Collection MIC - Peter Michie ephemera

Identity area

Reference code

GB 235 MIC

Title

Peter Michie ephemera

Date(s)

  • 1930 - 1955 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

1 box, 47cm

Context area

Name of creator

(1928-2016)

Biographical history

Michie was a Probationer Gardener at RBGE starting in September 1948, eventually becaming a Botanical Foreman before leaving in July 1954 to work at the Institute of Parks, Lower Basildon, Reading.

Archival history

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Michie's family

Content and structure area

Scope and content

/1 notebook; "Noteworthy Plants at RBGE 1947"
/2 lecture notes, c.1950 - probation gardener course at RBGE
/3/1-18 exam papers taken at RBGE, 1948-1951
/4 certificate awarded at completion of course
/5 photographs taken at RBGE, 4 donated, 1 scan of Peter Michie in Palm House
/6 photograph album/notebook of shots of RBGE taken in 1930-1950 by Roland Edgar Cooper "Showing glimpses of the layout plan of 1824"
/7 "The Weather Map" - 1948 textbook used for Meteorology course

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

open

Conditions governing reproduction

not to be copied without permision of RBGE

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

Language and script notes

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

good. Cooper album has some water damage and some ofthe photos have detached - handle with care. Certificate has a section cut out of it, presumably by Michie

Finding aids

Allied materials area

Existence and location of originals

Existence and location of copies

Related units of description

Related descriptions

Notes area

Note

Lawrie Buchan helped to identify some of the men in the photographs

Alternative identifier(s)

Access points

Subject access points

Place access points

Name access points

Genre access points

Description control area

Description identifier

Institution identifier

Rules and/or conventions used

Status

Level of detail

Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

Script(s)

Sources

Accession area

Related subjects

Related people and organizations

Related genres

Related places