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•Box containing papers regarding South Asia
Sans titre•Copy of letter from W.J. Hooker regarding a selection of plants from the Arctic Herbarium, put into Hooker’s hands by Capt. Parry, for publication in the appendix to Capt. Parry’s 2nd voyage (1821 – 1823).
Sans titre•Brief history of the life of Henry Harold Welch Pearson, up to 1902, and list of his publications (24.11.1902)
Sans titreLetter 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.
