Entomology - Special Books 2
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General - Artwork
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General - Kohler Darwin Collection - By Darwin
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General - Manuscripts - Gunther collection
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General - Manuscripts - Owen collection
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General - Manuscripts - Sowerby Collection
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General - Manuscripts - Wallace collection
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General - Manuscripts 1
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General - Manuscripts 2
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General - Museum Trustees Art Collection
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General - Museum Trustees Art Collection (Remote Store)
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General - Portrait collection
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General - Special books
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Palaeontology - Artwork
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Palaeontology - Manuscripts
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Palaeontology - Portrait collection
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Palaeontology - Prints collection
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Palaeontology - Special books
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Palaeontology - Special maps 1
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Palaeontology - Special maps 2
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Photograph collection
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Photograph collection (Remote Store)
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Zoology - Artwork 1
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Zoology - Artwork 2
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Zoology - Ornithology Manuscripts
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Zoology - Ornithology Manuscripts - Eggs
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Zoology - Photographs 1
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Zoology - Photographs 2
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Zoology - Special books - Rothschild collection
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