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Ref NoMCR/1/1/38
Alt Ref NoMR/37
geographical classification 1.2
TitleImperial Institute: Reports
DescriptionManuscript correspondence, press cuttings and printed documents, including printed map, 'Ground Plan of the Main Building and Exhibition Gallery', and printed images of the Institute. Includes correspondence between Thiselton-Dyer and the India Institute, including J R Royle, Sir Frederick Abel, A Godley, [?George] Birdwood and others, relating to the Imperial Institute, and Thiselton-Dyer's involvement as a representative of India in the Institute's governing body, sending specimens of timber from Kew, and a memorandum regarding 'letter wood'. Includes printed interview with Sir J R Somers Vine in COMMERCE.

Printed material includes:

- IMPERIAL INSTITUTE. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE

- IMPERIAL INSTITUTE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM, THE COLONIES AND INDIA, AND THE ISLES OF THE BRITISH SEAS. REPORT OF THE LATE ORGANISING COMMITTEE

- IMPERIAL INSTITUTE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM, THE COLONIES AND INDIA. REGULATIONS FOR THE ADMISSION OF FELLOWS. LIST OF FELLOWS, 1891

- IMPERIAL INSTITUTE. REPORT OF PROGRESS FROM THE DATE OF ITS ESTABLISHMENT, TO THE 26TH NOVEMBER, 1892. (London: Waterlow and Sons Limited, 1892)

- THE IMPERIAL INSTITUTE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM, THE COLONIES AND INDIA. (London: William Clowes and Sons Limited)

- IMPERIAL INSTITUTE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM, THE COLONIES AND INDIA. (London: Waterlow and Sons Limited) including charter of incorporation, 12 May 1888

- IMPERIAL INSTITUTE. ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1893. (London: Waterlow and Sons Limited, 1893)

- Wyndham R Dunstan, THE SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL DEPARTMENT OF THE IMPERIAL INSTITUTE (London: 1896)

- INDIAN SECTION, IMPERIAL INSTITUTE. PRELIMINARY LIST OF SPECIMENS OF PRODUCTS CONTAINED IN THE COLLECTION. GROUP F. - DYES AND TANS (London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1900)

- INDIAN SECTION, IMPERIAL INSTITUTE. PRELIMINARY LIST OF SPECIMENS OF PRODUCTS CONTAINED IN THE COLLECTION. GROUP B. - OIL-SEEDS AND OILS (INCLUDING SUBSTANCES USED IN MANUFACTURE OF SOAP AND PERFUMERY) (London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1901).
Date4 Jun 1891-27 Dec 1902
SubjectColonies--Administration
Timber
FormatManuscript papers
Published documents
Press cuttings
Collection TitleMiscellaneous Reports
LevelFile
Extent1 volume
LanguageEnglish
Associated persons and organisations
CodeNameDates
DS/UK/90Thiselton-Dyer; Sir; William (1843-1928); Knight; British botanist and third director of Kew1843-1928
DS/UK/240Royle; J R (fl. 1891-1900); Government Agent and Curatorfl. 1891-1900
DS/UK/242Abel; Sir; Frederick Augustus (1827-1902); 1st baronet; chemist and explosives expert1827-1902
DS/UK/241Godley; (John) Arthur (1847-1932); 1st Baron Kilbracken; civil servant1847-1932
DS/UK/244Birdwood; George Christopher Molesworth (1832-1917); administrator in India1832-1917
DS/UK/243Vine; Sir; John Richard | Somers (fl.1886-1896); administratorfl.1886-1896
DS/UK/170Great Britain; Imperial Institute; 1888-19581888-1958
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