Correspondence re financial assistance given by the John Innes Horticultural Institution to R.C. Knight for his proposed research visit to the USA in 1923; correspondence arising from Knight's trip.
Contents of an envelope. Chiefly letters of application and enquiry to Bateson.
Included at B.7 is a draft of Bateson's letter of acceptance of the Directorship.
Contents of an envelope so inscribed. Brief correspondence with B.T. Rumble; 6pp manuscript draft of Bateson's application for permission and fair copy version; manuscript draft of a letter to [?Sir David Prain].
Copies of letters, chiefly from Bateson, to Directors etc of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Most of the letters not by Bateson are from staff and Council members of the John Innes Horticultural Institution, including E.J. Allard, D.M. Cayley and B.T. Rumble. A list of John Innes Horticultural Institution correspondents is at the front. The correspondence has been kept in the order in which found.
Correspondence and papers, mostly relating to the response of the John Innes Trustees, including two typescript drafts of their official response.