Subseries 1 - Elizabeth P. Beattie's Literature Card Index, V.C.83

Identity area

Reference code

GB 235 EPB/1

Title

Elizabeth P. Beattie's Literature Card Index, V.C.83

Date(s)

  • 1960 - 1979 (Creation)

Level of description

Subseries

Extent and medium

2 boxes; 23cm

Context area

Name of creator

Beattie, Elizabeth P.
(-1991)

Biographical history

Repository

Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Archives

Archival history

Card Index has been passed to and from successive B.S.B.I. Recorders including Douglas McKean and Barbara Sumner, who donated the Index to RBGE on behalf of the B.S.B.I.

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

2014-03-05/9

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Two boxes of card indices - one card per plant appearing in the B.S.B.I. vascular plant survey of the Midlothian Vice County V.C.83, listing the historic literature relating to each plant.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Cards have been left in the same order that E.P. Beattie left them - users should take care to retain this order when using collection. The cards/plants are numbered and ordered using J.E. Dandy's system as outlined in his 'List of British Vascular Plants', BSBI, 1958 (right click, open link in new tab) https://rbge.koha-ptfs.co.uk/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=61852&query_desc=kw%2Cwrdl%3A%20Dandy%2C%20j.e.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Open

Conditions governing reproduction

Permission required from RBGE.

Language of material

    Script of material

      Language and script notes

      Physical characteristics and technical requirements

      Users should retain the order that the cards are in.

      Finding aids

      none

      Allied materials area

      Existence and location of originals

      Existence and location of copies

      Related units of description

      Related descriptions

      Notes area

      Note

      RBGEA2014/09

      Alternative identifier(s)

      Access points

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Name access points

      Genre access points

      Description control area

      Description identifier

      EPB

      Institution identifier

      GB 235

      Rules and/or conventions used

      Status

      Level of detail

      Dates of creation revision deletion

      Description revised March 2022, LP

      Language(s)

        Script(s)

          Sources

          Accession area