1 page letter. Handwritten.
UnknownCollection currently comprising two folders, more expected. Olive's field books are currently held in Burtt collection.
Hilliard, Oliveone folder entitled 'Olive Hilliard's notes on the complex herbarium specimens of J.F. Drège from South Africa' containing "The Innocent's Guide to the Collections of Drege, Ecklon and Zeyher", reprints and copies of reprints: Drege, Ecklon and Zeyher, 'Numbered collecting stations/Standorter-Verzeichniss der von C.L.Zehyer in Sudafrika gesammelten Pflanzen'; Ecklon, C.F. 'Plants found in the District of Uitenhage...1829-30' from South African Quarterly, 1830; Drege, Witteberg, etc; Drege, J.F. 'Standorter-Verzeichniss der von J.F.Drege' - "Drege Area 1" and "Drege Area 5b"; "Drege's Journeys"-Kirby, Percival R 'Early Professional Museum Collectors in South Africa' in South Africa Museums Association Bulletin, 1942; 'Herbarien der sudafrikanischen aussertropischen Flora zu haben bei J.F. Drege...in Hamburg'
Hilliard, OliveFolder of papers relating to maps in Olive Hilliard's collection.
Papers include:
Copied list of Maps of Natal and Zululand, 1824-1910 from Journal of the Natal Society, no.2 Sept 1972 with attached note and correspondence from the University of Natal, November 1974.
Plant Collecting Permit, Olive Hilliard and Brian L. Burtt, Kingdom of Lesotho, January 1984
Note - list of names
Copy of hand drawn map, Sunnyside Farm, Lesotho.
Copy of hand drawn map, Meyers Farm, north of Middelburg, South Africa
"On the Physiology of some Phaeophyceae"; a 14 page monograph (12 ms pages), written by Thomas Hick B.A., B.Sc., Demonstrator and Assistant Lecturer in Botany, Owen's College, Manchester. This is Hick's account of the experiments he carried out to study the physiology of Phaeophyceae [Brown Algae]. Possibly published in the Journal of Botany or Annals of Botany in 1885.
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The page argues that the state must ensure quality education for all children as the foundation of democracy. It calls for investment in schools, teachers, and students, with commitment from government, parents, and the community.
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It is the duty of the state to provide for the education of its children. This is a principle that has been long recognized in our country. The public school system is the foundation of our democracy. It is through education that we prepare our citizens for the responsibilities of self-government. We must ensure that every child has access to a quality education, regardless of their background or circumstances. This requires a commitment from all levels of government, as well as from parents, teachers, and the community at large. We must invest in our schools, our teachers, and our students. Only then can we hope to build a better future for ourselves and for generations to come.
Department of Agriculture
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Records bird observations, including a cuckoo on 01/07/1938 near Simbitanka and a large black woodpecker nest at Peteng, and notes disposal of a spoiled blackbird specimen. Provides route instructions along the right bank of the Tsangpo via Simbitanka, Yüsum, Perudu, Peteng, and Miling, with remarks on bridges and transport changes.
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On way to Lilung
BIRDS. Big black woodpecker. Several seen in pinus forest.
No 7. Green Woodpecker. Three seen, feeding on the ground in pinus forest.
No 8. Nuthatch. Common. This is, I think, a young bird, one of a bunch of 5 or 6 seen together.
No 9. Jay. One or two. Awful plumage.
No 10. Cuckoo. 1/7/38. Among shrubs in sand dunes near Simbitanka.
Had to destroy No 6 the blackbird, which had gone very bad.
X. 1 Follow the right bank of the Tsangpo down the whole way. No villages are passed till Simbitanka is reached at m 9. The path is good nearly all the way, but if the Tsangpo is high, or its branches flow near the R. bank, as they sometimes do, some fording may be necessary.
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YÜSUM. 7 miles. Cross the side valley stream just beyond Simbitanka by a bridge at m 1/2. Thence path good the whole way. At m 2 pass TRONGSA, where transport is changed. Another village with a good deal of cultivation is passed before reaching Yüsum at m 7. Transport changed.
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MILING. 7 miles. Leave Yüsum, keeping well into the valley mouth where there is a bridge over the unfordable stream. Thence to PERUDU at m 2. Change transport. From here path level & good to PETENG m 4, change transport. At m 5, a large side valley has to be crossed. There was no bridge in 1938, but the stream can be forded easily except when in flood. At Miling there is extensive cultivation, many old ruins or village of about 15-20 houses. NAYÜ is at the mouth of the valley just E of Miling. There is usually a bridge between the two places, but it has been washed away. Miling to Nayü 1 m.
Birds
No. 11 & 12. Large black Woodpecker. Shot at PETENG, where they are pretty common in the pinus on the North face. The young bird was inside a tree. The hole was about 3" across & the nest was two feet below the hole, formed of old rotted wood. There were in all three young. Nest in old dead pinus tree. These birds seem to favour burnt out pinus forests, I have always heard them in such.
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This page contains only the word 'Orchids,' likely serving as a section heading.
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Orchids.
Order of service for the funeral of Elizabeth Margaret Logan Farquharson (18 August 1915 – 24 May 2023), at Warriston Crematorium, Edinburgh, 8 June 2023; booklet (211 x 147mm), wrapper with colour illustrations, printed in black on white card, remainder in black on white paper, 8 pages including wrapper.
1 folder of project publication and photograph by Corinne McDonough.
Corinne was a 4th year photography student at the Edinburgh College of Art in 2014 and involved in a project looking at the need for libraries, human interactions with objects and behind the scenes views. She visited RBGE on the 20th March 2014 to take photographs, 3 of which ended up in the project publication, Ordo Librorum. This publication (1), one of the photographs (2) and two publicity cards (3) are in this small collection.