Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1935 - 1946 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
1 box binder, 7cm
Context area
Name of creator
Repository
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.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
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
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
Notes area
Alternative identifier(s)
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Sinclair, James (1913-1968) (Subject)
- Cooper, Roland Edgar (Subject)
Genre access points
Description control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Status
Level of detail
Minimal