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•Brief history of the life of Henry Harold Welch Pearson, up to 1902, and list of his publications (24.11.1902)
Zonder titelLetter to [Gage] from Prain, (11th Dec 1909)
•Manuscript letter to D. Saville from Prain to the Government Cinchona Plantation, Sureil, Kurseong (7th Apr. 1902)
Diary of J.F. Rock Volume 2; Ch’eng-tu to Choni, 1925
Arnold Arboretum Expedition from Chengtu to Choni, March 17th to May 23rd 1925.
The transcript was prepared for Rock but is not annotated, although space has been left for Rock to add annotations and Chinese script.
Diary of J.F.C. Rock,1925 entitled “Volume III, Diary of Joseph F. Rock, Director Arnold Arboretum Harvard University Central Asiatic Expedition from May 26th to August 31st 1925 inclusive. Locations travelled between include, Cho-ni to T’ie-Pu and Lan-Chou.
Includes loose sheets of notes.
Rock’s transcript of his diary volume 5, 1925-1926
The transcript is unannotated, but spaces have been left for Rock to make additions.
Diary of Joseph F.C. Rock Volume 6; Cho-ni to Radja [Ra-gya] and Jupar [Gyu-par], 1926 entitled ‘Diary of Joseph F. Rock, Director Arnold Arboretum Harvard Expedition, Vol. VI. Journey from Choni to Labrang and west to the Yellow River at Radja and beyond to the Amnyi Machen from April 23rd to August 20th 1926’ [see also Volume 20 - there are similar dates here]
Includes Rock’s hand drawn maps of the area and loose note
Joseph F.C. Rock’s annotated transcript of his diary volume 6, 1926: Cho-ni to Radja [Ra-gya] and Jupar [Gyu-par].
Journey from Cho-ni to Labrang and west to the Yellow River at Radja and beyond to the Amnye-Machhen. Director Arnold Arboretum, Harvard Expedition from April 23, 1926 to August 20, 1926, Volume 6 [VI]
Partial transcript of Joseph F.C. Rock’s diary volume 11 [12 on spine], pp.190-298
The transcript is unannotated, but spaces have been left for Rock to make additions.
1 folder containing correspondence, map, 3 photographs and report outlining the discovery of a hybrid orchid, Rhizanthera chevallierana, on Ben Lawers by David Mardon in 1979. The folder was compiled after a search for photographs of the plant taken by Mardon in 1984. Contents include, email correspondence between Clive Stace, Adele Smith and Lorna Mitchell outlining the search for photographs and compilation of the folder (2013), report and notes compiled by David K. Mardon in 1984 outlining his find, map showing where he found it, correpondence between Douglas McKean, [Paddy Woods], R.H. Roberts and David Mardon regarding the identification of the orchid, and three photographs taken by Mardon.
Zonder titel1 folder with the handwritten title "Skeleton Leaves Madeira 1854" - inside are 6 pages on blue folded paper containing skeletonised leaves inserted into cuts in the paper. Leaves include magnolia, ivy, oak, coral or erythrina crista-galli, sword coral, Portugal rose tree, common custard apple, lemon and citron. Who compiled it and wher it came from is currently unknown.
Also in the box are three loose leaves, found in the archives store, origin unknown.
