Helen A. Milford collection

• Reference:GB 235 MHA
• Dates of Creation:1934 - 2002
• Name of Creator:
  Milford, Helen A.
• Physical Description:
  Small collection; miscellaneous documents (obit.; news cutting; field notes), some correspondence, a photograph, a box of glass plate negatives.

• Scope and Content

  •Copy of Milford’s obituary printed in the ‘Quarterly Bulletin of The Alpine Garden Society’, Vol.8, No.4, December, 1940, Vera Higgins, MA (ed.) pp.14-15
  •Note book containing field notes from an expedition (1934-35)
  •Correspondence regarding Milford (1992 -2002)
  •Copies of a newspaper article mentioning Milford’s expedition to Durban, South Africa, ‘Rare Wild Flowers Collected: Botanist from England Tour Basutoland’, The Natal Mercury, 25/03/1935
  •Photograph of ‘Helichrysum Milfordiae’
  •Wooden box containing glass plate negatives

• Access Information

  Collection is open to researchers by appointment, see (right click, open link in new tab:) https://www.rbge.org.uk/science-and-conservation/library-and-archives/visiting-the-library/

• Conditions Governing Use

  Permission required from RBGE

• Additional Information

  published

• Geographical Names

  Lesotho

  South Africa

  Africa