Zone d'identification
Cote
Titre
Date(s)
- 1656 - 1935 (Production)
Niveau de description
Collection
Étendue matérielle et support
Small collection; ephemera, 1 Box containing miscellaneous papers
Zone du contexte
Nom du producteur
Histoire archivistique
Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert
Zone du contenu et de la structure
Portée et contenu
•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.
Évaluation, élimination et calendrier de conservation
Accroissements
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.