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letters from Malcolm Dunn (Dalkeith Gdns), dated 1880 – 1893 to Isaac Bayley Balfour.
Sans titre2 letters dated 1893 to J.J. Duthie from C.W. Hope; filed with “Balfour, I. Bayley” papers under “Hope, C.W.”
Sans titre• Two boxes of papers and correspondence
• Box of original manuscripts in English of ‘First Step in Botany’, published in Bengali (1876)
• Box containing three books of correspondence
• Box of notes on Botany in Manipur
• Box of books and correspondence on Gossypium
• Box containing his diary from 1878, a notebook of P. Neill Fraser’s and a text book with specimens inside it.
• Box containing notebooks and plant lists
• Three boxes of cotton papers and correspondence
• Box containing papers on commercial products of India
• Box containing correspondence regarding commercial products of India
• Folder containing two of the same photograph, one mounted, one not, of Abies Smithiana, Noghanda-Bagi Forrest, Sisula
• Numerous boxes of glass plate negatives
W. Thiselton-Dyer's correspondence dated 1905-1909 filed with “Balfour, I. Bayley” papers under “Dyer, W. Thiselton” cross-ref in entry (IBB)
W. Thiselton-Dyer's correspondence with Sir Geo. Watt filed with “Watt, Sir Geo.” Papers under “Dyer, W. Thiselton” cross-ref in entry (WSG)
W. Thiselton-Dyer's letters dated 10:7:1877 filed in “Balfour, J. Hutton” “Supp. corresp.” cross-ref in entry (JHB)
East Lothian Antiquarian & Field Naturalist Society
Note book list of Miss Alice Balfour. Collection filed under “Balfour, Miss Alice" (BAA)
•Eaton, D.L. letter to Capt Henderson dated 2 Dec 1878, Re: exchange of specimens. Filed under “Henderson, F”.
Sans titreEichler - References filed in “Balfour, I.B” papers under “Oxford University Press”
Sans titre1 letter
Sans titreMount Everest Collection
Correspondence 1921 – 1922 filed under “Smith, Sir Wm. Wright” in “Kew corres.”
Box under “Mt Everest”
Three letters
Sans titre