Collection COL - James Collins ephemera

1 folder containing 2 labels and 7 bookplates

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.

Collins's family via Peter Wilkie.

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.

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/

Permission required from RBGE

Labels are worn, one is torn and adhering to itself. Book plates are foxed but all legible.