Collection LOU - Victorian Specimens - "Botanical Specimens collected by Great Aunt Lou c.1862"

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GB 235 LOU

Title

Victorian Specimens - "Botanical Specimens collected by Great Aunt Lou c.1862"

Date(s)

  • 1862 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

2 folders in one box, 8cm

Context area

Name of creator

Russell, Louisa
(1823-1877)

Biographical history

Repository

Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Archives

Archival history

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

D. Cameron (great nephew)

Content and structure area

Scope and content

2 folders, each containing around 40 specimens, the first being the collection curated by Great Aunt Lou - Louisa Hoby nee Russell in around 1862. The second seems to have been put together at least partly by 'DR' and includes seaweed specimens from Cumbrae.

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Accruals

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Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

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

Conditions governing reproduction

Permission required from RBGE.

Language of material

  • English

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    good

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