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 Joseph F.C. Rock Volume 23; March 20th 1932 – April 29th 1933
Includes:
Transcription of page from Naxi Dongba manuscript with translation by Arie Kok telling the story of the flood, pp. 111-115
Notes on Tibetan deities (pp.117-148)
Extracts of a Tibetan-English dictionary (pp.148-155)
Photograph of Rock age 5 with father and sister, 1889. (back cover).
Obituary of Ralph A. Graves (1882-1932), Rock's 'friend and counsellor' (pp.296-297)

1 black and white photograph mounted on thick black paper.

Photograph of the village, Hatisar. A cart is in the foreground, small buildings in the background.

Writing on the back.

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Indian village. Hatisar
26/Mar/49
49.A.6.5

1 black and white photograph mounted on thick grey paper.

Photograph an Indian village scene. Outside of the side of a building, wheel and other materials leaning against a fence.

Writing on the back.

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Indian village scene
26/Mar/49
49.A.6.6

Theatre programme for the play 'Plant Hunter: The Tibetan Journeys of Joseph Rock' which was performed at RBGE during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 1996 by Theatrum Botanicum, Theater of Plantes.
The programme has Rock's Naxi bookplate on the front cover and a timeline of Rock's life inside. The play was written using Rock's diaries which are held in the RBGE Archives, and Evan-Wentz's Tibetan Book of the Dead.

2 black and white photographs mounted on thick grey paper.

title taken from Hick's 'Index of negatives'

Writing on the back of paper behind each photograph, no dates written. NOTE: rough dates derived from subject descriptions in Hicks' 'Index of negatives' found in his itinerary (GB235 HJH/4/1)

black and white photograph

Photograph of an Mr JH Hicks (right) and a Bhutanese family (man, woman, and child)

writing on the back

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The Dzongpon of Lhuntzi
Bhutan, 1949
9/8/49

1 black and white photograph mounted on thick black paper. NOTE: rough dates derived from subject descriptions in Hicks' 'Index of negatives' found in his itinerary (GB235 HJH/4/1)

Photograph of the wife and daughter of the Lhuntzi [Lhuentse] Dzongpon [govenor/lord of Lhuentse]

Writing on the back.

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The Lhuntzi Dzongpon's wife and daughter

black and white photograph mounted on thick black paper.

Photograph of 4 men outside near a tent. 2 have hats on.

writing on the back

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Tibetan's prize hats
7/May/1949
49.A.11.3

black and white photograph

Photograph of Photograph of an Mr JH Hicks (right) and a Bhutanese family (man, woman, and child)

writing on the back

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Trashiyangse [Trashiyangtse] Dzongpon with his family & "the author"
9/8/49