Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- 1798 - 1909 (Creation)
Level of description
Series
Extent and medium
28 ledgers, about 80cm
Context area
Name of creator
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The lists consist of a series of registers, lists and indices relating to the Edinburgh University Botany and Practical Botany classes held at RBGE.
Class Lists:
CL/01: Class Lists 1798-1803
CL/02: Class Lists 1804-1813
CL/03: Class Lists 1814-1819
CL/04: Class Lists 1820-1837
CL/05: Class List 1840-1853 [JHB’s register, includes Glasgow lists]
CL/06: Class List 1854-1871
CL/07: Class Roll 1872-1878 University of Edinburgh botanical class
CL/08: Class Roll 1879-1880
CL/09: Class Lists 1881-1884 Botany
CL/10: Class Lists 1885-1887
CL/11: Class Lists 1888-1897
CL/12: Class Lists 1898-1909 Elementary botany
CL/13: Class Lists 1908-1910
CL/14: Class Lists 1909-1914 Elementary botany
CL/15: Class Lists 1915-1919 Elementary botany
Class Registers:
CR/01: Class Register 1831-1842
CR/02: Class Register 1841-1853
CR/03: Class Register 1854-1868
CR/04: Class Register 1869-1877
Class Indices:
CI/01: Class Index 1846-1868 alphabetical
CI/02: Class Index 1869-1878
CI/03: Class Index 1879-1887
Practical Botany:
PB/1: Class Lists 1854-1875 Practical botany and vegetable histology
PB/2: Class Lists 1876-1878 vegetable histology
PB/3: Class Lists 1880-1887 vegetable histology and practical botany
PB/4: Class Lists 1888-1898 practical botany
PB/5: Class Lists 1898-1909 practical botany
Other Registers:
PH/1: Class Lists, examination results and honours 1870-1896
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
The ledgers were stored roughly in chronological order, but this meant it was difficult to distinguish between the different types of ledger on the shelf. In 2016 the ledgers were sorted into different types; lists, indices, class rolls, etc and numbered chronologically.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
open access
Conditions governing reproduction
permission required from RBGE
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
A Summary of the Class Lists along with a transcription of the contents of the Class Lists compiled by Archives volunteer Anne Taylor can be found in the Archives Resources page here (right click, open link in new tab): https://atom.rbge.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/UoE-Student-Lists-1798_1919sm.pdf
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Alternative identifier(s)
Access points
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Place access points
Name access points
- Rutherford, Prof. Daniel (Subject)
- Graham, Professor Robert (Subject)
- Balfour, John Hutton (Subject)
- Dickson, Prof. Alexander (Subject)
- Balfour, Sir Isaac Bayley (Subject)