Tony Schilling Collection

This material is held atRoyal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Archives

  • Reference
    • GB 235 SCH
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1965 - 2005
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • Comprehensive collection; 7 boxes ephemera (notes, correspondence, documentation) & artefacts (ceremonial knives & bowl)

Scope and Content

7 boxes containing -
•Photographic notes (1965-1966)
•Trek diaries
•Field notes
•correspondence
•Immigration papers and trekking permits
•Notes on living plants and herbarium material sent to Royal Botanic Garden Kew (1965-1966)
•List of publications and papers
•Folders of articles
•Bowl made from leaves
•2 ceremonial Ghurkha knives (handle with extreme caution - scabbard has split)

Administrative / Biographical History

http://www.kewguild.org.uk/media/pdfs/v10s95p881-36.pdf

Access Information

Collection is 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

http://www.kewguild.org.uk/media/pdfs/v10s95p881-36.pdf

Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements

There is no equipment available to view VHS at present.

Conditions Governing Use

Permission required from RBGE.

Accruals

•2 VHS videos added to collection, Aug, 2012, “Great Storm Legacy, Wakehurst 1987” and “Dogwood Garden, Ullapool, Summer 2005”
•3 packets of scanned photos and a bundle of 27 loose photos (may be copies of slides in ADS slide collection already held in RBGE library?) added to the collection in January 2020

Additional Information

published