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Major accessions to repositories in 2022 relating to Horticulture |
Local
- Richard Coad (1825-1900), architect: architectural plans of Lanhydrock house, gardens and estate, incl material by George Truefitt, architect 1854-1973 (CL)
- Barry Lewis (b 1971), local councillor, archaeologist and author: mss and notes for "Hunting in Britain: from the Ice Age to the present" and "Hill of the Boar" (a novel published under the pseudonym Benjamin B Lewis), archaeological surveys and research notes, published articles and newscuttings on subjects rel to archaeology, local politics and wine making c1997-2013 (D8456)
- Skye Agricultural Show: files, ledgers and judges books 1920-2000 (SL/Acc.632)
- Hook Allotments and Gardens Association: records, incl accounts, minutes, correspondence and flower show programmes 1949-2015 (KHC/2022/016)
- City of Leicester Horticultural Society: minutes, accounts, correspondence, photographs, programmes, papers relating to the closure of society 1997-2022 (DE10510)
- Messenger & Co Ltd, horticultural builders & heating engineers, Loughborough: records 1889-1961 (DE10339)
- Roundhill Flower and Garden Club, Syston: records including minute books (1969-2000), membership registers (1969-1986), Platinum jubilee photographic albums, memorial book, visitors' book (2012-2022), photographs, President's and Vice-President's badges 1969-2022 (DE10493)
- Simpkin & James, grocers, Leicester: register of Share Transfers and photographs 1955-1972 (DE10522)
- Finedon Allotment Society: minute books 1917-1979 (N457)
- John and George Britten, tenant farmers to Lord Wantage, Abington: diaries (1881-82, 1884-88, 1890-96, 1899 & 1920-21) c1881-1921 (N466)
- Hexham Horticultural Society: minutes, show programmes, accounts, newspaper cuttings, prizewinners lists c1842-2009 (CLU/HOR/HEX [NRO 12421])
- John W. Robson (formerly Messrs. Joseph Robson & Son), nurseryman, Of Hexham, Northumberland: invoice book and photocopies of two cuttings rel to Robson c1912 (NRO 12768)
- R.B. Cooke (1880-1977), rock gardener, and others: photographic slides, Dufaycolor quarter-plate glass lantern slides, discs, photographs, certificate and papers (incl garden books and seed lists) rel to R.B. Cooke's garden at Kilbryde, Corbridge c1920-2000 (NRO 12420)
- Mapperley Park Garden Group: minutes, group rules, programmes and photograph albums (as scrapbooks) 2005-2020 (10152)
- Royal Horticultural Society of Perthshire: organisational records incl minutes, accounts, list of officer bearers, subscriptions and members lists, syllabuses, catalogues and other ephemera 1806-1976 (Acc22/34)
- Royal Horticultural Society of Perthshire: organisational records including minutes, flower show schedules, corresp with Buckingham Palace, general corresp, photographs and other ephemera 1912-2020 (Acc22/35)
- Glynneath Horticultural Society: minutes and accounts 1984-2011 (D/D GHS 1/1-3/1)
University
- Darwin family of The Mount, Shrewsbury: gardening diary kept by members of the family and associated research materials created and kept by Susan Campbell 1838-1865 (GBR/0012/MS Add.10393)
- Currie Horticultural Society: minutes c1970-1979 (CHS)
- Marylla Hunt (fl1980-2000), landscape architect: landscape reports and drawings for Chiswick House Grounds and Stoke Poges Memorial Gardens projects 1980s-2000s (Acc.DX2375)
- Suttons Seeds Ltd: trade catalogues and manuals for Sutton's Seeds collected by Ron Butler, long term employee at Suttons Seeds and volunteer at the Museum of English Rural Life. 1878-2014 (Acc.DX2434)
- Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: circular letters to local authorities, mostly relating to allotments c1925-1956 (Acc.DX2383)
- Memorabilia from the 90th birthday banquet for Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe (1900-1996), architect, town planner, landscape architect, and Dame Sylvia Crowe (1901-1997), landscape architect and garden designer 1990 (Acc.DX2376)
- Mark Loxton (b1948), landscape architect: landscape and planning studies reports 1978-1985 (Acc.DX2437)
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