Correspondence and report on potato expedition to Bolivia, Spring 1963, Notebook of Kenneth S.Dodds on Potatoes in Venezuela, entitled: "Field notes." Research notes on Pisum
Volume 1, labeled 'Field', (empty).
Loose research notes on graph paper in three sections: sowings, results and pod spot light. Charting results of experiments in growth and development of pod shoots and neoplastic pods under different growing conditions and lights, including fluorescent, mercury vapour lamps and radar red. Graphs and detailed handwritten notes, letters, photographs, manuscript by Kenneth Dodds and Peter Matthews 'Neoplastic Pod in the Pea', an article on artificial light and letters from Kenneth Dodds to Atlas Lighting Company, Hirst Research Centre, Journal of Heredity and Peter Matthews.
Typed report (12 pages): 'A REPORT on a field study of diploid cultivated potatoes carried out in South America from November 24, 1959 to April 5, 1960', by K S Dodds.
Applications and correspondence regarding funding and traveling expenses notebook.
Applications and correspondence regarding funding from The Royal Society, the Agricultural Research Council, the Percy Sladden Memorial Fund and the Rokefeller Foundation.
Expenses for the South American expedition: including for hotels, meals, food, stamps, personal, post and gasoline for each country
Correspondence about the Bolivia expedition including a summary of the proposed work for the Rockefeller Foundation, 'A Field Study of Weed Potatoes in Bolivia' and a Smithsonian Institution science information exchange booklet. Letters pre trip: about vehicles in Peru, letters to contacts in Bolivia including Percy Aitken, Mario Perez Criales, Dr G Barja Berrios, Dr M Cardenos, Dr Ochoa, Professor Harland, Dr Donovan S Correll, Dr Levi Jordan, Laurence L Petersen, Dr Earl E Smith, and various embassies and banks letters, post trip: about the return of vehicles and to contacts in Bolivia.
Research notes on peas: varieties, growth in different conditions, field notes etc.
Volume 3, labeled 'Lines'. Notes on: Achievment (ex Suttons), Market Gem (ex Suttons), Duke of Albany, Duke of York, Giant Stride, Gradus, Kelvedon Triumph, Miracle, Keeran, Pisum sativum, Pisum elatus, Pisum jouardie, Abyssinian pea, Lamm lines and others.