Yellow album containing NSDO leaflets/flyers advertising rygrass varieties: Augusta, Sabalan, S23 and S24, Sabrina and Trident, all bred at the Welsh Plant Breeding Station (NPBD) in Aberystwyth.
Blue album containing NSDO leaflets/flyers advertising different varieties: Carnival, Corgi, Jupiter, Maris Minak, Maris Mink, Tintern, Tasman, Tricon and Tweed (sping barley); Halycon (winter barley); Maris Otter (malting barley); Margam and Maris Oberon (spring oats); Panema and Pennal (winter oats)
Album (now loose in box/folder) of flyers and advertisements from magazines/newspapers glued on A3 paper with annotations and dates. Maris Hustler, Maris Mink, Maris Mardler, Maris Sportsman, Maris Hobbit, Maris Kinsman (winter wheat), Highbury (spring wheat), Maris Oberon (spring oat), Panema and Pennal (winter oat), Pentland Javelin, Pentland Hawk, Pentland Squire Maris Piper, Maris Bard (potato), Maris Kestral and Merlin (kale), Maris Minak, Jupiter (spring barley), Maris Otter (malting barley), Quinta (oilseed rape). Misc. articles: includes 'The Seeds of Change' interview with Bob Maris (on Maris Huntsman, Sportsman, Kinsman, Hobbit and Freeman), NSDO News, Summer 1978, job advertisements for Marketing Manager and Marketing Assistant, article in the Scottish Farmer on new varieties of turnip (Appin), photo of Dick Knight (NSDO) with tayberries, article in British Farmer and Stockbreeder about NAIB's new system, new varieties and 'genetic manipulation' and article about NSDO.
Two printed maps (postcard size) of the district (Merton) around the John Innes Horticultural Institution used by Darlington, in his capacity as an air raid warden, during World War Two. Included is a covering letter to the John Innes Centre Librarian (2003) from Oliver Darlington, Darlington's son, who donated the maps. One map shows the landing locations of high explosive and incendiary bombs; the other is a similiar record for flying bombs. This information is written on the cards in Darlington's hand, as well as the date span for the flying bombs map: 'June 15 - Aug 27th 1944'.
Management Advisory Committee: Minutes, correspondence, staff matters, agenda, reports, training statistics etc. Committee meeting dates: 17 Oct 1974, 25 March 1975, 4 April 1975, 9 July 1975 and 14 October 1975.
Maps, correspondence, reports, architectural plans
Estimates: 1960-1961 and 1961-1962