Events in the history of the Pitt Rivers Museum that took place in 1918.
Readers are reminded that this table is a work in progress and may be amended or added to at any time.
| Month | Day | Event | Source of Information | Notes |
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| February | ||||
| March | 9 | Keeper of Archives writes to Balfour referring to Deed of Gift | PRM ms collections PRM papers Box 1 Foundation of PRM | |
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| 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 | |
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| 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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