Collection SIG - Signatures (autographs)

Identity area

Reference code

GB 235 SIG

Title

Signatures (autographs)

Date(s)

  • 2015 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

Small collection; ephemera, some signatures

Context area

Name of creator

(1853-1922)

Biographical history

Son of John Hutton Balfour, Isaac Bayley Balfour was Regius Keeper at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh between 1888 and 1922, specialising in Rhododendrons and Primulas and making improvements to the RBGE's teaching and laboratory facilities.

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Content and structure area

Scope and content

•Collection of signatures (originals), including Carl v Linné, Archibald Menzies and initials (received with papers of Isaac Bayley Balfour).

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Notes area

Note

Held in Box 1 of individual ”S” folders boxed together

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