125 Years of Horticultural Education - Celebrating Burnley Campus
Jane Wilson
Volunteer Archivist, Burnley Archives
Friends of Burnley Gardens
The last few weeks have been very busy for me, the Volunteer Archivist for the Burnley Archives Collection. The Burnley Campus is celebrating this year 125 years of continuous horticultural education and it has been 25 years since the Archives were formally set up. The Archives were established when A. P. Winzenried was commissioned to write a history of the Burnley Gardens and material had to be gathered and put together for him to use. All past students and staff who could be found were asked to send in memorabilia and what a treasure trove arrived. Hundreds of photographs, letters, documents, artefacts, registers and student work had to sorted and stored. The book was written and cataloguing started but there was far too much to be dealt with quickly. Read More by Jane Wilson and Sue Fairbanks, Deputy Archivist, University of Melbourne Archives about the Burnley Gardens anniversary, the Burnley Archives Collection and a collaboration with the University of Melbourne Archives.
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