Record

Ref NoKGU/1/6
TitleJournal Editor’s Papers
DescriptionThe Editor of the Kew Guild Journal is a three year appointment and is responsible for the production of the annual journal including the assessment and collation of papers and information submitted for inclusion. This role also involves liaison with printers and a regular review of production costs and processes. The Journal Editor’s papers include some articles and reports for inclusion in the Journal and some proofs but the bulk of the records relate to information on ex-Kew staff known as ‘Kewites’. This encompasses notifications of address changes and deaths of Kewites as well as updates on individuals’ current careers and personal anecdotes. The general names given to these papers previously were ‘Gleanings’ and ‘Personalia’ – the current reference used is ‘News of Kewites’. News of Kewites for any given year is printed in the journal for the following year e.g. news for 2000 is printed in the 2001 journal

The papers also include some correspondence on a variety of administrative issues including Kew qualifications, membership and subscriptions, attendance at events and items of interest for the Journal as well as some editorial matters relating to publication and printing

With regard to papers between c.1964 – 1988, some alphabetical sorting has previously been carried out and some papers from the Secretary’s files have been added to this collection. In order to maintain the transparency of these changes, these records are contained in the first three sub-series (KGU/1/6/1 to KGU/1/6/3). The remaining papers form a fourth ongoing sub-series (KGU/1/6/4). Papers have been deposited in the archive by various individuals which has resulted in some fragmentation of the 20th century records
Datec.1964-
Collection TitleKew Guild Papers
LevelSub-series
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