Reginald Farrer, photograph album 2
- GB 235 RJF/2/2/2
- Série
- 1914-1915
Parte de Reginald Farrer Collection
Album 2: 1914-1915, plants from Kansu expedition and some early shots of the Rock Garden at Ingleborough found amongst Reginald's things.
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Reginald Farrer, photograph album 2
Parte de Reginald Farrer Collection
Album 2: 1914-1915, plants from Kansu expedition and some early shots of the Rock Garden at Ingleborough found amongst Reginald's things.
Farrer written material, box 2; early travels and Parliamentary campaign
Parte de Reginald Farrer Collection
Box 2: 1903-1913; includes Royal Horticultural Society certificates, 1902-1913; correspondence relating to Japan trip 1903; general correspondence mainly to mother and E.A. Bowles, 1905-1913; correspondence from Kandy, Ceylon and Colombo, 1908; correspondence from Canada, 1908; correspondence from Europe, 1908; correspondence to and from the Herberts, mainly 1908; correspondence from European trip, family and E.A. Bowles, 1910; items relating to Farrer's Parliamentary campaign, Ashford, Kent, 1910; correspondence from European trip, 1912; and copy of Primula Hybrids in Nature by R. Farrer from the Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society, 1913.
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Parte de Reginald Farrer Collection
Two folders relating to Farrer's second expedition to Upper Burma between 1919 and 1920 and his death there. Correspondence is mainly between Farrer and William Wright Smith, Deputy Regius Keeper at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, but also Isaac Bayley Balfour, Lionel de Rothschild, S.R. Fasoms, and post Farrer's death, Claude Barton of the Ingleborough Estate Office, Colonel Stephenson Clarke, Euan H.M. Cox, H.M. Farrer of Farrer and Co. solicitors [dealing with Farrer's estate] and Farrer's mother, Bessie requesting coloured paintings of Gentiana farreri and Lilium farreri so that glass windows may be made up for the church in Clapham.
There are also seed and plant lists, identifications and distribution lists to subscribers [though no list of subscribers was found].
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Farrer written material, box 3; China Kansu expedition with William Purdom
Parte de Reginald Farrer Collection
Box 3: 1914-1916; includes letter from William Purdom outlining plans for 1914 China Expedition; correspondence from 1914-15 China expedition; some letters to and from Isaac Bayley Balfour, 1915; correspondence to parents from Japan, [1916?]; various maps of Kansu, China; Farrer's writings about Kansu - published reprints and manuscripts, 1916-18; Farrer's writings about Kansu - not known if published; newspaper cuttings including articles written about the 'White Wolf' of Kansu, c.1914, some written by Farrer; invoices from Kansu expedition; list of slides relating to Kansu expedition compiled in 1985; transcriptions of two photograph albums relating to Kansu expedition [RJF/2/2/3-4]; miscellaneous ephemera.
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Parte de Reginald Farrer Collection
1 tube containing 2 certificates: Gill Memorial, May 1920, from the Royal Geographical Society; and South Kent Liberal Association, certificate of condolence after Ashford election, 1910.
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Farrer/Purdom, Lakeside Horticultural Society Photo Album, Volume 3
Parte de Reginald Farrer Collection
A compilation of photographs of Tibetan and Kansu people and scenery from both of Purdom's Chinese expeditions, 1909 - 1915. Many of these photographs appear in other albums.
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Reginald Farrer, photograph album 3
Parte de Reginald Farrer Collection
Album 3: 1914-16; China including people, places and itinerary - some photographs by William Purdom.
Farrer Family Collection - watercolour paintings
Parte de Reginald Farrer Collection
Reginald Farrer - correspondence with Douglas Henderson et al, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Parte de Reginald Farrer Collection
Folder of mainly copy letters from Reginald Farrer to Euan H.M. Cox dating between February and September 1920, some typed transcripts, all copied by Cox's son Peter in 1987, alongside associated correspondence between Peter Cox and D.M. Henderson, then Regius Keeper at RBGE, arranging to have the letters copied and stored at RBGE.
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Farrer written material, box 4; between expeditions and First World War
Parte de Reginald Farrer Collection
Box 4: 1916-1918; folder of correspondence, mainly to mother but correspondents also include Aubrey Herbert, E.A. Bowles, William Purdom, Nell Purdom [William's sister], Hugh Faulkener and Italian Legation, Beijing. Subjects include Farrer's operation, John Buchan, gardener's pay, London Air Raid, World War One and Edinburgh. Also, letter from John Buchan, Ministry of Information dated 12/12/1917 referring to Farrer's writing; and folder of documents relating to Farrer's time at the Ministry of Information, 1917-18.
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