Scottish Alpine Botanical Club Collection

• Reference:GB 235 SAB
• Dates of Creation:1870 - 1949
• Name of Creator:
  Scottish Alpine Botanical Club
• Language of Material:English
• Physical Description:
  4 boxes, leather case and leather bag; 1m20cm

• Scope and Content

  SAB/1: Minute Books, 4 volumes
  SAB/2: Accounts
  SAB/3: Correspondence / papers
  SAB/4: Publications
  SAB/5: Photo Album
  SAB/6: Maps
  SAB/7: Ephemera / Objects including snuff mull and leather bag

• 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/

• Acquisition Information

  Immediate source of acquisition is unknown; many members of the Club were closely associated with RBGE so it may be that items relating to the Club have always been kept at RBGE.

• Archivist's Note

  description compiled by M.R. and L.P.

• Conditions Governing Use

  Permission required from RBGE.

• Custodial History

  Founded 9 August 1870
  “The austerity of Scottish life extends relentlessly to its alpine flora as to any of its other inhabitants.” From SABC notes on the Flora of Ben Lawers, June 1932.

• Additional Information

  published

  SAB

  GB 235

• Personal Names

  Cowan, Alexander

• Geographical Names

  Scotland