Item GGH/5/1/1 - Letters: WJC Lawrence, CDD Darlington, Dodds, Colonel Innes

Extent: 1 folder

Letter to C D Darlington from G H and reply (with copies of circulars to be distributed). Copies of typed letters/circulars by Cyril Darlington about the JII Council's statement on the move, his letter submitted to the Gardener's Chronicle, the role of the John InnesTrustees, the Charity Commissioners and the Agricultural Research Council, John Innes Circular, No. 6 and & 7 containing reprints of letters to Botany School, Oxford from C D Darlington, from the Charity Commissioners to CDD and a letter of protest submitted to Nature by four Fellows of the Royal Society, 1965. Memorandum to the Director (Dodds) by senior staff demanding information. Letters from G H to William J C Lawrence including a report entitled 'The Proposed Move To Norwich, Events So Far (as we can make them out)' and replies. Letter by GH to his parents outlining the reasons, history and various behind the scenes machinations of the proposed move, the background to the Zuckerman report and the concerns of the staff and activities of their "protest movement". Letter to the Chairman of the Trustees (draft?) with attached notes/letters signed by Brian Snoad, P Matthews and Dawson, letter to MP Quintin Hogg outlining the situation, a copy of a letter from Antony Crossland (Minister for Education and Science) to Quintin Hogg with G H handwritten notes on 'do staff want to move to Norwich? 2 Letters to Colonel Innes from G H and the Senior Staff Committee with names of the 19 staff who signed the letter in pencil. 2 letters from G H to the Observer's Science Correspondent. Letter from F T Last, Assoc. of Applied Biologists to N G Alvey, J I I.

Admin History: WJC Lawrence (1899-1985) joined the John Innes Institute in 1913 as an unpaid garden boy, he joined the scientific staff in 1926 later becoming head of the department of physiology and plant culture and Curator to the institute in 1932. Alongside John Newell he invented the formula for the John Innes Compost. His research included genetical work on the Dahlia and Streptocarpus, plant growth in different environments using the tomato and work on the development of scientific standard glasshouses and growth rooms at Merton and Bayfordbury. He served for a time as acting director and retired from JI in 1963.