Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1928 - 1945 (Creation)
Level of description
Series
Extent and medium
20 photographs in pockets, 1cm
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
RBGE Foreman. Anna Pavord's obituary for Bill Mackenzie from The Independent: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-bill-mackenzie-1578479.html
Repository
Archival history
Unknown - photographer also unknown (apart from one photo by David Wilkie), photographs were in the possession of William Gregor Mackenzie who was at RBGE between 1928 and 1945.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Photographs were found by Mackenzie's daughter and passed to the RBGE Archives in November 2005
Content and structure area
Scope and content
20 photographs showing the development of the Rock Garden in around 1938-39 (x17) the arrival of the large stone trough from House o'Hill for the alpine yard c.1936? (x2) and Primula reidii taken by David Wilkie
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
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
some of the same photographs exist in the Stuart F. Hayes collection of photographs
Related units of description
Notes area
Alternative identifier(s)
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Hayes, Stuart F. (Subject)
Genre access points
Description control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Status
Level of detail
Minimal
Dates of creation revision deletion
Language(s)
Script(s)
Sources
Archivist's note
all images scanned 14 March 2011
Accession RBGEA2005.18