Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1886 - 1896 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
1 folder containing 2 small notebooks, 2 plant lists and a letter.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Born in Ootacamund, India in 1862, Kenrick, although not a scientific botanist, amassed a large collection of herbarium specimens over a six decade period. He collected in India and around his later homes in England - much of this collection is at the Hull University Herbarium, but his 1886-7 Nilgiri collection from south India is now at the Herbarium of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. For more information see http://www.natstand.org.uk/time/KenrickHWGtime.htm
Repository
Archival history
The Nilgiri Herbarium of Reverend Kenrick has long been held in the Herbarium at RBGE whereas the rest of Kenrick's collections are held at Hull University Herbarium. These notebooks and lists relate to the Nilgiri collections and therefore were sent to Edinburgh in November 2014 to reunite the collections.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Hull University Herbarium
Content and structure area
Scope and content
2 notebooks and 2 lists and 1 letter (D. Morris of RBG Kew to Kenrick, 1895)
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
In need of conservation and cleaning; covers fallen off one of the notebooks.
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Kenrick's Nilgiri collection is in the RBGE Herbarium; his other herbarium collections are at Hull University Library.