Bateson's correspondence with members of the Council of the John Innes Horticultural Institution. It chiefly relates to the negotiations leading to Bateson's appointment as Director of the Institution in 1910, including his plans for its running, staffing etc. Some later correspondence is included relating to buildings, staff matters etc.
Final (uncorrected) proof copy for 'The Eugenics Review', 53, 3 (October 1961) .
With envelope
Correspondence with Gérard Duc and Tony Croften and Valerie Silvey (editor, Plant Varieties and Seeds) on collaborative paper to be given at Cracow conference 'The management of the two genes for zero-tannin in faba beans'.
3pp typescript, untitled, which discusses an apparent lecture or talk by A.N. Gossage on inherited cretinism. Inscribed 'Nov. 1908' in Bateson's hand at the top of the first page.
22 x hand-coloured photos, 6 x b & w, 1 painting. hand-coloured photographs in shades of yellow and purple, including C. pulchellus, C. oliveri, C. balansae, C. van s flavus, C. corsicus, C. vernus and C. versicolor. Painting of 1 purple crocus with orange stamens, 2 white flowers and 1 white petal, labelled 'C. speciosus, C. hadriaticus and C.sativus, dated respectively, 21 Sep, Oct and Nov 1927.
1st International Workshop on Antibiotics, Havana (Cuba) 1993. Continuing collaboration and correspondence with Cuba.
1 x neg strip b & w, of germinating cucumber seeds, no date
Including 'Factors responsible for Fruit and Seed Setting', Merton fruit varieties (c.1954), 'Pollination of apples and pears' (Witham, Essex, 1959), 'Work of John Innes Institute' (Hethersett Horticultural Society).
The letter to 'Science' was titled 'Genetical Analysis and the Theory of Natural Selection'.