| Name | Historical Archive of the Barcelona Botanic Institute |
| Cite as | AIBB |
| Description | This archive was created together with the library of the Botanical Institute by the botanist Pius Font i Quer. It contains all the documents produced and received by the botanists that form part of the Board of Natural Sciences (1906-1935), the Botanical Department of the Museu Martorell, and the Barcelona Botanical Institute (1936-1994). It also contains the collection of private documents belonging to the botanists who were associated with the Institute either through the loan of their herbariums or the botanical activities they carried out with the Museum: Antoni Cebrià Costa, 1884; Ramon de Bolós Saderra, 1870-1886; Estanislau Vayreda Vila, 1871-1898; Ramon Masferrer Arquimbau, 1873-1882; Frederic Trémols Borrell, 1905-1918; Joan Cadevall Diars, 1882-1920; Carlos Pau Español, 1895-1937 and José Cuatrecasas ArumÃ, 1921-1994. This archive is composed mainly of scientific correspondence, botanical studies and specialized publications. It also contains an important collection of photos of the botanical campaigns of Pius Font i Quer to northern Morocco in 1928-1932, and of the botanical explorations carried out by José Cuatrecasas in Spain in 1927-1938. |
| Kingdom coverage | Plantae |
| Collectors | Bolòs Capdevila, Oriol de Bolòs Saderra, Ramon de Bolòs Vayreda, Antoni de Cadevall Diars, Joan Cebrià -Costa Cuixart, Antoni Cuatrecasas ArumÃ, José Font Quer, Pius Masferrer Arquimbau, Ramon Pau Español, Carlos Trémols Borrell, Frederic Vayreda Vila, Estanislau |
| Collection type | Archival, Texts, Visual |
| Primary purpose | Research |
| Include types | No |
| Grouping principle | Repository |
| Formations periods | 1870-1994 |
| Development statuses | Closed |
| Collection extents | 35 linear metres |
| Object class | archival records, photographs |
| Institution | Botanical Institute of Barcelona - Historical Archive |
| Subcollections | Botanical Institute of Barcelona Fonds, 1935-1994 Junta de Ciències Naturals Fonds (IBB), 1905-1936 Archival Fonds Carlos Pau Español Archival Fonds Joan Cadevall Diars Archival Fonds José Cuatrecasas Arumà |
| Associated person | Karina Barros (IBB Librarian), Trini Prunera (Archivist), |
| Item level access | Quadre d'organització de Fons |
| Related material | Prunera, T.; Barros, K.; Meléndez, A. 2012. El archivo del Instituto Botánico de Barcelona. Revista "Enredadera", BoletÃn Electrónico Red de Bibliotecas CSIC. Marzo, 2012. http://bibliotecas.csic.es/web/enredadera/botanico-barcelona Prunera, T.; Ibáñez, N. 2011. NotÃcies i novetats de l'Institut Botà nic de Barcelona. Collectanea Botánica, 30: 109-110. http://collectaneabotanica.revistas.csic.es/index.php/collectaneabotanica/article/view/192/ |
