Correspondence and papers.

Date:
1890-1928
Reference:
MS.7961
Part of:
Holmes, Edward Morell (1843-1930), botanist and lecturer in materia medica
  • Archives and manuscripts

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Description

  • Letters by Holmes (no.2 incomplete), 1890-1916
  • Letters to Holmes, 1891-1928
  • Draft report on the cultivation of medicinal plants, 1928
  • Draft report on profitable herbs, in the form of a letter to a Mr. Mildmay, 1890-1928

    • Publication/Creation

    1890-1928

    Physical description

    10 items

    Acquisition note

    Presented by Edward Morell Holmes's widow in 1935 to the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum. Accession Number 89200.

    Related material

    Further material relating to Holmes is held as MSS. 2867-2932 and WMS/Amer.145-148.

    Notes

    Description compiled by Ross MacFarlane based upon those in typescript finding aids by Richard Aspin and Christopher Hilton. Piece-level data moved to item record and piece records flagged for deletion in July 2026 by Victoria Sloyan.

    Finding aids

    Database description transcribed from Richard Aspin and Christopher Hilton's typescript supplement to S.A.J Moorat's Catalogue of Western Manuscripts

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