Keenan, James (Jimmy)

This material is held atRoyal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Archives

  • Reference
    • GB 235 KEE
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1924 - 1983
  • Name of Creator
  • Physical Description
    • Minimal; ephemera,
      1 copy of draft document
      1 Folder with 3 reports with maps & 4 letters

Scope and Content

•1 page of a draft of ‘A Survey of the Anatomy of the Rhododendron Leaf in relation to the Taxonomy of the Genus’, written by Hayes, Keenan and Cowan (copy in Index Box I-K) - original draft filed with J.M. Cowan papers
•Folder containing- 11 page report titled ‘Battleby House: A Survey of Some Important Trees ’ (J. Eric Robson, October 1970),
•3 copies each of Battleby Estate Management Plans 2 & 3 & “Trail” plans
•28 page Report on “Battleby House Estate” by J Keenan, 19 October 1972; referencing 119 tree species
•2 copies of two page ‘Battleby Report Continuation’ (J Keenan, 19 June 1973), duplicate copies tree records, 29 – 40, 79-107 &108-119
•4 letters to Keenan from Peter J. Bickmore, Projects Advisory Officer for the Countryside Commission for Scotland, (letters from 1971-73) and one from Tom Huxley, Assistant Director of Resource Management for the Countryside Commission for Scotland, (1972) (Folder in in Index Box I-K)

Access Information

Collection open to researchers by appointment, see (right click, open link in new tab:) https://www.rbge.org.uk/science-and-conservation/library-and-archives/visiting-the-library/

Note

Hayes, S. F., Keenan, J., Cowan, J. M., 1951: A survey of the anatomy of the Rhododendron leaf in the relation of the taxonomy of the genus. — Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh21 (1), 1–34. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2FBF00939178#page-1

Conditions Governing Use

Permission required from RBGE

Related Material

The RBGE Burma Expedition, 1961-1962

Additional Information

published