Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1953 (Accumulation)
- 1810 - 1878 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
Comprehensive collection:
10 boxes of personal & misc. correspondence; tour journals & diaries; annual reports.
1 folder containing testimonials
1 bound volume
2 scrap books
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
James McNab was Principal Gardener at RBGE between 1848 and 1878.
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
•Box of personal papers and correspondence
•Box of papers regarding excursions (1829-32)
•Box of papers regarding his North American Tour (1834)
•Box of papers regarding his North American Tour (second copies)
•Box containing Tour Diaries (1836-38)
•Box containing a Journal of Tours, including his Germany Tour (1839-40)
•Box containing a Journal of Tours (1848)
•Box of Annual Reports to Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society (RCHS) for 1841 and 1842
•Box of miscellaneous papers; into this box ("box 9 of 9") has been added (June 2019) a typescript list entitled "Plants of McNab's Herbarium"; it has an old id number of 37,994, was stored in the Library Office and is dated to February 1953. It is in 4 stapled bundles (caution - be wary of staples) and lists what was presumably herbarium specimens from James McNab's collection.
•Box of miscellaneous papers, including correspondence and a photograph of a tree-transplanter
•Folder containing McNab’s Testimonials
•Bound volume of his ‘Journal of Tour Through North America, 1834’
•Scrapbook titled ‘McNab Cuttings’
•Untitled scrap book
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
permission required from RBGE
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
The contents of the 2 volumes of scrapbooks have been listed and can be viewed here: https://www.rbge.org.uk/media/6374/jamesmcnabscrapbooks.pdf