Collectie MEM - Mary Mendum Field Notes and Diaries

8 Notebooks

7 notebooks relating to Sabah, Sulawesi and the Philippines, 1998-2000 transferred to the Archives in September 2025 (RBGEA2025/013)

1 small blue notebook containing field notes for plants collected by Mary Mendum on expedition to Irian Jaya in 1992. Irian Jaya is now known as Western New Guinea or West Papua.
4 Small collecting books – Sabah 1998 and 2000, Philippines and the Living Collections at RBGE. These contain original collecting notes including localities and descriptions which are potentially useful for future reference if anything is unclear on specimen labels.
2 small diaries – one of fieldtrip to Sulawesi in 2000 and one to the Philippines in 1998 or 1999– useful as reference for locations and logistics but also as Mary’s personal archive.
1 small notebook - with mix of collection information and general notes

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.

• Engels

Many of these plants can be found in the herbarium catalogue: (right click, open link in new tab) https://data.rbge.org.uk/search/herbarium/?family=&genus=&species=&coll_name=Mendum&coll_num=&barcode=&accessionnumber=&country_name=&region=6e&major_taxon=&cfg=vherb.cfg&keywords=