William Borrer: Correspondence and notes

Scope and Content

Some items are accompanied by typescript explanatory notes, apparently made at the Department of Botany.

Access Information

Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).

Acquisition Information

Presented to the library of the Department of Botany by Miss M.C. Borrer of Cherry Hinton in 1943, and transferred to Cambridge University Library in 1977

Other Finding Aids

A catalogue of the collection can be found on ArchiveSearch.

Related Material

The University Library also holds Borrer's letters to C.C. Babington (MS Add.8185). A large collection of his correspondence is in the archives of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.