Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1930 - 1955 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
1 box, 47cm
Context area
Name of creator
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.
Repository
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
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
Permission required from 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 of the 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
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
- Cooper, Roland Edgar (Subject)