•1 box of miscellaneous papers and glass plate negatives regarding Bhutan, 1949, also 3 reels of film, now converted to DVD:

• Diary Materials 1, 1949
• Diary Materials 2, 1949
• Transcript of Diaries by David Shepherd - not for reproduction
• letters, mainly from George and Betty Sherriff, Frank Ludlow and David Humphreys
• Christmas cards, mainly from George and Betty Sherriff and Frank Ludlow, usually illustrated with photographs or Margaret Stones illustrations
• small box of 12 glass lantern transparencies, mostly plant portraits - tape around slides very brittle; annotations in danger of being lost, so handle with extreme care
• cine film x 3 - converted to dvd
• 'misc' folder; contains LSH seed lists 1949 documents and key to the cine film
• newspaper cuttings - mostly relating to Bhutan
• 'misc' publications - mostly relating to Bhutan, some by Frank Ludlow

This collection consists of material created and gathered from the expeditions of F. Ludlow and G. Sherriff, thought their expeditions of Bhutan and Tibet during 1933-1949.

The collection consists of 5 sub-series: plant documents, expedition documents, diaries, correspondence and visual material.

[1] This series consists of a variety of material which includes plant and seed lists from their expedition with a large focus on Primula, Meconopsis and Rhododendrons, as well as publications gathered by Ludlow and Sherriff which cover their shared interest in the Himalayan region and it's flora and fauna. There is also a garden register donated by the Knox Finlay family detailing the progress of plants/seeds in their gardens acquired from various expeditions including Ludlow and Sherriff's between 1951-52.

[2] This series consists of a variety of expedition documents ranging from itineraries and maps to administration lists and passports.

[3] This series consists of originals and photocopies of the diaries of Sherriff and Ludlow during their expeditions.

[4] This series consists of a variety of correspondence from and to Sherriff and Ludlow over the course of their expeditions.

[5] This series consists of a variety of material including: photographic material, films and videos. Photographic material ranges from prints and negatives taken by Sherriff and Ludlow to prints of digital images taken as exhibition documentation in 2014. The films are..... There have been dvd surrogates made of the films to ensure continued accessibility.

Contains the original diaries of G. Sherriff, detailing his expeditions with Frank Ludlow in Bhutan and Tibet (1933-1934, 1936-1938, 1940, 1949). There are loose leaf sheets interleaved between the pages of some of the diaries. These contain a variety of letters, clippings, itineraries, plant lists and cost lists.

Some diaries contained notes left in place by Dr. HR Fletcher when researching for his book 'A Quest Of Flowers: The Plant Explorations of Frank Ludlow and George Sherriff" (1976).

Diary includes monograph on the Island of Palmyra and diary of “My trip around the World begun Honolulu, Sept 14 1913 on USA Transport Thomas”

Joseph Rock's diary covering the years 1921-1923.
The diary includes Includes:
• Dec. 30th 1921 to May 10th 1922 – Journey from Chiengmai to Li-kiang, NW Yun-nan [with 5 loose photographs];
• Ascent of Lichiang snow range up to little over 17000 feet elevation
• Ascent of Lichiang Snow Range to an altitude of 16000 feet, August 27th 1922
• Vegetation on Likiang snow range in September
• Journey from Ta-li to T’eng-Yueh, September 23rd 1922 to October 9th 1922
• Journey from T’eng-Yueh to Lung-ling, October 19th 1922 to Oct 25th 1922
• Journey from T’eng-Yueh to Sadon in Burma, November 7th to 22nd 1922
• Tengyueh to Hsuehshan-ting, November 25th [1922?]
• Journey from Tzu-ku to Champutong on the Salwin, October 21st to November 1st 1923
• Trip to Chantabum from Bangkok, November 28th

Diary of Joseph F.C. Rock dating to between 1923 and 1924.
The diary has been written in three parts:

• Notes on Yunnan 1923 (Feb 1923-Mar1923)
• Journey from Nguluko to Atuntze - Liutichiang, Dokerla - Tsarong, Peimashan, Tungchuling and return to Nguluko (Oct1923-Dec1923)
• J.F. Rock Agricultural Explorer, U.S. Dept of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry, Washington D.C. (Jan1924-Apr1924)
  Naxi vocabulary, p.28; diary also features other vocabularies, including Tibetan.

Diary of J.F. Rock Volume 2; Ch’eng-tu to Choni, 1925
Diary is titled: "Szechuan to Kansu, Vol. II; Diary of Joseph F. Rock,
Director Harvard – Arnold Arboretum Expedition from
Chengtu to Choni, March 17th to May 23rd 1925."
The diary includes loose papers including list of Choni lamaseries in Chinese and lists and maps written on some of Rock’s Nakhi [Naxi] dictionary index cards

Diary of J.F.C. Rock,1925 entitled “Volume III, Diary of Joseph F. Rock, Director Arnold Arboretum Harvard University Central Asiatic Expedition from May 26th to August 31st 1925 inclusive. Locations travelled between include, Cho-ni to T’ie-Pu and Lan-Chou.
Includes loose sheets of notes.

Diary of J.F. Rock Volume 4; Lan-Chou to Kokonor Babo, 1925
The diary is entitled “Kansu Province, Diary Vol. IV of Joseph F. Rock Director Harvard Arnold Arboretum Asiatic Expedition from August 31st in part to November 16th 1925. From Hsiangtang to Kokonor Babo and return to Sining.
Includes sheet of Chinese writing on Chinese paper and loose notes, including lists [of plants? Photographs?]