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'Garden journal', 1933 - 1992

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Reference Code: GBR/0272/GS/2/5

Scope and Contents

Autograph manuscript journal containing an account of planting, maintenance, staff and the depredations of weather, disease and pests in the Fellows' Garden, Backs and College lawns. 1933-92. Includes, loose tucked into pocket at the back, 1 typed letter, signed, from H.W. Richmond to George Salt recalling garden history and the layout of College buildings from the 1880s, including Bodley's intentions, 3 Sept. 1944, and a photocopy of pp. 260-1 from A. Austen-Leigh's 'King's College' (1899) describing the laying out of the Fellows' Garden in 1851.

Dates

  • Creation: 1933 - 1992

Creator

Extent

1 volume(s) : paper

Language of Materials

English

Related Materials

For a map of the Fellows' Garden, 1933-4, see GS/6/1. For Garden Committee minutes see KCGB/6/Garden.

Finding aid date

2003-03-21 10:41:15+00:00

Genre / Form

Repository Details

Part of the Archive Centre, King's College, Cambridge Repository

Contact:
Archivist
King's College
Cambridge CB2 1ST United Kingdom
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