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Events in the history of the Pitt Rivers Museum that took place in 1916.

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Go to 1915

Month Day Event Source of Information Notes
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March
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September
October No day  Beatrice Blackwood starts Oxford Diploma in Anthropology as member of Somerville College Relational Museum timelines; PRM ms collection Beatrice Blackwood papers box 1; Frances Larson pers comm.
November
December
Unspecified Winter work in Museum hampered by War-time Police regulations regarding lighting (presumably it was too dark to work) Relational Museum timelines / Annual Report 1916
Unspecified Wilfred Susan Blackman continues to volunteer at Museum working on card catalogues Relational Museum timelines / Annual Report 1916
Unspecified Displays worked on during the year: food / water vessels, archery, slings bolas lassoes, stone implements Relational Museum timelines / Annual Report 1916
Unspecified The suggestion that the Royal Flying Corps take over the museum did not get approval Annual Report 1916

 

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