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GB 235 WAA · Collection · 1800 - 2009

Collection of items located, sourced and collected by Alistair Watt when writing his Robert Fortune biography: (right click, open link in new tab: https://rbge.koha-ptfs.co.uk/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=104078&query_desc=kw%2Cwrdl%3A%20watt%2C%20alistair)
GB 235 WAA/1/1-5: five 19th century Chinese watercolours on pith rice paper depicting various stages in the tea manufacturing process.
GB 235 WAA/2: Wood engraved print from the Illustrated London News, 1859, showing Howqua Garden, Canton [Guangdong] from Mr. Albert Smith's 'China'.
GB 235 WAA/3: black and white stereoscopic photograph entitled "In the celebrated Fati Gardens, Honam, China" taken by C.H. Graves in 1902, the Universal Photo Art Company, Philadelphia, USA.
GB 235 WAA/4: Reprints as follows;
WAA/4/1: Book Review of 'Three Years Wandering in the Northern Provinces of China...' by Robert Fortune, Botanical Collector to the Royal Horticultural Society, reprinted from the Dublin Review, September 1847.
WAA/4/2: 'Descriptions of some new and apparently undescribed species of Hymenopterous insects from North China collected by Robert Fortune Esq.' by F. Smith Esq. reprinted from the Transactions of the Etomological Society of London, New Series, Vol 2, pt 2, 1852.
WAA/4/3: 'Descriptions of some Longicorn beetles discovered in Northern China by Robert Fortune Esq.' by W. Wilson Saunders Esq. FLS reprinted from the Transactions of the Etomological Society of London, New Series, Vol 2, pt 4, 1853.
GB 235 WAA/5: Article in Chinese "Review of Howqua's Gardens at Canton in the Late Qing Dynasty" by PENG Chang-xin, from Chinese Landscape Architecture, 2009

Watt, Alistair
GB 235 STE · File · 1907 - 2015

•Application and testimonials for part of the Secretary /Registrar of the University College of Dundee. (see George Don Sr Collection for further information) http://archiveshub.ac.uk/data/GB 235-gds
• paper entitled 'Patrick Blair, Surgeon-Apothecary, Dundee, Scotland: A Memoir' by Alex. P. Stevenson, read to the Dundee Symposium, 9th February 1907 and to the Botanical Society of Edinburgh, 11th April 1907 - reprint was owned by Isaac Bayley Balfour and has a letter from Stevenson glued into the front cover. It refers to the Blair elephant.

Stevenson, Alexander P.
Alder
GB 235 GPX/0002 · Item · c.1890s
Part of George Paxton Photographic Collection

specimen sprig of leaves and flowers photographed with scale
Paxton referred to this as 21
location and date unknown
the plate is edged with orange paper; envelope was marked 'Ash'

Paxton, George
'Alder'
GB 235 GPX/0003 · Item · c.1890s
Part of George Paxton Photographic Collection

single tree by burn
Paxton referred to this negative as 6
date and location unknown
envelope marked '6-11'

Paxton, George
Album 7: R1-75
GB 235 GBY/2/1/7 · Item · n.d.
Part of Professor Mary Gibby Collection

Binder with negative of chromosomes, images taken by Mary Gibby

[SPINE, faded] R1 - 75

Contains

  • approx. 719, 2.25"x3" black and white negatives, across approx. 165 pages
  • approx. 8, 2"x2" colour negatives, across 1 page

Many of the page protectors have titles and/or annotations (typically collection/reference number), either written on directly in pen/marker or have a label. Some sheets are encased in a plastic bag, there are some empty sheets.

Gibby, Professor Mary
Album 6: 1998
GB 235 GBY/2/1/6 · Item
Part of Professor Mary Gibby Collection

Binder with negative of chromosomes, images taken by Mary Gibby

[SPINE] 1998

Contains

  • approx. 84, 2.25"x3" black and white negatives, across approx. 16 pages
  • approx. 92 positive prints, grouped into 5 sets, 2 images per sheet
  • approx. 7 35mm black and white film strips, 1 page

Many of the page protectors have titles and/or annotations (typically collection/reference number), either written on directly in pen/marker or have a label. One print has an annotation but none are labelled. It is presumed that are prints of the negatives in the binder.

Gibby, Professor Mary
GB 235 GBY/2/1/5 · Item · n.d.
Part of Professor Mary Gibby Collection

Binder with negative of chromosomes, images taken by Mary Gibby

[SPINE]
Y48 → 75
A1 →
Q1 → R1

Contains

  • approx. 858, 2.25"x3" black and white negatives, across approx. 165 pages
  • approx. 9 colour negatives, across 1 page
  • approx. 7 35mm black and white film strips, 1 page

Many of the page protectors have titles and/or annotations (typically collection/reference number), either written on directly in pen/marker or have a label. Some sheets are encased in a plastic bag, there are some empty sheets.

Gibby, Professor Mary