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•Correspondence from Rupert Smith 1941 – 1942 to Prof. R Dennis, filed under “Smith, Rupert”
Sin título•Correspondence; newspaper clippings relating to his expeditions to Garwhal and Sikkim (1937-1938)
Sin título•First and Second World War papers including Sir William Wright Smith’s 1916 Report.
Sin título•Biographical note and correspondence.
Sin título•Application and testimonials for part of the Secretary /Registrar of the University College of Dundee. (see George Don Sr Collection for further information) http://archiveshub.ac.uk/data/GB 235-gds
• paper entitled 'Patrick Blair, Surgeon-Apothecary, Dundee, Scotland: A Memoir' by Alex. P. Stevenson, read to the Dundee Symposium, 9th February 1907 and to the Botanical Society of Edinburgh, 11th April 1907 - reprint was owned by Isaac Bayley Balfour and has a letter from Stevenson glued into the front cover. It refers to the Blair elephant.
•Correspondence (March – April 1916) and a paper titled ‘Mosses from West Ross-shire’.
Sin título•Obituaries, rhododendron descriptions and memos
Sin título•Duplicate copy of his thesis: ‘Perennial Cultivation of Cotton with Special Reference to the cultivation of Ratoons in Egypt’ (1927).
Sin título•Collecting book with list of plants and 6 photographs of pencil sketches by Thurn made during first ascent of Roraima - December 14th, 1884,
Sin título•A revised copy of ‘The Scottish Naturalist: Revision of the Uredineae and of the Ustilagineae of Scotland’ (1899) submitted to the Scottish Cryptogamic Society,
• Some correspondence and information regarding a proposed memorial for him.