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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

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Registering Body and Number: Registered charity 803080
Date: 1759-2013
Places:
  • Kew, Surrey
Functions, occupations and activities: Societies and Associations > Learned, scientific, literary and debating
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/C78758 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/O32158 )
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
1826-2014: records of RBGK and its departments
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Library and Archives
NRA 25004
2
c1801-1900: plan of Kew Gardens
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Library and Archives
QX 16-0003
See Annual Return 2016
3
c1868: plan of the proposed 'T' Range hothouse at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Library and Archives
QX 15-0010
See Annual Return 2015
4
c1905-1984: herbarium files rel to grasses, incl corresp and manuscript notes from staff concerning bamboo flowers and fruits, and notes and original drawings of Ochlandra and Melocalamus by Dr Otto Stapf (1857-1933), botanist and taxonomist
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Library and Archives
QX 16-0021
See Annual Return 2016
5
c1947-1987: Herbarium Compositae section: index and corresp
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Library and Archives
QX 17-0010
6
1947-1990: papers, specimen lists and corresp rel to Flora of Iraq
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Library and Archives
QX 15-0027
See Annual Return 2015
7
c1950-1989: papers rel to collectors, expeditions, and holdings of the Orchid Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Library and Archives
QX 12-0003
8
1950-1996: collecting notebooks and plant lists rel to the Ferns Section
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Library and Archives
QX 15-0009
See Annual Return 2015
9
1951-1972: herbarium papers recording photographs, drawings and colour slides of plants, presented to Kew
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Library and Archives
QX 16-0001
See Annual Return 2016
10
1957-1998: Mycology Dept: curation and annual reports
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Library and Archives
QX 20-0001
See Annual Return 2020
11
c1967-2000: Flora Zambesiaca: administrative and financial records rel to on-going production
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Library and Archives
QX 18-0011; QX 18-0022
See Annual Return 2018
12
1972-1994: papers rel to the Boris Alexander Krukoff seed collection
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Library and Archives
QX 13-0022
See Annual Return 2013
13
1973-1983: Horticulture department: Princess of Wales Conservatory plant records and information sheets
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Library and Archives
14
c1990-1999: promotional audio-visual material
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Library and Archives
QX 16-0012
See Annual Return 2016
15
1995-2010: tree sponsorships
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Library and Archives
QX 16-0024
See Annual Return 2016
16
c2000: herbarium integrated pest management programme
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Library and Archives
QX 16-0010
See Annual Return 2016
17
2001-2016: Press Office records
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Library and Archives
QX 17-0015, QX 17-0016, QX 17-0018
18
2002: staff handbook providing guidance to staff on Kew's policies and procedures
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Library and Archives
QX 16-0023
See Annual Return 2016
19
2003-2013: herbarium media resources:leaflets, stationery and promotional material
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Library and Archives
QX 16-0002
See Annual Return 2016
20
2006-2007: visitor books for photographic exhibitions in the Nash Conservatory
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Library and Archives
QX 16-0004
See Annual Return 2016
21
2008-2012: collecting notebooks rel to the expeditions of Sven Landrein, Renata Borosova and Jo Osborne to China, Kyrgyzstan, Jordan, and the United Arab Emirates [restricted access]
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Library and Archives
QX 15-0015
See Annual Return 2015
22
2011: personnel job classification guide
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Library and Archives
QX 16-0009
See Annual Return 2016
23
2011-2012: corresp rel to the transfer of the Australian Botanical Liaison Officers (ABLO) library
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Library and Archives
QX 16-0018
See Annual Return 2016
24
2012-2015: Herbarium Library, Art and Archives: visitor books and key registers
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Library and Archives
QX 16-0006, QX 17-0014
See Annual Return 2016
25
1897-1898: Douglas BW Sladen's corresp with Sir William Turner Thiselton-Dyer, Director of Kew Gardens
Richmond upon Thames Local Studies Library and Archive
SLA/44, 46
NRA 14252 Sladen
26
1892-1969: Arboretum: Goods Inwards books
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Library and Archives
QX 23-0014
See Annual Return 2023
27
1976-2004: papers rel to Arboretum expeditions to Japan, plant collecting there and creation of the Bamboo Garden; also incl some time books
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Library and Archives
QX 23-0004
See Annual Return 2023
28
c1969: Herbarium: lists of specimens sent to Kew; the volume refers to Section IX families 185-199
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Library and Archives
QX 23-0007
See Annual Return 2023
29
c1936-2012: Herbarium: field notes of expeditions
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Library and Archives
QX 23-0008
See Annual Return 2023
30
2022: Visitor Operations: Book of Condolence following the death of Queen Elizabeth II, along with two mourning armbands, and a poster indicating the closure of the Gardens for national mourning
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Library and Archives
QX 23-0016
See Annual Return 2023