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Events in the history of the Pitt Rivers Museum that took place in 1918.

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Go to 1917

Month Day Event Source of Information Notes
January
February
March Keeper of Archives writes to Balfour referring to Deed of Gift PRM ms collections PRM papers Box 1 Foundation of PRM
April
May
June 3 Hebdomadal Council considers application from Curator for a scientific demonstrator, Council approves the application at cost of £150 University Archives, UC/FF/60/3 
July
August
September No day  Beatrice Blackwood takes Oxford diploma in anthropology with distinction and starts work with Arthur Thomson in Dept of Human Anatomy DNB entry; Frances Larson pers comm.; Penniman 1976b: 235 Some of Blackwood's  lecture notes survive Pitt Rivers Museum ms collections Blackwood papers box 1 and 1a.
October 23 or 25 / 30 Notice of proposed decree to provide £150 in 1919 for salary of Scientific Assistant or Demonstrator for PRM. Decree passed on 30 October in Congregation, and on 5 November in Convocation University Gazette; PRM ms collections PRM papers Box 1 Foundation of PRM 
November 11 First World War fighting ceases, war ends
December 30 Balfour admitted to No. 8 General Hospital in Rouen with a heart attack PRM ms collections Balfour papers box 4; Frances Larson pers comm
Unspecified Balfour suffers heart trouble while volunteering for Red Cross in France Relational Museum timelines
Unspecified Hebdomadal Council granted funds for Scientific Assistant or Demonstrator at Museum Relational Museum timelines
Unspecified Lady Tylor donates more books from Tylor's library to PRM Relational Museum timelines / Annual Report 1918
Unspecified Wilfred Susan Blackman continues to volunteer at Museum on card catalogues Relational Museum timelines / Annual Report 1918
Unspecified Displays worked on during the year: Weaving, stone implements, bone horn and ivory implements Relational Museum timelines / Annual Report 1918
Unspecified George Kettle (museum assistant) absent for most of year working in Royal Navy Relational Museum timelines / Annual Report 1918

  

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