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Dr James F. Riley
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Kathleen Lonsdale

Article about Dame Kathleen Lonsdale, Professor of Chemistry being the the first female to be appointed President of the British Association [1967]

Articles from 'Scottish Field'

'Sporting Days in Angus with Rod and Gun' by L.J.A. Bell and 3 photographs of a building beside the sea, possibly Auchmithie. Also, 'Spectres of the Hills' by Tome Weir, 1966

Diaries of research notes

'4 Quarter 1943' notebook containing research notes, 1943
23 x University of St Andrews' diaries containing research notes, with one containing a small artwork by his young daughter, 1947-1969

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

Coastal surveys of the east in the 1780s

(1) 'A Chart of the North West Coast of Borneo....by James Barton' printed 1780
(2) 'A New Chart of the Oriental Seas and Islands....from the Isle of Ceylon to Amoye in China' Printed 1783

Letter from JB Priestley

Letter to Dr Riley advising him that Priestley would sign his copy of 'Bright Day' and recommending he read 'The Image Men', 'my last, perhaps my very last' novel.
In envelope annotated with notes in French

Sir Thomas and Sir Joseph Banks

(1) Notebook containing copy letters of Sir Thomas Banks and genealogical information, nd
(2) Letters [2] from Averil Lysaght thanking Riley for the loan of his notebook and his appreciation if her book about Joseph Banks, 1971
(3) Letter from the British Museum returning Riley's notebook after copying it, 1971

'Unopened 'degree'

Parcel addressed to James F. Riley, c/o Shearsby, 34 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh. Unopened 'degree'.

'Mum's lecture'

Envelope, 'Mum's lecture', containing 9 cards with hand drawn sketches of photographs with notes.

Letter to James F. Riley from Lim Joo Kong

Letter to James F. Riley from Lim Joo Kong, Thean Peng Brothers Rice & Oil Mills. Personal letter containing good wishes at the Chinese New Year and mentions that Riley operated on Lim Joo Kong.
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