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Paper identification card/landing pass, issued 14 September 1944 by the 'Master' (Captain) of the S.S. For McDonnell. It is a fill in card with blank spaces and printed text.

The S.S. Fort McDonnell, was completed in August 1944, as part of the 'Blue Funnel Line.' She was a Victory ship built by Burrard Dry Dock Co. Ltd., built for the Built for the Ministry of War Transport. Renamed several times after World War II starting in 1947.

'No. on Articles' refers to the corresponding line in the ship's official articles/ships logs that matches this identification card.

TRANSCRIPTION

bold = printed text

Blue Funnel Line

The Bearer Dr. J.H. Hicks

whose signature appears on the back hereof, is a member of the crew of - S.S./M.V. [STAMP] S. S. Fort McDonnell

[SIGNATURE] [F. Gray?] Master

Date of issue [STAMP] SEP 14 1944

(see Reverse side)

[REVERSE SIDE]

SIGNATURE [SIGNATURE] JH Hicks

No. on Articles 25

11 binders of Mike Richardson's coprolitic fungi collection notes, taken from samples of animal dung between c. 1996-2020, from locations around the U.K., Iceland and the Falkland Islands.

2 page letter. Typed.

•Copy of a newspaper article in which he features, taken from the Glasgow Herald dated 3 Oct 1967

•Copy of a letter from Miller, dated 29 Dec 1747, found loose inside John Hope’s copy of Miller’s ‘Figures of… Plants Described in the Gardeners Dictionary’ 1755-60,

• Copy of covering letter from NLS to Botanic Gardens Edinburgh, dated 13 Jan 1978 re; letter from Minto Collection. Original of covering letter in “McNab, Wm” papers.
•Copy of letter from William McNab, Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh dated 17 Oct 1845, probably to Mary, Countess of Minto concerning Minto House Garden

•Letter (12 handwritten pages on 4 sheets) to George Arnott Walker Arnott, regarding Ficus, dated 14 March 1847
•4 separate autograph notes on Ficus / Figs

1 draft. Typed.

[TITLE] Mitochondrial and chloroplast DNA-based phylogeny of Pelargonium (Geraniaceae)
Written by: F.T. Bakker FT, A. Culham, C.E. Pankhurst, and M. Gibby

[Annotation] This was submitted to Am.J.Bot 29/3/99 [29 March 1999]

Was published in 2000 , available for free at https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10811797/

•Letter dated 29 Mar 1877 to Capt. Henderson, filed with papers under “Henderson, F”

Correspondence, Photographs, Orders, Invoices and Plans to and from Mo Farquharson, David Mitchell (RBGE), Benjamin Tindall (Architect) and Clara Govier (RBGE) outlining the ideas and plans behind the sculptural installations of animals in the new Arid House at RBGE, 1998-2000. Includes 54 photographs taken in around 1999 by Mo Farquharson showing the installed sculptures in the Arid House.