Identity area
Reference code
GB 235 RBG/6/1/1
Title
RBGE Seed Donation Ledgers
Date(s)
- 1810-1893 (Creation)
Level of description
Subseries
Extent and medium
11 ledgers; 28cm
Context area
Name of creator
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Although the Seed Donations Subseries consists of two strands it was thought less complicated to keep it as one subseries. There appears to be a set of ledgers that follow each other chronologically dating to between 1810 and 1882 (RBG/6/1/1/1 - RBG/6/1/1/8) and a set of notebooks (RBG/6/1/1/9 - RBG/6/1/1/11) which contained lists of donations without coding or an index; handwriting and inserts inside these notebook indicate that they were likely used by John Hutton Balfour but there are examples of other handwriting as well; potentially that of James McNab, his Head Gardener. It was decided to list these after the ledgers in the same subseries.