Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1870 - 1879 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
1 folder containing 2 labels and 7 bookplates
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Economic Botanist: Particular interests in India Rubber and Gutta Percha
Curator Royal Pharmaceutical Society Library and Museum, London 1868-1872
Curator Raffles Library and Museum, Singapore 1874-1877
Fellow of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh
Repository
Archival history
This small collection of items relating to James Collins was passed to Peter Wilkie by Collins's great-granddaughter Elizabeth Finlay in April 2017.
An accrual consisting of an article by James Collins on Indian rubber and a poem with a reference to the India Museum on its reverse were donated by Elizabeth Finlay in September 2022.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Collins's family via Peter Wilkie.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
2 labels for identifying part of the process of India Rubber / Gutta Percha production and 7 book plates on note paper forming a small collection.
Book plates: Churchill Babington, John Hutton Balfour, Henry Collins, Daniel Cresswell, Sir Compton Domvile, William Watson and 1 unidentified.
Accrual: Article: 'India Rubber' by James Collins, formerly Government Economic Botanist and Librarian, Straits Settlement, etc. as published in 'The Cottager and Artisan', September 1897, pp.107-108, published by the Religious Tract Society, London. Also, a card with a poem on it: 'The Twins' by J. Rushton, on the back of which is a Note about the opening hours of the India Office Museum.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Collection is open to researchers by appointment, see (right click, open link in new tab:) https://www.rbge.org.uk/science-and-conservation/library-and-archives/visiting-the-library/
Conditions governing reproduction
Permission required from RBGE
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Labels are worn, one is torn and adhering to itself. Book plates are foxed but all legible.