File 8 - George Sherriff Diaries; 1949

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GB 235 LSH/3/1/8

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George Sherriff Diaries; 1949

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  • 1949 (Creation)

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This file contains the 1949 diary of G. Sherriff. The dairy consists of two bound volumes. Volume 1 contains a number of page markers and some folded paper within the inside cover. The folder paper consist of: an itinerary; a list of seeds from Bhutan; a letter from K. Biswas requesting a photograph of Ludlow and Sherriff as well as details of their expeditions, so that he might include them in his book 'Plants of the Eastern Himalaya'. Volume 2 contains a number of letters interleaved in the back pages of the bound book. These are: a letter from RBGE; a written note; a clipping from the Illustrated London News with colour photographs of 'Aquatics in Kashmir'; a reprint form the Transactions of the British Mycological Society, 'Note on Cordyceps from Tibet'.

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(1898-1967)

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