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GB 235 SAB/1: Minute Books
SAB/1/1 volume 1, Minute Book, ms., 1870–1890. Includes reprint of John Sadler’s “Notice of Salix Sadleri (Syme) and of Carex Frigida (Allioni), Trans. Boc. Soc., Sadler’s notes on Ben Nevis (see SAB/2), and newspaper cuttings on botanical excursions; misc. correspondence, including letters to I.B. Balfour; 1 photograph of members.
SAB/1/2 volume 2, Minute Book, ms., 1890–1906. Includes publication on the club’s founding, list of members, and details on excursions, 1899; correspondence; reprints of Boc. Soc. articles on club excursions.
SAB/1/3 volume 3 Minute Book, ms., 1906–1931. Includes photographs of members, sites of botanical excursions, and plants.
SAB/1/4 volume 4 Minute Book, ms., 1932–1947.

GB 235 SAB/3: Correspondence / Papers:
Papers, correspondence, and newspaper cuttings. Correspondents include Robert Moyes Adam, Isaac Bayley Balfour, William Craig, W. W. Smith, and George Taylor, ms. and typescript, 1921–1946. Papers include lists of excursions from Minute Books, ms., 1870–1889; Report of the Committee for the Revision of the Rules, ms. and 3 typescript copies, July 1879; 3 bank account books, Edinburgh Savings Bank, 1878–1889, 1890–1911, 1912–1949 and financial receipts and statements, ms., 1946–1947; list of members, ms., plant lists, ms. and typescript; obituaries of the Rev. J. Aiken, Alexander Cowan, Dr A.H. Evans, Dr. Charles Stuart

GB 235 SAB/4: Publications, including reprints of articles on SABC excursions and misc. plant photographs (copies).” Index to the Qualifying Hills,” compiled by William Craig, SABC Secretary (arranged according to height and alphabetically), 2 copies; John Sadler, “Notes on a Botanical Trip to Ben Nevis, Inverness-shire, in July, 1876,” Gardeners’ Chronicle, 1877; William Craig, “Excursion of the Scottish Alpine Botanical Club in August 1887, Hardanger District of Norway,” Trans. Bot. Soc., 1887–1888; Charles Stuart, “Excursion of the Scottish Alpine Club to Braemar in 1889,” Trans. Bot. Soc., 1889; “Report of Scottish Alpine Botanical Club Excursion to Teesdale and Kirkby Lonsdale, 1909,” Trans. Bot. Soc., 1910, 11 copies.

GB 235 SAB/6: Maps
Ten boxes of Ordnance Survey of Scotland maps, 10 maps per box; 10 loose maps, Ordnance Survey of Ireland. SABC labels on boxes and maps listing sites of the club’s excursions and OS sheet numbers.
Box I: Loch Awe (South) (37); Ben Lomond (38); Iona (43); Mull (44); Ben Cruachan (45); Killin (46); Ben Lawers (47); Ben Nevis (53); Ben Alder (54); Schiehallion (55).
Box II: Glen Shee (56); Arisaig (61); Glen Spean (62); Sow of Athole (63);Ben Macdhui (64); Lochnagar (65); Cuillin Hills (70); Skye (71); Glen Affric (72); Glen Moriston (73).
Box III: Cairn Gorm (74); Ben Avon (75); Portree (80); Applecross (81); Lochalsh (82); Dingwall (83); Loch Gairloch (91); Loch Maree (92); Ben Wyvis (93); Tain (94).
Box IV: Ullapool (101); Loch Shin (102); Dornoch (103); Loch Assynt (107); Ben More Assynt (108); Helmsdale (109); Latheron (110); Cape Wrath (113); Ben Hope (114); Farr (115).
Box V: Wick (116); Middleton-in-Teesdale; Ingleborough Hill; Kirkby Lonsdale; Windermere; Helvellyn; Penrith; Fort William and Ben Nevis (53); Arisaig (61).
Loose Maps x10; Ireland: Clare Island, Inishbofin Island, Inishturk Island ( 73); Murrisk (74); Bencullagh, Urrisbeg (93); Benbaun (94); Galway, Moycullen, (95); Co. Kerry: Dingle, Ventry, Brandon Mt. (160; 171); Co. Kerry: Tralee Bay (161); Co. Kerry (183; 191); Killarney (173); Co. Kerry: Kenmore (184).

GB 235 SAB/7: Ephemera / Objects
SAB/7/1 Snuff Mull made from horn of feral sheep with etched silver decorations and still with snuff inside. Mull held inside soft chamoix leather bag. Presented to the Club by William Brack Boyd in 1880.
SAB/7/2 large leather bag donated to the SABC by Alex Cowan of Penicuik (on shelf alongside collection)

Box 1: 1880-1902; includes Farrer's birth announcement and certificates and four folders of correspondence, mainly to his mother from Ingleborough, Newnham Rectory, Balliol College, Scarborough and Europe.

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.

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.

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.

Box 5: 1919-1920; includes correspondence to family and Aubrey Herbert, 1919 - includes references to Frank Kingdon Ward and George Forrest; telegrams from RJF to his mother, 1919; correspondence to family, 1920; letter from Farrer to Sir Francis Younghusband, 13/09/1920; correspondence from Isaac Bayley Balfour and William Wright Smith of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh to Farrer and family, 1917-1924; general correspondence, 1920, correspondents include Lionel de Rothschild, Postmaster Gye? J.T.O. Barnard, and William Purdom; folder of ephemera including telegram, ticket to Rangoon, diary entry and Burmese travelling times and Regulations for dealing with tribes; copy of Gardener's Chronicle including article by Farrer, 1921-22; notes written by Farrer's mother regarding instructions and dispatches from Farrer; plant / seed lists, including identifications from Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh; Farrer's supply lists; information relating to E.H.M. Cox, including, copies of few diary pages, maps and letters from Farrer to Cox; and various maps of various dates relating to Farrer's collecting localities.