| Collection | GB 0231 University of Aberdeen, Special Collections |
| Level | Fonds |
| Ref No | MS 3621 |
| Title | Paul Egerton Weatherley, University of Aberdeen Regius Professor of Botany: papers |
| Date | 1939 - 1980 |
| Extent | 2 boxes: 0.66 linear metres |
| Creator Name | Paul Egerton Weatherley (1917 - 2001), F.R.S., botanist, Regius Professor of Botany, later, Plant and Soil Science, University of Aberdeen |
| Administrative History | Paul Egerton Weatherley, F.R.S., was Regius Professor of Botany, later, Plant and Soil Science, at the University of Aberdeen from 1959 until his retirement in 1981. His appointment as Fellow of the Royal Society was due in part to his innovative work on the construction and use of a climatological wind tunnel to study transpiration in plants, work which he began at Nottingham University and developed during his time in Aberdeen. His other main research interest was translocation of food substances in the phloem. |
| Custodial History | The records remained in the department of Plant and Soil Science after Professor Weatherley's retirement in 1981. |
| Source | Deposited in the University in Jan 2000, by Dr Richard P.C. Johnson, Department of Plant and Soil Science, University of Aberdeen |
| Description | Personal papers of Regius Professor Paul E. Weatherley, comprising a copy of his PhD dissertation, Studies in the Water Relations of the Cotton Plant (Keble College, Oxford, n.d.); small volume of records relating to his early work in the tropics, including work on mycological topics, 1939 - 1941 and n.d.; plans and records of the construction and use of the climatological wind tunnel in Aberdeen and Nottingham, including details of grant applications, architect's drawings and related correspondence, 1954 - 1966; correspondence re. his move from Nottingham to Aberdeen, 1959; typescript copy of inaugural lecture at the University of Aberdeen, Pursuit of Botany, 1959, and hand-written notes for first-year undergraduate lectures, 1968. |
| Appraisal | This material has been appraised in line with normal procedures. |
| Accruals | None expected. |
| Access Status | Open |
| Access Conditions | The records are available subject to the signed acceptance of the Department's access conditions. |
| Copyright | Subject to the condition of the original, copies may be supplied for private research use only on receipt of a signed undertaking to comply with current copyright legislation. Permission to make any published use of material from the collection must be sought in advance from the University Archivist and, where appropriate, from the copyright owner. Where possible, assistance will be given in identifying copyright owners, but responsibility for ensuring copyright clearance rests with the user of the material. |
| Language | English |
| Physical Description | No physical conditions affecting use of collection. |