Ledyard, Gari Keith, 1932 (scholar of Korean history)
Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:
Copy of a letter from Gari Ledyard to Prof. Nathan Sivin of the University of Pennsylvania, U.S.A., accompanying a review of the manuscript of 'Hall of Heavenly Records', 1981-09-24
These documents compliment the correspondence catalogued as NRI2/2/4/5. Occasionally there are duplicates, but these have been retained for continuity of the files.
Copy of a letter from Joseph Needham to Gari Ledyard, about information on Korean astronomical instruments from the 'Chungbo Munhon Pigo' ['Comprehensive study of Korean civilisation, revised and expanded'], (1790, 1908), 1962-03-31 - 1962-04-16
The documents also include Needham's list of proper names from the work for which he asks Ledyard to provide Korean romanisations; copy of Ledyard's notes.
Copy of a memorandum from Nathan Sivin to Members of the Editorial Board of the Center for Chinese Studies, [University of Michigan, U.S.A.] about 'The Hall of Heavenly Records', and related documents, 1982-08-30 - 1983-03-28
The related documents comprise a copy of a letter from Gari Ledyard of Columbia University, New York City, U.S.A., about the revision of the work; copy of a reviewer's report of the revised work.
Correspondence with Gari Ledyard in Seoul, Korea, about his examination of the 'son-gi okhyong' armillary clock at Koryo University Museum, Seoul, Korea, 1964-04-06 - 1964-04-27
The correspondence comprises 2 letters from Ledyard; copy of 1 letter from Joseph Needham.
Correspondence with Gari Ledyard of Columbia University, New York City, U.S.A., about Korean books relating to military technology, 1980-07-29 - 1981-01-28
The documents comprise two letters from Ledyard; copy of 1 letter of reply from Joseph Needham.
Correspondence with Gari Ledyard of the University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A., about the treatment of Korea and the Korean language in 'Science and Civilisation in China, Volume 3', 1960-01-23 - 1961-07-27
The correspondence comprises 7 letters from Ledyard; copies of 3 letters from Joseph Needham.
The letters pays particular attention to the problem of romanisation of the Korean language and Ledyard provides lists of 'correct' romanisations.
Letter from Gari Ledyard in Seoul, Korea, about the Korean Yi dynasty armillary clock and the work of Chon Sangun [Jeon Sang-Woon], 1964-03-11
The documents also include a bibligraphy of Chon's work on the history of clockwork in Korea.
Letter from Gari Ledyard in Seoul, Korea, about the translation of an article by Jeon Sang-Woon of Seoul, Korea, 1964-04-14
These documents compliment the correspondence catalogued as NRI2/2/4/5. Occasionally there are duplicates, but these have been retained for continuity of the files.
Letter from Gari Ledyard in Seoul, South Korea, commenting on the proofs of 'Science and Civilisation in China, Volume 4, Part 2', 1963-10-22
This series contains files on each topic set out in Joseph Needham's grand plan for 'Science and Civilisation in China'.
Letter from Gari Ledyard of Berkeley, California, U.S.A. and attached list of errata for the volume, 1962-04-06
Ledyard's letter also includes an explanation of some research inspired by Joseph Needham's comment 'that what Li Shih-chen meant by 'dragon-fire' was not very obvious'.
Letter from John Combridge of Ilford, Essex, about his work on Korean clockwork and accompanying copies of correspondence with Gari Ledyard of Columbia University, New York, U.S.A., about his assistance with the work, 1964-12-22 - 1965-01-04
There is a copy of 1 letter from Ledyard; copy of 1 letter from Combridge.
Letter from John H. Combridge of Ilford, Essex, about the possible collaboration of Gari Ledyard of Columbia University, New York City, U.S.A., and related documents, 1964-12-22 - 1965-01-04
The related documents comprise a copy of a letter from Ledyard to Combridge, commenting on a typescript sent by Combridge; copy of a letter from Combridge to Ledyard.
Two letters from Derek J. de Solla Price of Yale University, U.S.A., about an examination of a Korean clock in a museum in Seoul, and related documents, 1963-05-31 - 1963-07-16
The related documents comprise a copy of a letter from Gari K. Ledyard of Berkeley, California, U.S.A., about the provision of photographs of the clock; notes.
Typescript translation by Gari Ledyard from the Peking Memoirs of Hong Taeyong [洪大容 1731-1783], 1980 - 1989
The first piece describes the Korean's meeting with Jesuits in Peking and their knowledge of mathematics and astronomy. The second piece is headed 'The Observational Platform'.