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•Box of personal papers and correspondence •Box of papers regarding excursions (1829-32) •Box of papers regarding his North American Tour (1834) •Box of papers regarding his North American Tour (second copies) •Box containing Tour Diaries (1836-38) •Box containing a Journal of Tours, including his Germany Tour (1839-40) •Box containing a Journal of Tours (1848) •Box of Annual Reports to Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society (RCHS) for 1841 and 1842 •Box of miscellaneous papers; into this box ("box 9 of 9") has been added (June 2019) a typescript list entitled "Plants of McNab's Herbarium"; it has an old id number of 37,994, was stored in the Library Office and is dated to February 1953. It is in 4 stapled bundles (caution - be wary of staples) and lists what was presumably herbarium specimens from James McNab's collection. •Box of miscellaneous papers, including correspondence and a photograph of a tree-transplanter •Folder containing McNab’s Testimonials •Bound volume of his ‘Journal of Tour Through North America, 1834’ •Scrapbook titled ‘McNab Cuttings’ •Untitled scrap book
•Some correspondence filed with Sir Wm. Wright Smith papers under “Smith, Sir Wm. W.”, “Rhododendron Corresp”, material boxed alphabetically in these boxes
•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
•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
•Box containing notes and correspondence on Australia and the South Pacific Islands; 3 folders;
correspondence relating to Alexander Morrison's bequest, 1913-1915
folder of manuscript notes relating to the flora of Western Australia, e.g. 'Salt bushes and their cultivation'
folder of manuscript notes relating to the flora of the New Hebrides [Vanuatu] and South Pacific Islands, e.g. 'Notes on a botanising Tour in the New Hebrides'