Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1841-1877 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
3 boxes of bound diaries and reprints and a Ledger; 80cm
Context area
Name of creator
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Material relating to Hutton Balfour's activities around taking students on Botanical Excursions. Material includes diaries, student lists, plant lists, hotel bills, arrangement correspondence, transcriptions and published versions.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Series has been arranged by material type, namely:
- Arrangements
- Excursion Diaries
- Excursion Diary transcripts
- Reprints
- Excursion checklists
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.
Language of material
English
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Bound ledgers and diaries will require support when in use.
Finding aids
Lorna Morrow's PhD thesis 'Geographies of Botanical Knowledge: the Work of John Hutton Balfour (1845-1879)' 2018, has an appendix outlining Balfour's excursions.
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes of the Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh, Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh.