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Title
Date(s)
- 1947 - 1952 (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
1 box, 40cm
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Biographical history
Repository
Archival history
Box was on the open library shelf, but as it contains correspondence with William Wright Smith, decision was made in 2017 to place it in the Archives
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
box containing progress reports of the Scottish Seaweed Research Association based at the Institute of Seaweed Research in Musselburgh. There are also Newsletters, and correspondence with William Wright Smith, all arranged chronologically.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
A modern reprint has been added to the box in 2017: "The Scottish Seaweed Research Association" by F.N. Woodward, Institute of Seaweed Research, Musselburgh, reprinted from the Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, vol.29 No.3, 1951.
System of arrangement
The papers are arranged chronologically, regardless of material type (correspondence, therefore has been filed throughout the sequence)
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Allied materials area
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Name access points
- Smith, Sir William Wright (Subject)