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Botanical gardens

 Subject
Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

 Fonds — BG

Archives of the Botanic Garden, 1856 - 2002

Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/BG
Scope and Contents

The archives comprise a wide range of operational records, covering the management and development of premises and grounds, garden planting, gardening advice within and without the University, visitors and Friends, accounts, bequests (including that by Reginald Cory) and staff, as well as papers concerning interaction with the Botany School and botanical research in general.

Dates: 1856 - 2002
Conditions Governing Access: Among the archives of the Botanic Garden, personal records are closed to scholars for 80 years from the date of creation under data protection legislation. Restrictions are clearly indicated in catalogue entries.
Found in: Cambridge University Library / GBR/0265/UA, Cambridge University Archives / Teaching, learning and research records
 File

Description of herbaceous borders and temperate house, 1944-10

Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/BG 43/1
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The archives comprise a wide range of operational records, covering the management and development of premises and grounds, garden planting, gardening advice within and without the University, visitors and Friends, accounts, bequests (including that by Reginald Cory) and staff, as well as papers concerning interaction with the Botany School and botanical research in general.

Dates: 1944-10
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Among the archives of the Botanic Garden, personal records are closed to scholars for 80 years from the date of creation under data protection legislation. Restrictions are clearly indicated in catalogue entries.
Found in: Cambridge University Library / GBR/0265/UA, Cambridge University Archives / Teaching, learning and research records / Archives of the Botanic Garden / Humphrey Gilbert-Carter's horticultural description records
 File

Minute book of Botanic Garden trustees, 1767-1846; with, at other end, Press accounts, 1697-98, 1697 - 1846

Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/Char.II.13
Scope and Contents From the Management Group:

The category - Assets records - comprises records relating to property and personnel. Accounting material is in this category, alongside records of endowments, charitable trusts, buildings and employees.

Dates: 1697 - 1846
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: The University Archives are generally freely available to the holder of a reader's ticket for the Department of Archives and Modern Manuscripts, Cambridge University Library, West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DR. Restrictions on access are imposed on certain categories of sensitive record: financial, governmental and personal, by order of the originating body or under data protection legislation. Access information, including opening hours and how to obtain a reader's ticket, appears as part of the Library's web site (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in: Cambridge University Library / GBR/0265/UA, Cambridge University Archives / Assets records / Papers relating to University charitable trusts
 Series

Newspaper and magazine cuttings, 1964 - 1980

Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/BG 46
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The archives comprise a wide range of operational records, covering the management and development of premises and grounds, garden planting, gardening advice within and without the University, visitors and Friends, accounts, bequests (including that by Reginald Cory) and staff, as well as papers concerning interaction with the Botany School and botanical research in general.

Dates: 1964 - 1980
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Among the archives of the Botanic Garden, personal records are closed to scholars for 80 years from the date of creation under data protection legislation. Restrictions are clearly indicated in catalogue entries.
Found in: Cambridge University Library / GBR/0265/UA, Cambridge University Archives / Teaching, learning and research records / Archives of the Botanic Garden
 File

Papers relating to the Botanic Garden, 1871-10-05 - 1872-04-24

Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/VCCorr.I.5
Scope and Contents

Comprise: correspondence, report and sketch, mainly with Arthur Holmes, F. Thoday (builder) and G. King (agent for Sun Fire and Life Insurance Office).

Dates: 1871-10-05 - 1872-04-24
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: The University Archives are generally freely available to the holder of a reader's ticket for the Department of Archives and Modern Manuscripts, Cambridge University Library, West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DR. Restrictions on access are imposed on certain categories of sensitive record: financial, governmental and personal, by order of the originating body or under data protection legislation. Access information, including opening hours and how to obtain a reader's ticket, appears as part of the Library's web site (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in: Cambridge University Library / GBR/0265/UA, Cambridge University Archives / Corporate management records / Vice-Chancellor's correspondence and related material / Correspondence of John Power, Vice-Chancellor 1870, 1871, 1878
 Sub-Series

Plans of the Botanic Garden, 1695 - 1890

Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/P.XXXVIII
Scope and Contents From the Management Group:

The category - Assets records - comprises records relating to property and personnel. Accounting material is in this category, alongside records of endowments, charitable trusts, buildings and employees.

Dates: 1695 - 1890
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: The University Archives are generally freely available to the holder of a reader's ticket for the Department of Archives and Modern Manuscripts, Cambridge University Library, West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DR. Restrictions on access are imposed on certain categories of sensitive record: financial, governmental and personal, by order of the originating body or under data protection legislation. Access information, including opening hours and how to obtain a reader's ticket, appears as part of the Library's web site (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in: Cambridge University Library / GBR/0265/UA, Cambridge University Archives / Assets records / Plans and other visual material, chiefly of University property; with related buildings records
 Series

Records relating to the Botanic Garden, 1776 - 1956

Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/Prem.I
Scope and Contents From the Management Group:

The category - Assets records - comprises records relating to property and personnel. Accounting material is in this category, alongside records of endowments, charitable trusts, buildings and employees.

Dates: 1776 - 1956
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: The University Archives are generally freely available to the holder of a reader's ticket for the Department of Archives and Modern Manuscripts, Cambridge University Library, West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DR. Restrictions on access are imposed on certain categories of sensitive record: financial, governmental and personal, by order of the originating body or under data protection legislation. Access information, including opening hours and how to obtain a reader's ticket, appears as part of the Library's web site (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in: Cambridge University Library / GBR/0265/UA, Cambridge University Archives / Assets records / Records relating to University buildings

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