Kew Museum of Economic Botany, Entry Books 1847-1924
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posted on 2019-12-10, 08:42 authored by Felix DriverFelix DriverHigh-resolution copies of the entry books recording accessions to the Kew Museum of Economic Botany covering the period 1847-1924, held at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. The source consists of six bound volumes, with dates of accessions, description of specimens or artefacts and names (and sometimes addresses) of donors. There is an index to each volume, arranged by donor names. The files are downloadable in PDF format from the Biodiversity Heritage Library website (URL above).
The work of digitisation was supported by the Mobile Museum project, funded by the AHRC.
https://www.royalholloway.ac.uk/mobilemuseum
https://www.kew.org/science/collections/economic-botany-collection
Funding
The Mobile Museum project (PI Felix Driver, CI Mark Nesbitt) was funded by the Arts & Humanities Research Council ('The mobile museum: economic botany in circulation', AH/N00941X/1).
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