Identity area
Reference code
GB 235 HWB
Title
Hemsley, Wm. Botting (Kew)
Date(s)
- 1842 - 1924 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
Minimal; ephemera, small number of letters
Context area
Name of creator
(1843-1924)
Biographical history
Hemsley began working at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in1860 as an Improver before becoming their Herbarium's Assistant for India and then the Keeper of Kew's Herbarium and Library.
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Correspondence with I Bayley Balfour 1892 -1907 filed with “Balfour, I. Bayley” papers under “Hemsley, W.B.”
• Letter dated 21st Feb 1867 to Dr. Thos. Anderson – item 111 in bound volume filed under “Anderson, Dr. Thos” – Box 2
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
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/library-and-archives/visiting-the-library/
Conditions governing reproduction
Permission required from RBGE