Identity area
Reference code
GB 235 SAB
Title
Scottish Alpine Botanical Club Collection
Date(s)
- 1870 - 1949 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
4 boxes, leather case and leather bag; 1m20cm
Context area
Name of creator
Repository
Archival history
Founded 9 August 1870
“The austerity of Scottish life extends relentlessly to its alpine flora as to any of its other inhabitants.” From SABC notes on the Flora of Ben Lawers, June 1932.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Immediate source of acquisition is unknown; many members of the Club were closely associated with RBGE so it may be that items relating to the Club have always been kept at RBGE.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
SAB/1: Minute Books, 4 volumes
SAB/2: Accounts
SAB/3: Correspondence / papers
SAB/4: Publications
SAB/5: Photo Album
SAB/6: Maps
SAB/7: Ephemera / Objects including snuff mull and leather bag
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
permission required from RBGE
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Alternative identifier(s)
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Cowan, Alexander (Subject)
Genre access points
Description control area
Description identifier
SAB
Institution identifier
GB 235
Rules and/or conventions used
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
Language(s)
Script(s)
Sources
Archivist's note
description compiled by M.R. and L.P.