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We have an ongoing project to add the John Innes Centre archive collections to the online catalogue. Currently only a limited number of our collections are searchable in this way. Of those collections that have been inputted, all have a general description including title, covering dates and brief description of contents.

A few collections are listed in more detail, down to individual item level. Two of the most prominent are those of William Bateson (1861-1926) and Cyril Darlington (1903-1981). Both were Directors of the John Innes Horticultural Institution and were hugely influential in shaping the progress of genetics during the first half of the 20th century.