New Fruits, Raised and Distributed by Laxton Bros., Bedford Ltd.
Letters between the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Zealand and Dr V Chapman, PBI, Cambridge on the documentation of the Watkins' collection, cross referencing data etc., line numbers of 1930 material for information on origin, lists for Portugal, Morocco, Iraq, Smyrna, Persia, India and Afghanistan.
Memo asking for news (staff retirements)
John Innes Society Newsletter: Dec 1988; Feb, Mar, Jul 1989; Mar 1990-Aug 1991. Sports Day Report: on the AFRC Inter-Institute Sports Day 18 June c 1990-91. 2 booklets: Opening of the Joseph Chatt Building and JIC Lecture Theatre: Programme and Exhibition Catalogue, 16 )ct 1995.
Newspaper clippings (1963-1965): includes article for The Grower by William J C Lawrence.
Envelope with misc. items regarding Roy Markham addressed to the John Innes Library, probably from Margaret Markham: Seating plan and menu for the Origin of Species Centenary Dinner, Christ's College Cambridge, 29 September 1959. Letter to Roy Markham from Dr Zh A Medvedev, Moscow, 30 April 1961. 3 x letters from nurseries and growers, 1971-2. Photocopy of a letter to Roy Markham from Zyun Hidaka, Kyushu University, Japan, 12 Jan 1972. Newspaper clippings about Roy Markham and the John Innes Institute, 1946-1979.
Album (blue) of newspaper articles and photographs about PBI, particularly the merger with NSDO.
Album (blue) of newspaper articles and photographs about PBI, particularly the merger with NSDO under Unilever and plans for expansion. Text of interview with Roy Brown (Chairman of Unilever).
One item is a notice of the death of W.C.F. Newton, 1927.