Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1964 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
1 photographic style album
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Obituary published in German in Bauhinia v5/2, pp.103-104, 1974.
Repository
Archival history
Paul Aellen passed this album to Ian C. Hedge and the RBGE Herbarium staff on his departure after a research visit to the RBGE Herbarium in December 1964.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Paul Aellen was a visitor to the RBGE Herbarium in the Winter of 1964, one of the earliest to the new building opened in June of that year. He worked very diligently in a quiet way on the top floor, researching Turkish Chenopodiaceae. To the amazement of the herbarium staff, just before he returned home to Basle he handed over this delightful and amusing account of his observations on the microcosm of life in theherbarium with photographs, magazine cuttings and beautifully witty pencil and ink sketches.
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
Not to be reproduced without permission from RBGE.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Album to be supported when in use.