Área de identidad
Código de referencia
Título
Fecha(s)
- 1656 - 1935 (Criação)
Nivel de descripción
Colección
Volumen y soporte
Small collection; ephemera, 1 Box containing miscellaneous papers
Área de contexto
Nombre del productor
Institución archivística
Historia archivística
Origen del ingreso o transferencia
Área de contenido y estructura
Alcance y contenido
•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.
Valorización, destrucción y programación
Acumulaciones
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.