Peter Michie ephemera

• Reference:GB 235 MIC
• Dates of Creation:1930 - 1955
• Name of Creator:
  Michie, Peter
• Language of Material:English
• Physical Description:
  1 box, 47cm

• Scope and Content

  /1 notebook; "Noteworthy Plants at RBGE 1947"
  /2 lecture notes, c.1950 - probation gardener course at RBGE
  /3/1-18 exam papers taken at RBGE, 1948-1951
  /4 certificate awarded at completion of course
  /5 photographs taken at RBGE, 4 donated, 1 scan of Peter Michie in Palm House
  /6 photograph album/notebook of shots of RBGE taken in 1930-1950 by Roland Edgar Cooper "Showing glimpses of the layout plan of 1824"
  /7 "The Weather Map" - 1948 textbook used for Meteorology course

• Administrative / Biographical History

  Michie was a Probationer Gardener at RBGE starting in September 1948, eventually becaming a Botanical Foreman before leaving in July 1954 to work at the Institute of Parks, Lower Basildon, Reading.

• 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

  Michie's family

• Note

  Michie was a Probationer Gardener at RBGE starting in September 1948, eventually becaming a Botanical Foreman before leaving in July 1954 to work at the Institute of Parks, Lower Basildon, Reading.

  Lawrie Buchan helped to identify some of the men in the photographs

• Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements

  Good. Cooper album has some water damage and some of the photos have detached - handle with care. Certificate has a section cut out of it, presumably by Michie.

• Conditions Governing Use

  Permission required from RBGE.

• Additional Information

  published

• Personal Names

  Cooper, Roland Edgar