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The Library keeps specific documentation of the Garden of great historical interest:

  • Sowing records of the Garden from 1927 to 1978.
  • Catalogue of plants and seeds 1857-1869 and 1871-1875.
  • The “Botanic School” plants catalogue (1888- ).
  •  Account book of the Botanical Garden (1892-1914).
  • Sowing records of the Garden 1889-1914.
  • Catalogus Seminum 1919-1989.
  • Index Seminum 1991-2007.
  • A collection of posters of exhibitions held in the Botanical Gardens during the 1990s and subsequent years.
  • Original plans of the Garden buildings (greenhouses).
  • Plans of the Research Building (under execution).
  • Technical reports and plans of the restoration and refurbishing project of the conservatory pavilion, greenhouses and auxiliary buildings (1998).
  • José Pardo Sastrón’s personal archives: a collection of scientific manuscripts about botanical and pharmaceutical issues, in addition to some personal correspondence of this distinguished botanist.
  • Ignacio Docavo Albertí’s personal collection comprises nineteen folders. It is an inventory that includes from his appointment as a Technical Director of the Botanical Garden on 19 July 1962 to a summary of his activity in the Botanical Garden of Valencia, together with other personal documents and records that account for most of his professional activities until 1987.