Fonds RBG - Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Institutional Archives

Prof. John Hutton Balfour papers (Regius Keeper, 1845-1879) Sir Isaac Bayley Balfour papers (Regius Keeper, 1888-1922) Sadler caricature

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Reference code

GB 235 RBG

Title

Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Institutional Archives

Date(s)

  • 1670 - 2023 (Creation)

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Fonds

Extent and medium

~50m

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Name of creator

(1670-present)

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Scope and content

• Draft copy of an article titled ‘The New Plant Houses at the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh’ (stored in the ‘R’ box)
• History and development of the garden
• Accounts, 1764-1876 (incomplete)
• Staff Records (incomplete)
• Probationer Gardener records (1889-1935)
• Records relating to education at RBGE
• Photographs
• Maps
• Papers relating to regional gardens – Dawyck, Benmore and Logan
• Plant flowering records (phenology registers)
• Plant records, including inventories, and registers of plants entering and leaving the garden

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Currently by general subject area. Correspondence and papers relating to the Regius Keepers or Directors of the Garden has been separated out and described separately.

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Conditions governing access

Collection is open to researchers by appointment, some files may be restricted due to GDPR legislation, see (right click, open link in new tab:) https://www.rbge.org.uk/science-and-conservation/library-and-archives/visiting-the-library/

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Permission required from RBGE.

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  • English

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Note

Draft copy of an article titled ‘The New Plant Houses at the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh’ (stored in the ‘R’ box)
Main collection in boxes

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