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•Notebook containing an article for ‘Theosophist’ Aug – Nov 1917, titled “Francis Bacon and the Cipher Story”
Sans titre•Letter to P. Neill Fraser (7 Nov 1904)
Sans titre1 sketchbook showing scenes of life in Burma (plus one sketch of Loch Eck)
Sans titre1 marble bust, sculpted by William Brodie R.S.A. in 1860.
Sans titre1 sheet with John Sibthorp's book plate attached to it, alongside email correspondence outlining the discovery.
Sans titreOne Field diary produced by the Wild Flower Society in which wild flowers are listed. Judith Basden has filled in dates and locations for ones she has found giving us a botanical record for the area mainly around Bonnyrigg.
Sans titreAlbum is attributed to Nigel Douglas McDouall of Logan and includes:
East Africa Rift Valley: January-June 1909; 77 photographic prints, 33 watercolours and 5 pencil studies through the territories of the Uganda Protectorate (Uganda), Congo Free State (Democratic Republic of the Congo) and the North Western corner of German East Africa (Rwanda)
Angola: May-October 1904, 29 watercolours, 4 views from the Africa West Coast steamer with the remainder being landscapes, vegetation and portraits of local people in the south west highland area.
Mediteranean views - 15 unlabelled watercolour views of the Mediterranean, probably Spain, including coastline views, highland scenes, a village scene and 2 views of roads through arid landscapes featuring local people.
1 presentation drawing and elevation of how the new library interior could look, dated November 28th 1962, though eventually superceded.
Sans titremedal with University of Edinburgh crest on one side and Botany (Medical) Patricia M. James 1954-55 inscribed on the reverse in a box by Alex. Kirkwood and Son.
Sans titreblack notebook labelled "University Lectures, Techniques and Demonstrations (Edinburgh). Notebook outlines how the RBGE library and herbarium works, the slide library, information on coursework, including writing theses; and lecture outlines for the Medical Botany Class given (by herself?) in 1932. There are 4 inserts including 2 exam papers (Plant Physiology, Practical and Practical Elementary Botany in 1932, an outline of J.R. Matthews's Botany lectures for first years, and a library loan slip.
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