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17 photographs acting as a photocopy of George Don's entry in the 1893 publication 'Portrait Gallery of Forfar Notables, from drawings by John Young'. Letterpress by Alexander Lowson, pp.39-52, 178-9 and Young's portrait of George Don [Jnr]. Date of photography unknown - 1960s-1980s? perhaps earlier?; photographer unknown. Photographs were found among the Don reprint collection, January 2014.

photographs relating to Jennifer's career at RBGE, Flora of Turkey, cigarette cards, Betty Fletcher's History of RBGE (written 1954) and folder of Flora Iranica S.E.M. photographs of Umbelliferae fruits.

•Box containing a photocopy of his diary from 1962 (the original copy is with his family), transcript of his, diary from 1952 when he was an apprentice at Mount Stewart Gardens, Co. Down, and correspondence (1973-1985)
•Box containing correspondence and recollections of Henry Howden (Harry) Bryce, former gardener at RBGE, collection dating 1913-1990
•Box containing folder of photos (negatives and contact prints), possibly New Guinea in 1962? (includes two photos of Canon Norman Cruttwell) Photos are mainly of local people, events, villages, mountains and scenery.

2x photo albums, including Ross's retirement party; 4x loose prints, inc. Della Purves, Mycology/Pteridology Lab at RBGE, 26 May 1972, view of the Glasshouse Range, 18 June 1968; purple flower - pulsatilla vulgaris?; 3x 8mm (super 8) films relating to RBGE - 'Loch Eck', 'RBGE' and 'RBG Yashika, 77'; also Funeral service and eulogy.

Collection comprises pages copied from a photobook, compiled by Fred Wood's family; envelope of photographs, some copied, showing RBGE Rock Garden work, Fred with his colleagues, including social events such as a Burns supper; lecture notes and handouts relating to arboriculture courses held at RBGE; box of published book and pamphlet material [to be assessed by library colleagues]

•Box of ‘Fungi References’, reports, descriptions and field notes
•Folder containing his thesis ‘Fungal Succession Found on Bird Pellets and its comparison with the Dung Sequence’ (Jun – Oct 1959)
•Four folders of papers
•Two boxes of material for a biography of James Bolton (1735-1799) and his collecting sites and lecture notes on the same. (Slides are kept in the slide collection)