Reginald Farrer - Farrer Family Collection
- GB 235 RJF/2
- Fonds
- 1880-2004
Part of Reginald Farrer Collection
Farrer, Reginald John
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Reginald Farrer - Farrer Family Collection
Part of Reginald Farrer Collection
Farrer, Reginald John
Farrer Family Collection - written material
Part of Reginald Farrer Collection
A collection of Reginald Farrer's writing, donated to the RBGE Archives in 2005 by his family, comprising mainly letters and plays.
Farrer Family
Farrer written material, box 1; Farrer's youth
Part of Reginald Farrer 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.
Farrer Family
Farrer Family Collection - photographic material
Part of Reginald Farrer Collection
Farrer Family
Farrer written material, box 8; Farrer's plays and poems
Part of Reginald Farrer Collection
Box 8: Plays / Dramas by Reginald Farrer, including 'La Reine des Perses' [in French], 20/03/1895, includes poem 'Hymn to Astarte Syriaca', 10/06/1895; 'The Martyr', 25/09/1903-05/10/1903; 'The House of Stark' - various drafts; 'Hearts and Diamonds' - just last Act, but includes Farrer's illustration of 'Lady C'; and 'The Spanish Duchess'.
Farrer Family
Reginald Farrer, box of glass plate negatives
Part of Reginald Farrer Collection
1 box of quarter glass plate negatives mainly of plants taken in China[?] but also includes what appears to be [and what the Farrer family claim to be] two of the first complete descent into 'Gaping Gill' near Ingleborough by Martel in 1895[?]
Part of Reginald Farrer Collection
Box of 35mm slides - various photos taken from the collection to illustrate talks.
Reginald Farrer, photograph album 1
Part of Reginald Farrer Collection
Album 1: 1900-1908; includes Japan, 1902; China, 1903[?]; Ceylon, 1908; Japan, 1903 [photos by Gertrude Bell]; Canada, 1900 and St. Marten Lantosque Vesubie, 1902.
Reginald Farrer – artifactual material
Part of Reginald Farrer Collection
Reginald Farrer, box of artifacts from his family, including his chop and medals
Part of Reginald Farrer Collection
1 box containing Farrer's 'chop' - a wooden stamp used to write his name in Chinese[?], and his medals as follows: 1902; silver Flora medal, RHS, for Alpine Plants at Temple Show; 1903, silver Flora medal, RHS, for Alpines at Temple Show; 1904, silver gilt Flora medal, RHS, for a Rock Garden at Temple Show; 1904, silver gilt Banksian medal, RHS, for Alpines at Holland House Show; 1905, silver gilt Flora medal, RHS, for Alpines at Chelsea Show; 1905, silver Banksian medal, RHS, for Alpines at Temple Show; 1913, silver medal, Shropshire Horticultural Society, for Rock Garden. Also 2 cassette tapes, 1991, in poor condition. [They seem to be a recording of a talk about Farrer given by Joan Farrer.]
Farrer Family