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Ref NoDC
TitleDirectors' Correspondence
DescriptionThe collection comprises of correspondence sent to the Kew Director/senior staff, arranged by geographic region. The collection also includes Sir William Hooker's correspondence from before the start of his Directorship at Kew in 1841
Date1809-1928
Physical DescriptionThe collection was originally bound within 218 volumes. Conservation began on the collection in 2000. The volumes were unbound and the letters are now affixed into fascicules and stored within boxes following the original volume numbers
FormatManuscript papers
CreatorRoyal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Collection TitleRBGK: Directors' Correspondence
LevelCollection
Extent6182 fascicules in 749 boxes
Administrative HistoryThe Directors' Correspondence consists of the scientific correspondence received by senior staff from 1809 to 1928, and Sir William Hooker's correspondence from before 1841 which he brought with him to Kew. We do not have copies of outgoing correspondence
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