Events in the history of the Pitt Rivers Museum that took place in 1943.
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 |
January | No day | Marett suffers mild heart attack, he soon returns to work as Rector of Exeter College | Frances Larson pers comm | |
February | 18 | Death of R.R. Marett | Relational Museum timelines; DNB entry | |
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Unspecified | Beatrice Blackwood appointed Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries | DNB entry | Note that other sources say that BB got FSA in 1947 | |
Unspecified | Blackwood awarded Rivers Medal by RAI | Annual Report 1942-43 | ||
Unspecified | Founding collection and artefacts transferred from Ashmolean Museum in 1886 were catalogued onto cards | Relational Museum timelines / Annual Report 1943-44 |
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Unspecified | Work takes place on stored collections in Museum House | Relational Museum timelines / Annual Report 1942-43 | ||
Unspecified | Displays worked on during the year: Stone implements, pottery, fire-arms | Relational Museum timelines / Annual Report 1942-43 | ||
Unspecified | First Occasional Paper, 'The manufacture of a flint arrow head' by F.H.S. Knowles is published by museum | Relational Museum timelines / Annual Report 1942-43 | ||
Unspecified | Mr Robins catalogues lighting and lamps in PRM | Annual Report 1942-43 | ||
Unspecified | Blackwood prepares handlist of negatives held by PRM | Annual Report 1942-43 |
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