Keenan, James (Jimmy)

• Reference:GB 235 KEE
• Dates of Creation:1924 - 1983
• Name of Creator:
  Keenan, James (Jimmy)
• Physical Description:
  Minimal; ephemera,
  1 copy of draft document
  1 Folder with 3 reports with maps & 4 letters

• Scope and Content

  •1 page of a draft of ‘A Survey of the Anatomy of the Rhododendron Leaf in relation to the Taxonomy of the Genus’, written by Hayes, Keenan and Cowan (copy in Index Box I-K) - original draft filed with J.M. Cowan papers
  •Folder containing- 11 page report titled ‘Battleby House: A Survey of Some Important Trees ’ (J. Eric Robson, October 1970),
  •3 copies each of Battleby Estate Management Plans 2 & 3 & “Trail” plans
  •28 page Report on “Battleby House Estate” by J Keenan, 19 October 1972; referencing 119 tree species
  •2 copies of two page ‘Battleby Report Continuation’ (J Keenan, 19 June 1973), duplicate copies tree records, 29 – 40, 79-107 &108-119
  •4 letters to Keenan from Peter J. Bickmore, Projects Advisory Officer for the Countryside Commission for Scotland, (letters from 1971-73) and one from Tom Huxley, Assistant Director of Resource Management for the Countryside Commission for Scotland, (1972) (Folder in in Index Box I-K)

• Access Information

  Collection 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/

• Note

  Hayes, S. F., Keenan, J., Cowan, J. M., 1951: A survey of the anatomy of the Rhododendron leaf in the relation of the taxonomy of the genus. — Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh21 (1), 1–34. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2FBF00939178#page-1
  

• Conditions Governing Use

  Permission required from RBGE

• Related Material

  The RBGE Burma Expedition, 1961-1962

• Additional Information

  published