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'Autograph letters from Scientists'

(1) Letter from [Lord] Dawson about Riley's reprint on Sulphydryl wound repair, 1941
(2) Letter from [Lord] Dawson concerning a paper Riley asked him to look at, 1943
(3) [Sir] HH Dale's signature on tea ticket, 1952, with notes on envelope explaining event was Riley's first visit to Cambridge and his first paper
(4) Note from [Sir] WL Bragg referring to meeting Riley in Dundee, 1961
(5) Note from Peyton Roux [Nobel Laureate, 1966] about the reprints he sent to Riley, 1964
(6) Note from [Sir] GP Thomson concerning Bragg's idea on structure for an electron, 1966
(7) Card from [Sir] GP Thomson warning Riley he will be away over the winter, 1966
(8) Card from Henry Dale thanking Riley for his birthday wishes, 1967
(9) Letters [2] between Riley and Henry Dale concerning Riley's 'Introducing Biology', 1967
(10) Letter from Henry Dale referring to Riley's discovery 'about another function of the mast cells', 1968
(11) Letter from [Sir] WL Bragg referring to the early days of x-rays, 1967
(12) Letter from [Lady] Nora Barlow referring to Riley's 'Introducing Biology', 1967
(13) Letter from [Lady] Nora Barlow offering help to Riley in his effort to 'teach science through scientists', 1967
(14) Letter from [Lady] Nora Barlow about using Riley's Darwin Henslow publication for his 'Science through Scientists' project, 1967
(15) Note from Professor PB Medawar referring to Rosemary Cass commemoration, 1968
(16) Letter from Hans Krebs about self-made scientists, 1968
(17) Note acknowledging receipt of Riley's letter, 1968
(18) Note from PMS Blackett agreeing to write a few words in Riley's copy of Marie Curie's book, 1968
(19) Note agreeing to lunch from Professor PB Medawar, 1968
(20) Letter from Ruth D'Arcy Thompson referring to pasting her father's signature into the volume, 1968
(21) Letter from Ruth D'Arcy Thompson referring to an exhibition of her father's years in Dundee, 1968
(22) Letter from Professor PB Medawar concerned about Riley's sick leave, 1969
(23) Card from Sir Juliun Huxley agreeing to inscribe his grandfather's 'Man's Place in Nature', 1969
(24) Letter by A Timmer with news and thankful that Riley is better, 1969
(25) Letter from the Science Museum about Geissler tubes, 1969
(26) Note from Sire Alexander Haddow: 'I have no doubt at all that your contribution is still insufficiently appreciated and that its significance will become much more generally known very soon', 1969
(27) Note by WA Wooster agreeing to sign a copy of XRay Crystals book, 1969
(28) Letter from Lady Lyell about the terminology used for lords and ladies, 1970
(29) Letter by EJS Walton debunking the splitting the atom celebratory story, 1970
(30) Note from WL Bragg about 'the broadcast', with Blackett's signature on paper slip enclosed, 1970
(31) Letter from Franz Sondheimer enclosing xerox dedication in the Curie thesis, 1970
(32) Note by Julius Axelrod thanking Riley for copy of his mast cell monograph , 1973
(33) Letter from Lord William Taylor about the labyrinth design, 1971
(34) Letter enclosing forward by Sir Peter Medawar about strokes of which Riley and he were victims, nd

Sir James Chadwick

Signed reprint of 'Some personal notes on the search for the neutron' by Chawick, 1962, with accompanying letter to Riley and signed photograph, 1966

Sir Joseph Banks

(1) Letter to B Way Esq. from Joseph Banks about receiving 'a strange trout from Ireland', calling it the Gizzard Trout, 1774
(2) Letter to Riley from Dr Keith Banister explaining Banks', 'Gizzard Trout', 1968
(3) Royal Horticultural Society, Sir Joseph Banks medal, nd

Academic awards

Awards by the University of Edinburgh for Riley's MB CHB, FRCSE and MB, with Graduation Ceremony programme

Personal data

List with copies of Riley's qualifications, appointments, his war service and publications. Also list and copies of his publications. With his entry into the Medical Directory, copies of articles and photographs taken on his retiral. Photograph of 'Graduates in Medicine', Edinburgh 1935. Also news cuttings and articles relating to Riley's death

'Introducing Biology'

Publication by Riley, annotated and with notes from Penquin Books on his advances, 1967. Also letter from Peter Jones to Riley, praising his book, 1982

South Africa, 1961-1969

Guides; concert programmes; musical programmes; information leaflets; event leaflets; hotel menu; ballet programme; newspapers; invitations.

Aerogenes

Microscope images of different aerogenes in relation to the demonstration of capsules and loose slime

Fimbriate bacteria

Microscope images demonstrating that fimbriate bacteria adhere to intestinal cells, plant root hairs and fungal hyphae

Joint Charges Partnership papers

'Supporting Information for Grant for Ministry Fund', account sheet, planning report, Minutes of Partnership Group meeting, budget papers, memorandums and agenda of Joint Meeting of Linked Charges Vestries, Rev Lamont stipend costs

Registers of services

Contains details of the day, which service, numbers of communicants and attendees, officiant and preacher. Earlier volumes also note the text or subject and offerings

Whalers Close flat

Property schedules, correspondence and other papers by Dundee City Council, Baird & Company, Muir, Myles Laverty and Rev Canon JJ Morrow regarding the purchase of Flat 5

Newsletters

Church magazine, 1987 with programme of Lent, Holy Week and Easter services, 1992, copies of 'The Messenger', 1993, 1994, 1998, 1999 and Open Doors invitations and liturgy, 1998

Newsletters

March 2020, February 2020, January 2020, December 2019, November 2019, October 2019, September 2019, June 2019, May 2019, April 2019, March 2019, February 2019, January 2019, December 2018, November 2018, October 2018, September 2018, June 2018, May 2018, April 2018, March 2018, February 2018, January 2018, December 2017, November 2017, October 2017, September 2017, June 2017, May 2017.
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