Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1900 - 1906 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
47 photographs plus duplicates in pockets, 1cm
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Gardener and Foreman at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh before becoming Secretary and Garden Superintendent of the Horticultural Society in Alexandria, Egypt between 1906 and 1912. Skilled photographer. Wrote Book of the Winter Garden in 1906. Son of David Taylor Fish (1824-1901)
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
47 photographs / studies of members of RBGE staff, mainly gardeners / probationer gardeners, some named, but many not.
Names include David Sydney Fish (x2), W. Douglas, Murray, David Wilkie, James D. McKenzie, James Esplin, D.M. Ross, William Ritchie, H.B. Anderson, Andrew R. Cosh, Thomas Sherlock, Douglas Law, William Fernie and Alexander Reid.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
photographs are arranged by the number on their back - unfortunately any list providing more details for this list, such as subject or photographer (Fish cannot have been the photographer for all of them) has been lost.
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
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Publication note
some images were used in "How the Garden Grew" by Leonie Paterson, RBGE, 2013