Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- c.1869 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
1 folder; 2 sheets, 6 pages
Context area
Name of creator
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Item was catalogued as part of the RBGE Library collection; had been moved to MSS collection. Moved to RBGE Archives in July 2025.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Manuscript titled 'Localities for New or Rare Mosses in Scotland'.
The names Alexander McKinlay, James Stirton and John Shaw are mentioned as collectors in the manuscript, alongside three dates, 1861, 1864 and 1868. Although not definite, the handwriting in the documents compares very favourably to that of James Hardy (1815-1898), Secretary of the Berwickshire Naturalists Club and compiling a work on Mosses of Berwickshire at the end of the 1860s.
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
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
(right click, open link in new tab) https://rbge.koha-ptfs.co.uk/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=66030
Notes area
Alternative identifier(s)
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Stirton, Dr. James (Subject)