Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1860 - 2019 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
1 box containing 2 binders, 1 folder and 1 set of rolled maps/documents, 40cm
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Collection consists of Mairi Planner's research into the Edinburgh nurserymen Downie, Laird and Laing, including material used in exhibiting the research. Mairi's great great grandfather Andrew Robertson Annan worked for the firm in the 1860s before moving to the Ravelston Estate in Edinburgh where he became Head Gardener - in researching him, Planner became interested in the nurserymen he worked for.
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
Much of the material is in copyright to other institutions and therefore copyright restrictions would apply.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
good
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
- Downie, John (Subject)
- Laird, Robert (Subject)
- Laing, John (Subject)