File Anderson - J.R. Anderson correspondence regarding C.C. Pemberton's photographs and notes on abnormal tree growth, Victoria, B.C. Canada

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GB 235 RBG/1/IBB/1/1/Anderson

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J.R. Anderson correspondence regarding C.C. Pemberton's photographs and notes on abnormal tree growth, Victoria, B.C. Canada

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(1841-1930)

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James Robert Anderson, 1841-1930, the son of A.C. Anderson, left Fort Nisqually in 1850 to attend school in Victoria for two years. He returned in 1858 and remained until his death. He was an accountant and businessman, and from 1894 until 1908, the Deputy Minister of Agriculture. He had a keen interest in natural history. His father, Alexander C. Anderson, was an early B.C. land surveyor. (right click, open link in new tab) https://search-bcarchives.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/anderson-james-robert-1841-1930

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File containing correspondence from J.R. Anderson regarding photographs and notes by C.C. Pemberton on abnormal growths of trees growing near Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. N.B. In Anderson's first letter there is a reference to the fate of John Jeffrey in 1851 as recorded by Anderson's father.
the file contains letters from Anderson, copies of letters between Anderson and Pemberton, around 50 of Pemberton's photographs showing the tree growth and a report from Borthwick with his interpretation of the photographs.

  • James Robert Anderson, 1841-1930, the son of A.C. Anderson, left Fort Nisqually in 1850 to attend school in Victoria for two years. He returned in 1858 and remained until his death. He was an accountant and businessman, and from 1894 until 1908, the Deputy Minister of Agriculture. He had a keen interest in natural history. His father, Alexander C. Anderson, was an early B.C. land surveyor. (right click, open link in new tab) https://search-bcarchives.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/anderson-james-robert-1841-1930]
  • Chartres Cecil Pemberton, 1864-1943, was a barrister, law clerk to the legislature, aboriculturist and realtor (right click, open link in new tab) https://search-bcarchives.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/pemberton-c-c

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