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Collection
Extent and medium
1 box (10 folders), 13cm
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Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Donated with herbarium specimens to the RBGE herbarium, who then transferred the papers to the RBGE Archives.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
10 folders of papers, and survey sheets relating to Monty Faithfull's survey work on Bass Rock (square 6087), Birk Cleugh Hill (square 6665) and Dunglass / Bilsdean (squares 7671 and 7672). Includes maps and was donated to RBGE in August 2022 by Monty's son John Faithfull along with Monty's herbarium specimens. Unfortunately, some of the herbarium specimens had to be destroyed as they were in a degraded state- there are scans of these amongst the papers, taken by RBGE Herbarium assistant Lesley Scott who transferred the papers to the Archives in March 2023.
- Bass Rock (square 6087) folders x 3; maps and diagrams (includes photographs taken by Faithfull and a collection of old postcards showing Bass Rock); 'Various docs' and Botany of the Lothians, 1982-, final survey sheets.
- Birk Cleugh Hill (square 6665) folders x 2; Old records now transferred, 1993, and Bot Soc Survey, Final Species Lists.
- Dunglass folder - 'Individual Dunglass Plant Records, 78-94 - includes correspondence regarding Mertensia.
- Dunglass Mains Estate (square 7671) folders x2; Old records, transferred, 1994; and Bot Soc Survey Final Species Lists
- Dunglass / Bilsdean (square 7672) folders x2; Old records; and Bot Soc Survey Final Species Lists
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Conditions governing access
Collection open subject to GDPR which would restrict access to personal information.
Conditions governing reproduction
Permission required from RBGE.
Language of material
- English