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William Borrer: Correspondence and notes

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8186

Scope and Contents

Some items are accompanied by typescript explanatory notes, apparently made at the Department of Botany.

Dates

  • Creation: 1811-1857

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).

Extent

1 collection

Language of Materials

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Presented to the library of the Department of Botany by Miss M.C. Borrer of Cherry Hinton in 1943, and transferred to Cambridge University Library in 1977

Related Materials

The University Library also holds Borrer's letters to C.C. Babington (MS Add.8185). A large collection of his correspondence is in the archives of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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