Collection LOW - Lowndes, Col. Donald George

Identity area

Reference code

GB 235 LOW

Title

Lowndes, Col. Donald George

Date(s)

  • 1935 - 1946 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

1 box binder, 7cm

Context area

Name of creator

(1899-1956)

Biographical history

Archival history

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

The photographs were sent to Roland Edgar Cooper in 1937and the plant lists and correspondence form part of the RBGE institutional archives, being sent to RBGE between 1937 and 1946.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Box of photographs of Sikkim including plants and locations, taken by Colonel Duncan George Lowndes between around 1935 and 1937, filed alongside correspondence to R.E. Cooper regarding the photographs, and lists of plants sent to RBGE (accompanying herbarium specimens) and notes to and from James Sinclair regarding some of his plant identifications.

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Accruals

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Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Collection is open to consult 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

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Description control area

Description identifier

LOW

Institution identifier

GB 235

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Minimal

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Physical storage

  • Shelf: B:5:1