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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