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•H.R. Fletcher’s Taxonomic Lecture Notes •1 box of miscellaneous papers, including notes, correspondence, newspaper cuttings, etc. regarding ‘A Quest of Flowers’ – Ludlow and Sherriff, miscellaneous information on National Trust Gardens and Island Cruises (where Fletcher was on board as a Botany expert) – 1963-1966, and manuscripts of ‘History of Investigation of British Flora,’ and ‘The Exploration of the Scottish Flora’, published in 1959. •Correspondence regarding Fletcher’s election as a member of the Garden Society in1955, including an historical note. •3 boxes of Fletcher correspondence form 1963 organised alphabetically •2 boxes of Fletcher correspondence from 1965 organised alphabetically •2 boxes of Fletcher correspondence form 1966 organised alphabetically •2 boxes of Fletcher correspondence from 1967 organised alphabetically •2 boxes of Fletcher correspondence from 1968 organised alphabetically •4 boxes of Fletcher correspondence with various people in the U.S.A. organised chronologically from 1961-1965. •1 box of miscellaneous papers, taxonomy notes and correspondence •1 file of Fletcher correspondence from 1962-1963 regarding donations to B.L. Burtt and Woods expedition to Malaysia •1 file containing 2 photographs, miscellaneous correspondence, lists, publications, his application for the post of Office of Director of the Royal Horticultural Society’s Gardens at Wisely, Surrey and his application for the appointment of Director of the Cambridge Botanic Garden (1950). •1 box of 11 photographs taken by the Scottish Daily Express •1 box of miscellaneous correspondence 1957-61
•Map of Sikkim and a box containing photographs and negatives (1948-1950) and also a letter to Henry Noltie from D. Jeremy Wood regarding the photos (19 Jul 1995).
•Correspondence regarding the deposit of films and slides at RBGE •Papers collated and donated by Christina Noble •Correspondence •Field books (1954-1985) •Photographs and reprints •Slides and cine film also held
•Box containing filed notes and lists •Box containing photographs from China and Tibet (1911) •Box of correspondence and lists (1919-1925) •Box of correspondence (1926-1930) •Box of correspondence, list and expedition information (1930-1956)
/1 notebook; "Noteworthy Plants at RBGE 1947" /2 lecture notes, c.1950 - probation gardener course at RBGE /3/1-18 exam papers taken at RBGE, 1948-1951 /4 certificate awarded at completion of course /5 photographs taken at RBGE, 4 donated, 1 scan of Peter Michie in Palm House /6 photograph album/notebook of shots of RBGE taken in 1930-1950 by Roland Edgar Cooper "Showing glimpses of the layout plan of 1824" /7 "The Weather Map" - 1948 textbook used for Meteorology course
one folder entitled 'Olive Hilliard's notes on the complex herbarium specimens of J.F. Drège from South Africa' containing "The Innocent's Guide to the Collections of Drege, Ecklon and Zeyher", reprints and copies of reprints: Drege, Ecklon and Zeyher, 'Numbered collecting stations/Standorter-Verzeichniss der von C.L.Zehyer in Sudafrika gesammelten Pflanzen'; Ecklon, C.F. 'Plants found in the District of Uitenhage...1829-30' from South African Quarterly, 1830; Drege, Witteberg, etc; Drege, J.F. 'Standorter-Verzeichniss der von J.F.Drege' - "Drege Area 1" and "Drege Area 5b"; "Drege's Journeys"-Kirby, Percival R 'Early Professional Museum Collectors in South Africa' in South Africa Museums Association Bulletin, 1942; 'Herbarien der sudafrikanischen aussertropischen Flora zu haben bei J.F. Drege...in Hamburg' Hilliard's Botanical pencil illustrations are held in the Archives: 16 A4 binders covering Scrophumariaceae to Manuleae; Pseudo-selago; Selago; Gesneriaceae; Agalmyla; and one box of Streptocarpus. (shelf J:1:1)
