Alexander Stuart Watt: Notebooks and Papers

This material is held atCambridge University Library

Scope and Content

The collection is comprised of Watt's botany notebooks, notes and drafts (mainly related to Breckland), Watt's work in nature conservancy (mainly in Breckland), a very small selection of correspondence with an index of correspondents, a section of Watt's photographs (again, primarily of Breckland), and a number of Watt's Breckland maps.

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

The papers were received in April 1992 from Dr Oliver Rackham of the Cambridge University Botany Department via Cambridge University Library

Other Finding Aids

This is an abbreviated record. A hard copy of the full catalogue is available in the Manuscripts Reading Room. A full online catalogue, created by NCUACS, is available on the National Archives website at http://tinyurl.com/alexanderwatt

A catalogue of the collection can be found on ArchiveSearch.