Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1656 - 1935 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
Small collection; ephemera, 1 Box containing miscellaneous papers
Context area
Name of creator
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
•Box containing miscellaneous papers; 1st folder contains correspondence around Isaac Bayley Balfour's attempts to piece together elements of RBGE's history- mainly genealogical research around the Prestons, but other figures are mentioned too, including Arthur and Alston; the 2nd folder contains copies of documents used in the research such as Edinburgh Town Council Minute Books (therefor other aspects of the Garden's history are covered too; also copies of George Preston's lecture notes.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
Added to this collection in December 2023, from the Special Collections, Rare Book Room, are Robert Moyes Adam's photographs of George Preston's Catalogus Omnium Plantarum [Catalogue of all Plants], 1716, taken in 1934 for inclusion in the Notes of the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh.