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•Herbarium catalogues, including London and South Africa, and a collecting book from Sierra Leone
Zonder titel•First and Second World War papers including Sir William Wright Smith’s 1916 Report.
Zonder titel•Biographical note and correspondence.
Zonder titel•2 copies of letters by or referring to him
Zonder titel•William Steel Trust Accounts including a financial report from 1990-1992 and a report from 1999.
Zonder titel•16 boxes of Gardeners’ Register
•Business records yet to be listed
•Annotated copy of William Jameson’s ‘Report Upon the Botanical Gardens of the Government, North Western Provinces’, Roorkee, Thomason C. E. College Press. (1855)
Zonder titel•Correspondence (March – April 1916) and a paper titled ‘Mosses from West Ross-shire’.
Zonder titelFolder containing 4 letters and 1 photo of Shaw.
Zonder titel•Papers regarding the Victoria Botanic Gardens, Southern Cameroons (1916-1961)
•Papers regarding horticulture and agriculture in Southern Nigeria (1906)
•Illustrations, drawings and abstracts.