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Correspondence and forms, photographs re grant and surrender of plant variety rights for John Innes fruit and vegetable varieties. NORLEG publications (legume and pea research)

Material relating to the work of John Nicol, Head of Horticultural Services, during his time at John Innes. Includes a notebook of works carried out, planting lists, plans and a card index to seed collections at John Innes. Misc. material from the Horticultural Department.

Material gathered by Brian Snoad and notes re the foundation of pea research at John Innes, specifically the growth of the John Innes pea breeding programme, the Pisum Collection, the Pea Gene Bank and the 'leafless' and 'semi-leafless' pea

Cotton sample box: 'Britain's Cottons, Samples of Cotton from Field to Fabric', by The Textile Council, Education and Information Department, 3 Alberton Street, Manchester. Dimensions: L: 15cm, W: 35 cm, D: 4.3 cm.

Plot notebooks, expedition documents, photographic slides (reference images)

Photographs and Slides. Paperwork.

Bundle of articles, booklets, leaflets and photographs about GM issues

Hard bound volume of publications and ephemera relating to the life and career of WCF Newton, Cytologist at the John Innes Horticultural Institution, and two photographs. Includes obituaries, scientific reprints and papers re his work at JIHI and WWI service.

Virus Research Unit correspondence and photographs

The notes and correspondence of Arthur Ernest Watkins regarding the wheat collection gathered from all around the world in the 1920s and 30s for the Plant Breeding Institute, Cambridge (now held at the John Innes Centre). Also includes files and letters from the 1970s-90s belonging to later curators of the seed collection, Victor Chapman, Terry Miller and Steve Reader. Includes sowing notes and keys to classifications.