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• 3 letters with their envelopes written to Thomas Douglas Grieve relating to his career - 05 January 1928, William Wright Smith to Thomas Douglas Grieve offering him a place on the probationer course; 15 March 1937, Lord Alness to Thomas Douglas Grieve offering best wishes on his post in Jamaica; 03 April 1937, John Macqueen Cowan to Thomas Douglas Grieve congratulating him on his post in Kingston, Jamaica.
• Probationer Gardener Papers- 1 lecture synopsis and 7 exam papers sat by Grieve during his probationer gardener career at RBGE - lecture synopsis, 1929-1930; exam papers: Forest Botany, 03 April 1928; Botanical Nomenclature, 25 March 1929; Book-Keeping, 17 December 1929; British Timbers, 31 March 1930; Plant Propagation, 22 July 1930; Forest Botany (2), 30 March 1931; Plant Pathology, 13 July 1931;
• copy of Dobbie's Horticultural Handbook, 1898 that mentions James Grieve (pp15, 16 and 25 (and John Downie on page 11)) - this book is now in the library collection.

The letter, dated 11/11/1947, is from Felix Eugen Frisch (1879-1954), who was Professor of Botany at Queen Mary College, University of London between 1924 and 1948. He is writing in response to a parcel sent to him by Miss Muriel J. Hay, Room 39, Dept. of Botany, RBGE, EH4. She was a student at RBGE and obtained a 2nd class, BSc Hons, Botany in July 1948. He criticises the way she packaged up the slide and tubes of material she wanted him to identify, as the slide was completely broken and one of the tubes was cracked, but he was able to identify one of the specimens as Coelosphaerium naegelianum, and asks her to send more as it would repay detailed study.

Letter from A. Engler to Douglas Maclagan, Secretary of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh, 9 March 1886, Kgl. Botan. Garten, Breslau, thanking the Society for electing him a corresponding fellow.

Copy of his obituary, 1896
•Copy of eulogy
•Notice of interment

Printed text of the Lecture on ‘The Scope and Tendency of Botanical Study; An Inaugural Address delivered before the Liverpool Royal Infirmary School of Medicine’ (May 3, 1858)

•Correspondence, dated 1912-1913 on Primula filed with subject material under “Primula” (Box 1) in main index.

Items that accompanied a donation to the RBGE Herbarium (01700); includes Ogilvie's passport, 1968-1978; 2 copies of Diseases of Vegetables, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Bulletin No. 123 - one of which (2nd ed. 1944) is annotated and to be housed in the Archives, the second (6th ed. 1969) is to go to the RBGE Library Periodicals section. The latter pamphlet contained a letter, John G.S. Marshall to L. Ogilvie, 31/12/1971 discussing the popularity of the Bulletin, plans for a Spanish version and a revision.
The accession also includes a print out of Ogilvie's wikipedia page, and a cover note from his son, W. Duncan Ogilvie, who donated the collection in April 2024.

At present, 1 folder containing newsletter, funding appeal and letterheads dating to 2011

•Syllabus of Three Lectures on Charles Darwin and His Works

•Papers & correspondence re; Sphagnum Moss – use as medical dressing, (1st & 2nd World War references) – including W. Wright Smith’s report to R.A.M.C. (War Dept.) dated 1916 are filed under “Sphagnum Moss as medical dressings” – index “S”