Tony Schilling Collection

• Reference:GB 235 SCH
• Dates of Creation:1965 - 2005
• Name of Creator:
  Schilling, Tony
• Language of Material:English
• Physical Description:
  Comprehensive collection; 7 boxes ephemera (notes, correspondence, documentation) & artefacts (ceremonial knives & bowl)

• Scope and Content

  7 boxes containing -
  •Photographic notes (1965-1966)
  •Trek diaries
  •Field notes
  •correspondence
  •Immigration papers and trekking permits
  •Notes on living plants and herbarium material sent to Royal Botanic Garden Kew (1965-1966)
  •List of publications and papers
  •Folders of articles
  •Bowl made from leaves
  •2 ceremonial Ghurkha knives (handle with extreme caution - scabbard has split)

• Administrative / Biographical History

  http://www.kewguild.org.uk/media/pdfs/v10s95p881-36.pdf

• 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/

• Note

  http://www.kewguild.org.uk/media/pdfs/v10s95p881-36.pdf

• Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements

  There is no equipment available to view VHS at present.

• Conditions Governing Use

  Permission required from RBGE.

• Accruals

  •2 VHS videos added to collection, Aug, 2012, “Great Storm Legacy, Wakehurst 1987” and “Dogwood Garden, Ullapool, Summer 2005”
  •3 packets of scanned photos and a bundle of 27 loose photos (may be copies of slides in ADS slide collection already held in RBGE library?) added to the collection in January 2020

• Additional Information

  published