Fonds GLE - Catherine F. Glen's pressed wildflowers collection

Identity area

Reference code

GB 235 GLE

Title

Catherine F. Glen's pressed wildflowers collection

Date(s)

  • 1927 - 2009 (Creation)

Level of description

Fonds

Extent and medium

1 box, 30cm

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Name of creator

(1913?-2009?)

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Scope and content

1 Jenner's shoe box containing:

  • 11 jotters of pressed wildflowers made when Catherine was 14 years old in 1927/28 for the Girls' Guildry (now the Girls' Brigade) Edinburgh 17th Coy.
  • list of the flowers in the 11 jotters
  • 2 letters:
    --7th September 1945, Roland Edgar Cooper to Miss C.F. Glen - thank you for sending sprays of heather - RBGE hoping to propagate and name them - shorthand writing on the reverse, and the envelope has been kept.
    --6th September 1948, Roland Edgar Cooper to Miss Glen acknowledging receipt of her 'very fine contribution ' of heather on the 31st August 1948.
  • modern photograph showing Catherine Glen in old age.

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Accruals

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Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Collection is open to researchers by appointment, see (right click, open link in new tab:) https://www.rbge.org.uk/science-and-conservation/herbarium/visiting-the-herbarium/

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Permission required from RBGE

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Note

This collection is kept in the RBGE Herbarium as it contains pressed flowers and is often used in demonstrations.

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Description control area

Description identifier

GLE

Institution identifier

GB 235

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Archivist's note

description created by L Paterson, September 2019

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Physical storage

  • Shelf: RBGE Herbarium