Banks, Sir Joseph (1743-1820), Baronet Naturalist

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Surname:	Banks
Pretitle:	Sir
Forenames:	Joseph
Gender:	Male
Date:	1743-1820
Title:	Knight
History:	Botanist
Biography:	ODNB link for Banks, Sir Joseph (1743-1820) Baronet Naturalist
References:	DNB; NCA Rules
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P275194 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P147355 )
Online related resources	Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Sir Joseph Banks

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1827-1986: Records of the Department of Botany	The Natural History Museum Archives, London
2	1609-1816: corresp and papers	Wellcome Collection	MSS.1049, 2826, 5215-5219, 5250, 7331
3	1765-1820: corresp and papers	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 8094-100, 8967-68, 33977-82, 52281	See WR Dawson, The Banks letters 1958
4	1750-1827: corresp, journal extracts and papers (some copies)	Natural History Museum Library and Archives	L MSS BAN	See Catalogue of MSS...Natural History Museum (1995)
5	1764-1810: corresp and papers	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Library and Archives	Banks correspondence	NRA 25004 See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
6	1755-1820: corresp, diaries and papers	Kent History and Library Centre	U951 A75-76 Z26-48	NRA 1301 Knatchbull
7	1780-1820: corresp and papers	California State Library: Sutro Library		See Guide to collections of MSS rel to Australia A413
8	1766-1820: corresp and papers	State Library of New South Wales, Mitchell Library	ML MSS 743	NRA 19108 Banks See also website
9	1727-1820: natural history notebook, corresp and papers	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 56297-302
10	1766: journal (2 vols); 1801-09: notes on Iceland (1 vol)	Royal Geographical Society of Queensland		See HB Carter, Sir Joseph Banks, 1987
11	1768-71: journal (3 vols) (copies)	Derby Local Studies and Family History Library	MSS 2722-24	NRA 20300 Derby L coll See HB Carter, Sir Joseph Banks, 1987
12	1766-72: journal and papers	McGill University: Blacker-Wood Library of Biology		See Union list of MSS in Canadian repositories 1975
13	1768-1819: journal and papers	State Library of New South Wales, Dixson Library		See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
14	notes on Cook's voyages	Auckland Central City Library	Grey MSS 47-75
15	1767-1806: papers	National Library of New Zealand: Alexander Turnbull Library	MS Papers 155	See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
16	c1770-80: papers rel to Pacific languages	London University: School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS)		See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
17	1772-1819: poems and corresp rel to Iceland	University of Wisconsin at Madison Library		See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
18	corresp and papers	Yale University Libraries: Beinecke Library	OSBORN FD10	NRA 18661 Osborn coll
19	1763-1819: corresp and papers	Yale University Libraries: Sterling Memorial Library	MS 58	NRA 22144
20	1790-1819: estate corresp and papers	Lincolnshire Archives	Cragg 2/30	NRA 4675 Cragg
21	family and estate corresp and papers	Lincolnshire Archives	Hill 1-24	NRA 5348 Hill
22	family and estate corresp and papers	Lincolnshire Archives	RA1-4	NRA 6329
23	corresp and papers	Lincolnshire Archives		NRA 9511 Lincolnshire scient
24	1790-1812: corresp and papers rel to Lincs estates	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 43837
25	agricultural and estate papers (formerly in Spalding Gentlemens Soc Library)	Lincolnshire Archives		See HB Carter, Sir Joseph Banks, 1987
26	corresp and papers rel to Lincs militia	Lincolnshire Archives		NRA 5342 Lindsey L
27	1767-68: journals	Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives	Add 6294
28	1775: journal of dockyard visitations	National Maritime Museum: The Caird Library and Archive	MS 91/018	NRA 5472 Montagu
29	1793-1800: corresp rel to Derbys lead mining	Imperial College Archives and Corporate Records Unit	B/ANNAN
30	minutes and memoranda rel to the British Museum; misc corresp (12 items)	Cambridge University: Fitzwilliam Museum		See HMC visit, JRS 1992
31	corresp and papers	Royal Society	MS 121	See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
32	1783-1814: corresp and papers	Museum of English Rural Life	LIN 7	NRA 41577 Farm records
33	misc corresp (c231 items)	National Library of Australia	MS 9	NRA 25699
34	1780-1820: misc corresp (78 items)	American Philosophical Society Library		NRA 9728 American Philosophic
35	corresp with Sir John Sinclair, Lord Liverpool etc	Rothamsted Library		NRA 30207 Rothamsted Station
36	1779-1806: corresp (152 items) with Matthew and MR Boulton	Birmingham: Archives, Heritage and Photography Service	MS 3782	NRA 9497 Boulton See HB Carter, Sir Joseph Banks, 1987
37	letters (12) to Lord Brownlow	Lincolnshire Archives	1-4BNL	NRA 6799 Cust
38	1782-1818: letters to George Chalmers and others	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 22549, 22900-01, 23669, 24727, 27937, 28545; Eg MSS 2137, 2180
39	1800-14: letters (16) to Matthew Flinders and his wife	National Maritime Museum: The Caird Library and Archive	FLI	NRA 30121 Nat Maritime Mus
40	1794-98: corresp with RF Greville	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 42072
41	1777-1803: corresp with Sir William Hamilton	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 34048; Eg MS 2641
42	1794-1803: letters to Sir Henry Hawley	Lincolnshire Archives	HAWLEY, 2 HAWLEY	NRA 11156
43	1781-1816: corresp (72 items) with Sir William Herschel	Royal Astronomical Society Library	MSS Herschel	See Memoirs of Royal Astronomical Society vol 85 1978
44	1812-20: letters to Hope family	National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)	GD364	NRA 10172 Hope See NRA(S)1021
45	1797: letter to Nikolaus Joseph Jacquin	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 62114
46	1797-1819: corresp (77 items) with TA Knight	Herefordshire Archive and Records Centre		See HB Carter, Sir Joseph Banks, 1987
47	1796-1805: letters (37) from Thomas Andrew Knight and a paper entitled Descent of the Sap through the Bark	Natural History Museum Library and Archives	L MSS KNI	See Catalogue of MSS...Natural History Museum (1995)
48	1794-1805: letters (7) from Sir John Leslie	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	MS.9818
49	1788-1813: letters (21) to Earls of Liverpool	British Library, Manuscript Collections	loan 72	NRA 21672
50	c1778-1814: letters (67) to John Lloyd	National Library of Wales: Department of Collection Services	NLW MS 12415
51	1782-84: letters (9) to John Montagu, 4th Earl Sandwich	National Library of Australia	MS 7218	See Info from website
52	1764-1802: letters William Philip Perrin	Derbyshire Record Office	D239	NRA 4879 FitzHerbert
53	letters (11) to William Pitt	The National Archives	PRO30/8
54	1798-1816: corresp with Mungo Park	Scottish Borders Archive and Local History Centre	NRAS 1179	NRA 18760 Selkirk Lib
55	letters from Lord Sheffield	London University: Senate House Library	MS 124, MS 126, MS 132, MS 139, MS 423, MS 869, MS 942, MS 984, AL 55, AL 60. AL 115, AL 116, AL 120, AL 121, AL 144, AL 145, AL 227, AL 268, AL 277, AL 346
56	1786-1820: corresp with Sir James Smith	Linnean Society of London	Smith papers	NRA 9516
57	1813-19: letters (47) to Duke and Duchess of Somerset	Buckinghamshire Archives	D-RA	NRA 11704 Ramsden
58	1785-1816: letters (11) to Martin Van Marum	Hollandsche Maatschapij der Wetenschappen (Dutch Society of Sciences)		See Inventory 1913
59	1779-1818: letters and communications to the Society of Arts	RSA (The Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce)	RSA	NRA 35934 RSA
60	1794-1807: (copies) draft letters	British Library, Manuscript Collections	RP 14
61	1772-1819: diplomas and certificates awarded by scholarly institutes and societies in Britain and Europe	Lincolnshire Archives	RA