IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0096 UoL/BS
Held at: Senate House Library, University of London
Title: University of London Botanical Supply Unit
Date(s): 1950-1990
Level of description: sub-fonds
Extent: 21 folders and 1 envelope
Name of creator(s): University of London | Botanical Supply Unit
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The Botanical Supply Unit was established in 1950. It was sited on land belonging to Royal Holloway College and was managed by them. It was administered on behalf of the University by the Council of the College and closed in the early 1990's.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Material about the Botanical Supply Unit and Botanic Garden including minutes, agenda and supporting paperwork for meetings of the Botanic Garden Committee and the Botanical Supply Unit Sub-Committee; reports, including the Bromwich Report; administrative papers and promotional material.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
1. Meeting Papers. 2. Reports. 3. Administrative Papers. 4. Promotional Material.
Conditions governing access:
Open except for records exempt under the Data Protection Act or the Freedom of Information Act. Please contact the University Archivist for details. 24 hours notice is required for research visits.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Special Collections Reading Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.
Physical characteristics:
Finding aids:
Catalogued online and a hard copy catalogue is available in the Special Collections reading room. A pdf is attached to the sub-fonds description. Accruals will be added to the on-line catalogue.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:
All records in this sub-fonds have been appraised as 'retain permanently' in line with the current Retention Schedules.
Accruals:
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
University of London
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
Publication note:
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997.
Date(s) of descriptions: 2006-08-24, 2011-03-08