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Felix Driver - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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kew museum of Economic Botany entry books 1847 1924
2019Co-Authors: Felix DriverAbstract:High-resolution copies of the entry books recording accessions to the Kew Museum of Economic Botany covering the period 1847-1924, held at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. The source consists of six bound volumes, with dates of accessions, description of specimens or artefacts and names (and sometimes addresses) of donors. There is an index to each volume, arranged by donor names. The files are downloadable in PDF format from the Biodiversity Heritage Library website (URL above). The work of digitisation was supported by the Mobile Museum project, funded by the AHRC.https://www.royalholloway.ac.uk/mobilemuseum https://www.kew.org/science/collections/Economic-Botany-collection
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KEW GARDENS AND THE EMERGENCE OF THE SCHOOL MUSEUM IN BRITAIN, 1880–1930
The Historical Journal, 2019Co-Authors: Laura Newman, Felix DriverAbstract:Abstract The idea of the school museum as an active resource for object-based learning played an important but now neglected part in programmes of educational reform during the closing decades of the nineteenth century and the opening decades of the twentieth. In this article we focus on the role of the Kew Museum of Economic Botany in supplying schools with botanical specimens and artefacts for their own museums during this period, to support a broad variety of curricular agendas, from nature study to geography and beyond. The evidence suggests that this scheme was remarkably popular, with demand among teachers for museum objects outstripping supply, and increasingly being met in other ways. Seen from the perspective of Kew, the distribution of specimens, artefacts, and visual materials to schools was a way of extending the ethos of Economic Botany into the classroom. For the teachers who requested specimens in large numbers, and the pupils who studied and handled them, however, such objects may have had other meanings and uses. More broadly, we propose new avenues for study that can help us to better appreciate the ways in which museum objects, expertise, and practices moved across professional, institutional, and increasingly global boundaries in this period.
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kew museum of Economic Botany specimens distributed book vol 2 1901 1990
2019Co-Authors: Felix DriverAbstract:This file contains a transcription of all entries in the second of two 'Specimens Distributed' book which documents objects dispersed from the Kew Museum of Economic Botany between 1901 and 1990. The file contains page by page links to a high-resolution digital copy of this book which has been uploaded to the Biodiversity Heritage Library website (https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.156209). This dataset was created as part of research for the Mobile Museum research project, a collaboration between Royal Holloway, University of London, and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Links: https://www.royalholloway.ac.uk/geography/research/mobile-museum/home.aspx https://www.kew.org/science/collections/Economic-Botany-collection https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/156209#/summary
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kew museum of Economic Botany specimens distributed book vol 1 1881 1901
2019Co-Authors: Felix DriverAbstract:This file contains a transcription of all entries in the first of two 'Specimens Distributed' books which documents objects dispersed from the Kew Museum of Economic Botany between 1881 and 1901. The file contains page by page links to a high-resolution digital copy of this book which has been uploaded to the Biodiversity Heritage Library website (https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.145301). This dataset was created as part of research for the Mobile Museum research project, a collaboration between Royal Holloway, University of London, and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Links: https://www.royalholloway.ac.uk/geography/research/mobile-museum/home.aspx https://www.kew.org/science/collections/Economic-Botany-collection https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/156209#/summary
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kew museum of Economic Botany school letters vol 1 1877 1894
2019Co-Authors: Felix DriverAbstract:A high-resolution copy of the first of three volumes of letters from schools requesting specimens from the Museum of Economic Botany, held at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. The source consists of manuscript letters from schools across Great Britain requesting specimens, often for displays and museums curated by teachers in many different kinds of schools. The file is downloadable in PDF format from the Biodiversity Heritage Library https://biodiversitylibrary.org). The work of digitisation was supported by the Mobile Museum project, funded by the AHRC. Biodiversity Heritage Library website. This document was digitised in support of research for the Mobile Museum research project, a collaboration between Royal Holloway, University of London, and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Links: https://www.royalholloway.ac.uk/geography/research/mobile-museum/home.aspx https://www.kew.org/science/collections/Economic-Botany-collection
Mark Nesbitt - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Between Metropole and Province: circulating Botany in British museums, 1870–1940
Archives of Natural History, 2020Co-Authors: Caroline Cornish, Patricia Allan, Lauren Gardiner, Poppy Nicol, Heather Pardoe, Craig Sherwood, Rachel Webster, Donna Young, Mark NesbittAbstract:Exchange of duplicate specimens was an important element of the relationship between metropolitan and regional museums in the period 1870–1940. Evidence of transfers of botanical museum objects such as Economic Botany specimens is explored for the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and six museums outside the capital: Cambridge University Botanical Museum, National Museum Wales, Glasgow Museums, Liverpool World Museum, Manchester Museum and Warrington Museum. Botany became an important element in these museums soon after their foundation, sometimes relying heavily on Kew material as in the case of Glasgow and Warrington, and usually with a strong element of Economic Botany (except in the case of Cambridge). Patterns of exchange depended on personal connections and rarely took the form of symmetrical relationships. Botanical displays declined in importance at various points between the 1920s and 1960s, and today only Warrington Museum has a botanical gallery open to the public. However, botanical objects are finding new roles in displays on subjects such as local history, history of collections, natural history and migration.
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re evaluating student treatments of barkcloth artefacts from the Economic Botany collection royal botanic gardens kew
2017Co-Authors: Frances Lennard, Misa Tamura, Mark NesbittAbstract:Since 1995 textile conservation students have treated 17 pieces of barkcloth from the Economic Botany Collection, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. A re-examination of 8 treated objects has enabled comparison of the effectiveness of interventive treatments. Humidification has been applied by varied techniques, all found to give consistent, lasting results. Structural support for tears again used varied materials: nylon net in the 1990s, Reemay, Japanese paper, and reworked fibres; all have proved stable, although in some cases acrylic paint had stiffened the material. The objects’ role as part of a study collection means that easy access is required; mounts were therefore designed to allow examination of objects with minimal handling, e.g. through the use of trays. Documentation was not always adequate for this re-evaluation exercise, lacking detail on adhesive preparation or colouring. Overall, past conservation was found to have lasted well, with the proviso that some storage solutions have had to be revisited in the light of use. Close collaboration between curators and conservators has been crucial to this success.
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Economic Botany collections a source of material evidence for exploring historical changes in chinese medicinal materials
Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 2017Co-Authors: Eric Brand, Mark Nesbitt, Christine Leon, Ran Huang, Hubiao Chen, Li Liang, Zhongzhen ZhaoAbstract:Abstract Ethnopharmacological relevance Many Chinese medicinal materials (CMMs) have changed over centuries of use, particularly in terms of their botanical identity and processing methods. In some cases, these changes have important implications for safety and efficacy in modern clinical practice. As most previous research has focused on clarifying the evolution of CMMs by analyzing traditional Chinese materia medica (“bencao”) literature, assessments of historical collections are needed to validate these conclusions with material evidence. Aim of the study Historical collections of Chinese medicines reveal the market materials in circulation at a given moment in time, and represent an underexploited resource for analyzing the evolution of Chinese herbal medicines. This study compares specimens from a rare collection of CMMs from the 1920s with contemporary market materials; by highlighting examples of changes in botanical identity and processing that remain relevant for safe clinical practice in the modern era, this work aims to stimulate further research into previously unexplored historical collections of Chinese medicines. Materials and methods 620 specimens of CMMs that were collected from Chinese pharmacies in the Malay peninsula in the 1920s were examined macroscopically and compared with current pharmacopoeia specifications and authentic contemporary samples. These historical specimens, which are stored in the UK in the Economic Botany Collections (EBC) of Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, were morphologically examined, photographed, and compared to authentic CMMs stored at the Bank of China (Hong Kong) Chinese Medicines Center at Hong Kong Baptist University, as well as authentic herbarium-vouchered specimens from the Leon Collection (LC) at the Kew EBC. Case studies were selected to illustrate examples of historical changes in botanical identity, used plant parts, and processing methods. Results This investigation confirmed that confusion due to shared common names and regional variations in the botanical identity of certain CMMs has been a persistent issue over time. Additionally, historical changes in processing methods and the plant parts used were observed for some CMMs. In some cases, these changes have direct implications for the safe clinical practice of Chinese medicine. Conclusions This preliminary assessment illustrated the significant potential of collections for clarifying historical changes in CMMs. More research is needed to investigate pre-modern collections of CMMs, including a more comprehensive assessment of the holdings in the Kew EBC and other European collections that have not yet been explored from the perspective of Chinese medicine.
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The Wood Collection (Xylarium) Of The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Iawa Journal, 2014Co-Authors: Caroline Cornish, Peter Gasson, Mark NesbittAbstract:The wood collection of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (United Kingdom) has its origin in the founding of Kew’s Museum of Economic Botany in 1847. In the nineteenth century specimens came from explorers and botanists; from imperial institutions such as the Indian Forest Department, and from international exhibitions (world’s fairs). Woods were labelled with their names and properties, creating an educational exhibit aimed particularly at forestry students. In the early twentieth century wood specimens from aristocratic estates formed the basis of a new museum of British Forestry. The foundation of the Jodrell Laboratory at Kew in 1876 led to more research in plant anatomy, but sustained research in wood anatomy and the creation of a major collection of plant anatomy slides dates from the 1930s. Since that time, accessions have come from other wood collections (sometimes the transfer of whole collections), from Kew’s botanical expeditions in Brazil and Southeast Asia, and often as institutional or personal gifts from wood anatomists in other countries. The woods now number 34,314 and form part of the Economic Botany Collection, kept in a purpose-built research store and with a collection database available online. As well as enabling plant anatomy research, the woods are increasingly used by historians, and for wood isotope studies, biochemistry etc.
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mexican plant materials housed in the Economic Botany collection of the royal botanic gardens kew
Ibugana: Boletín del Instituto de Botánica, 2013Co-Authors: Maria De Lourdes Rico Arce, Mark Nesbitt, Amparo Rodriguez, Camilla HiscockAbstract:espanolEste articulo esta enfocado a dar a conocer los artefactos Mexicanos presentes en la coleccion de Botanica Economica en los Reales Jardines de Kew, asi como una actualizacion de la base de datos existente, ahora disponible en la Internet. Con esta contribucion se espera informar a todos aquellos que deseen conocer sobre los artefactos de origen Mexicano y sus notas etnobotanicas registradas en la misma. Son mas de 700 artefactos incluyendo maderas, adquiridos o donados a Kew desde 1849 hasta la fecha. La mayoria provenientes de La Gran Exposicion en 1900 y de la Sociedad de Farmacologia de Londres. Solo se da informacion sobre los usos tradicionales y Economicos de 33 artefactos seleccionados. Es un pequeno ejemplo para mostrar el valor de los usos tradicionales de las culturas en Mexico. Para ello se incluyen notas historicas breves de la coleccion misma y otras similares, biografias cortas de algunos de los donadores mas sobresalientes y las fechas de cuando los artefactos pasaron a formar parte de Kew. Para las personas interesadas en la coleccion de artefactos Mexicanos, la informacion detallada de estos se encuentra disponible en: http://apps.kew.org/ecbot/search EnglishThis article is intended to give notice to the Mexican artifacts in the Economic Botany Collection (EBC) at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and also to serve as a tool to update the database already available on the Internet. It is hoped that it will be of assistance to those who want to learn about the contents of the collection and their ethnobotanical applications. More than 700 Mexican artifacts, including wood, have been acquired by or donated to Kew since 1849. Most of these were received from the Great Exhibition of 1900 or the Pharmacology Society of London. This contribution contains information on only 33 selected Mexicans artifacts and their Economic or ethnobotanical uses. This small sample of the existing collection demonstrates the importance of traditional uses in the Mexican cultures. Short historical notes on the collection, brief biographies of collectors or donors, and dates of receipt of the artifacts are given. Detailed information on Mexican artifacts in EBC is available at: http://apps.kew.org/ecbot/search
Natalia Hanazaki - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Economic Botany of an endemic palm species butia catariensis noblick lorenzi in southern brazil
Ethnobotany Research and Applications, 2013Co-Authors: Leonardo Kumagai, Natalia HanazakiAbstract:Butia catarinensis Noblick & Lorenzi is an endemic palm that occurs on sandy soils in coastal areas of southern Brazil, where its fruit are used as food. The objective of this study is to analyze the production chain aspects of B. catarinensis and to identify different stakeholders involved in its production in order to better understand the relationship between local people and this palm. The focus of this research is the Areais da Ribanceira, a common area where local residents harvest B. catarinensis fruit. The fruit are used on a domestic scale to produce B. catarinensis rum, and at an industrial scale to produce ice cream and popsicles, which are commercialized locally and in nearby municipalities. These products also reach the capital of Santa Catarina State, 80km from the harvesting area. The practice of this low impact activity can provide environmental, Economic and social sustainability for the local community.
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Economic Botany of an Endemic Palm Species (Butia catariensis Noblick & Lorenzi) in Southern Brazil
Ethnobotany Research and Applications, 2013Co-Authors: Leonardo Kumagai, Natalia HanazakiAbstract:Butia catarinensis Noblick & Lorenzi is an endemic palm that occurs on sandy soils in coastal areas of southern Brazil, where its fruit are used as food. The objective of this study is to analyze the production chain aspects of B. catarinensis and to identify different stakeholders involved in its production in order to better understand the relationship between local people and this palm. The focus of this research is the Areais da Ribanceira, a common area where local residents harvest B. catarinensis fruit. The fruit are used on a domestic scale to produce B. catarinensis rum, and at an industrial scale to produce ice cream and popsicles, which are commercialized locally and in nearby municipalities. These products also reach the capital of Santa Catarina State, 80km from the harvesting area. The practice of this low impact activity can provide environmental, Economic and social sustainability for the local community.
Caroline Cornish - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Between Metropole and Province: circulating Botany in British museums, 1870–1940
Archives of Natural History, 2020Co-Authors: Caroline Cornish, Patricia Allan, Lauren Gardiner, Poppy Nicol, Heather Pardoe, Craig Sherwood, Rachel Webster, Donna Young, Mark NesbittAbstract:Exchange of duplicate specimens was an important element of the relationship between metropolitan and regional museums in the period 1870–1940. Evidence of transfers of botanical museum objects such as Economic Botany specimens is explored for the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and six museums outside the capital: Cambridge University Botanical Museum, National Museum Wales, Glasgow Museums, Liverpool World Museum, Manchester Museum and Warrington Museum. Botany became an important element in these museums soon after their foundation, sometimes relying heavily on Kew material as in the case of Glasgow and Warrington, and usually with a strong element of Economic Botany (except in the case of Cambridge). Patterns of exchange depended on personal connections and rarely took the form of symmetrical relationships. Botanical displays declined in importance at various points between the 1920s and 1960s, and today only Warrington Museum has a botanical gallery open to the public. However, botanical objects are finding new roles in displays on subjects such as local history, history of collections, natural history and migration.
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nineteenth century museums and the shaping of disciplines potentialities and limitations at kew s museum of Economic Botany
Museum history journal, 2015Co-Authors: Caroline CornishAbstract:Nineteenth-century museums have long been recognized as sites for the formation of a range of disciplines from archaeology to art history. This formation process occurred, more often than not, in advance of attempts by universities to establish disciplinary boundaries and conventions. Taking the example of the Museum of Economic Botany at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, this article examines the process by which the field of knowledge known as Economic Botany was rendered as a discipline at Kew from the mid-nineteenth century. But as well as demonstrating the potential of museums to undertake such epistemological acts, by following the life of a particular object — the Tasmanian Timber Trophy — what also become clear are the limits of museums’ disciplinary authority.
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Nineteenth-Century Museums and the Shaping of Disciplines: Potentialities and Limitations at Kew’s Museum of Economic Botany
Museum history journal, 2015Co-Authors: Caroline CornishAbstract:Nineteenth-century museums have long been recognized as sites for the formation of a range of disciplines from archaeology to art history. This formation process occurred, more often than not, in advance of attempts by universities to establish disciplinary boundaries and conventions. Taking the example of the Museum of Economic Botany at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, this article examines the process by which the field of knowledge known as Economic Botany was rendered as a discipline at Kew from the mid-nineteenth century. But as well as demonstrating the potential of museums to undertake such epistemological acts, by following the life of a particular object — the Tasmanian Timber Trophy — what also become clear are the limits of museums’ disciplinary authority.
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The Wood Collection (Xylarium) Of The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Iawa Journal, 2014Co-Authors: Caroline Cornish, Peter Gasson, Mark NesbittAbstract:The wood collection of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (United Kingdom) has its origin in the founding of Kew’s Museum of Economic Botany in 1847. In the nineteenth century specimens came from explorers and botanists; from imperial institutions such as the Indian Forest Department, and from international exhibitions (world’s fairs). Woods were labelled with their names and properties, creating an educational exhibit aimed particularly at forestry students. In the early twentieth century wood specimens from aristocratic estates formed the basis of a new museum of British Forestry. The foundation of the Jodrell Laboratory at Kew in 1876 led to more research in plant anatomy, but sustained research in wood anatomy and the creation of a major collection of plant anatomy slides dates from the 1930s. Since that time, accessions have come from other wood collections (sometimes the transfer of whole collections), from Kew’s botanical expeditions in Brazil and Southeast Asia, and often as institutional or personal gifts from wood anatomists in other countries. The woods now number 34,314 and form part of the Economic Botany Collection, kept in a purpose-built research store and with a collection database available online. As well as enabling plant anatomy research, the woods are increasingly used by historians, and for wood isotope studies, biochemistry etc.
Leonardo Kumagai - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Economic Botany of an endemic palm species butia catariensis noblick lorenzi in southern brazil
Ethnobotany Research and Applications, 2013Co-Authors: Leonardo Kumagai, Natalia HanazakiAbstract:Butia catarinensis Noblick & Lorenzi is an endemic palm that occurs on sandy soils in coastal areas of southern Brazil, where its fruit are used as food. The objective of this study is to analyze the production chain aspects of B. catarinensis and to identify different stakeholders involved in its production in order to better understand the relationship between local people and this palm. The focus of this research is the Areais da Ribanceira, a common area where local residents harvest B. catarinensis fruit. The fruit are used on a domestic scale to produce B. catarinensis rum, and at an industrial scale to produce ice cream and popsicles, which are commercialized locally and in nearby municipalities. These products also reach the capital of Santa Catarina State, 80km from the harvesting area. The practice of this low impact activity can provide environmental, Economic and social sustainability for the local community.
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Economic Botany of an Endemic Palm Species (Butia catariensis Noblick & Lorenzi) in Southern Brazil
Ethnobotany Research and Applications, 2013Co-Authors: Leonardo Kumagai, Natalia HanazakiAbstract:Butia catarinensis Noblick & Lorenzi is an endemic palm that occurs on sandy soils in coastal areas of southern Brazil, where its fruit are used as food. The objective of this study is to analyze the production chain aspects of B. catarinensis and to identify different stakeholders involved in its production in order to better understand the relationship between local people and this palm. The focus of this research is the Areais da Ribanceira, a common area where local residents harvest B. catarinensis fruit. The fruit are used on a domestic scale to produce B. catarinensis rum, and at an industrial scale to produce ice cream and popsicles, which are commercialized locally and in nearby municipalities. These products also reach the capital of Santa Catarina State, 80km from the harvesting area. The practice of this low impact activity can provide environmental, Economic and social sustainability for the local community.
