File 1 - Olive Hilliard Collection - Drege herbarium at RBGE

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GB 235 HIL/1

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Olive Hilliard Collection - Drege herbarium at RBGE

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  • 1826 - ? (Creation)

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1 folder

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Name of creator

(1925-2022)

Biographical history

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(1913-2008)

Biographical history

Archival history

folder relates to how to use the Drege herbarium at RBGE. Hutchison at Kew taught Burtt to use it and he, in turn, taught Hilliard.

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Henry Noltie

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Scope and content

one folder entitled 'Olive Hilliard's notes on the complex herbarium specimens of J.F. Drège from South Africa' containing "The Innocent's Guide to the Collections of Drege, Ecklon and Zeyher", reprints and copies of reprints: Drege, Ecklon and Zeyher, 'Numbered collecting stations/Standorter-Verzeichniss der von C.L.Zehyer in Sudafrika gesammelten Pflanzen'; Ecklon, C.F. 'Plants found in the District of Uitenhage...1829-30' from South African Quarterly, 1830; Drege, Witteberg, etc; Drege, J.F. 'Standorter-Verzeichniss der von J.F.Drege' - "Drege Area 1" and "Drege Area 5b"; "Drege's Journeys"-Kirby, Percival R 'Early Professional Museum Collectors in South Africa' in South Africa Museums Association Bulletin, 1942; 'Herbarien der sudafrikanischen aussertropischen Flora zu haben bei J.F. Drege...in Hamburg'

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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/

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Permission required from RBGE.

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  • English

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