Goodrich, Luther Carrington, 1894 - 1986 (historian)
Found in 52 Collections and/or Records:
Copies of two letters from L. Carrington Goodrich of Columbia University, New York City. U.S.A. to Dr. Herbert Chatley of Bath about his own work on the history of gunpowder and work by others, 1948-01-02 - 1948-01-06
The letter discusses Goodrich's paper with Feng Chia-Sheng [馮家昇 / Feng Jiasheng] and papers by Wang Ling and Tenny L. Davis of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, U.S.A.
Copy of a letter from Joseph Needham to Prof. L Carrington Goodrich of Columbia University, New York City, U.S.A., about the origin of the stirrup in China and early references to it in Chinese texts, and part of a letter of reply from Goodrich, 1959-08-21 - 1959-12-31
This file is marked RY, indicating that this is a section of 'Science and Civilisation in China', undertaken by Robin Yates.
Copy of a letter from Joseph Needham to Prof. L. Carrington Goodrich of New York City, U.S.A., about cannon cast by Chang Shih-Chheng in the 14th century, 1982-02-23 - 1982-03-05
The documents also include Goodrich's reply and related notes.
Copy of a letter from L. Carrington Goodrich of Columbia University, New York City, U.S.A., to Prof. Lo Hsiang-lin of the University of Hong Kong, about Joseph Needham's monograph on 'Iron and Steel Technology in China', (Newcomen Society, 1958), 1960-03 - 1960-04-07
The documents also include a copy of a review of the monograph written by Goodrich and published in 'Isis'.
Copy of a lettter from L. Carrington Goodrich of Columbia University, New York City, U.S.A., to George Sarton, of Harvard Library, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A., about a paper by Wang Ling and other matters, 1945-03-09
Other matters discussed include the first reference to alchemy in Chinese literature; Lu Gwei-Djen in New York.
Copy of a review by L. Carrington Goodrich of L. Audemard, 'Les Jonques chinoises: IX Cotes est', (Rotterdam, 1970), 1972
Joseph Needham's file title reads 'Naut. Shipbuilding etc., misc. > 75 P-F > 2nd Edition Material'.
Copy of a review by L. Carrington Goodrich of Luce Boulnois, 'The Silk Road', (New York, 1966), 1967-02
Joseph Needham's file title reads 'Vol. 1, Backgrounds, Contacts etc, misc. 70 [Dorothy Needham] > 75 P-F, 2nd Edition Material'.
Copy of a review by L. Carrington Goodrich of Theodore Bowie, 'East-West in Art. Patterns of cultural and aesthetic relationships', (Indiana University Press, 1966), 1966
The review was published in 'Pacific Affairs'.
Copy of a review by L. Carrington Goodrich published in 'Pacific Affairs', (Volume 49, No 2), 1976
For reviews of 'Heavenly Clockwork' see SCC2/108.
Copy of a review by L. Carrington Goodrich published in the 'Journal of the American Oriental Society', (82.3 (1962)), 1962 - 1963-10-23
The review was sent to Joseph Needham by V.P [Victor Purcell] and the documents include his covering note.
Correspondence between Prof. L. Carrington Goodrich of Columbia University, New York City, U.S.A. and Lu Gwei-Djen about Lu's contribution of a biography of Li Shih-Chen for the 'Ming Biographical History', 1963-01-25 - 1965-05-16
The documents comprise 4 letters from Goodrich; copies of 2 letters from Lu. The documents also include typed 'Directions for Contributors' of the 'Ming Biographical History'.
Correspondence between Prof. L. Carrington Goodrich of Columbia University, New York City, U.S.A. and Lu Gwei-Djen about the editing her biography of Li Shih-Chen for the 'Ming Biographical History', and related documents, 1965-07-14 - 1965-09-08
Lu disagrees with the editing applied to her article. The correspondence comprises 4 letters from Goodrich; copy of 1 letter from Lu. The documents also include a copy of a letter from Joseph Needham to Goodrich, disagreeing with the amendments made to the article; copy of a letter from Goodrich to Needham, expressing regret at the disagreement; copy of the article as edited by Chaoying Fang; notes by Lu.
Correspondence relating to a paper by Wang Ling entitled 'On the invention and use of gunpowder and firearms in China', intended for publication in 'Isis', 1945-02-23 - 1945-05-28
The documents comprise a letter from Wang Ling at the Institute of History and Philology, Lichuang, Szechuan, China, about the publication of his article and the suggestion he work in Cambridge, (1 April 1945); 3 letters from George Sarton, Editor of 'Isis', about the article; letter from L. Carrington Goodrich of Columbia University, New York City. U.S.A., to George Sarton of Harvard University, Massachusetts, U.S.A., commenting on the article, (21 March 1945) and carbon copy of same.
Correspondence relating to a review by Dr. Ashwin Lippe of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, U.S.A., 1956-12-06 - 1957-01-10
The review appeared in the 'American Journal of Archaeology'. The first letter is from L. Carrington Goodrich of Columbia University, New York City, U.S.A. and discusses Lippe's references to irrigation. The second letter is a copy of a Joseph Needham letter to Lippe thanking him for the review and asking for a copy.
Correspondence with L. Carrington Goodrich of Columbia University, New York City, U.S.A., about early printed books, and Goodrich's book 'Invention of Printing in China', 1956-02-07 - 1956-09-11
The documents comprise 2 letters from Goodrich; copy of 1 letter of reply from Joseph Needham.
Correspondence with L. Carrington Goodrich of Columbia University, New York City, U.S.A., about emendations for 'Heavenly Clockwork', 1960-05-31 - 1960-07-20
Correspondence with L. Carrington Goodrich of Columbia University, New York City, U.S.A. about his reviews and comments on the volume, 1955-01-03 - 1955-03-18
These files of correspondence are particularly interesting as they provide an insight into people’s opinion of the volumes. Joseph Needham opened a file each time a volume was published.
Correspondence with Professor L. Carrington Goodrich of Columbia University, New York City, U.S.A., about the origin of chess in India and China and attached notes by Joseph Needham, 1960-06-02 - 1960-06-17
This series contains files on each topic set out in Joseph Needham's grand plan for 'Science and Civilisation in China'.
Cutting of a 'New York Times' article by Irving Spengel entitled 'The Afternoon of a Booklover' about the an afternoon spent book buying by David Ben-Gurion, 1960-03-16 - 1960-03-17
The article was sent to Joseph Needham by L. Carrington Goodrich of The University of Columbia (his compliments slip is attached). It mentions that Ben-Gurion visited the Paragon Book Gallery to order the volume.
Cutting of a review by Berk Bodde published in the 'Far Eastern Survey', U.S.A., 1956-10 - 1956-11-19
A compliments slip from L. Carrington Goodrich of Columbia University accompanies the cutting.
Cutting of a review by L. Carrington Goodrich published in 'Isis', 1955-09
Many of the reviews came to Joseph Needham via Cambridge University Press and are accompanied by an explanatory compliments slip.
Cutting of a review by L. Carrington Goodrich published in the 'Revue Bibliographique de Sinologie', 1959
Many of the reviews came to Joseph Needham via Cambridge University Press and are accompanied by an explanatory compliments slip.
Cutting of from the 'New York Times' editorial page of a section entitled 'Science in China' and accompanying note from L. Carrington Goodrich of Columbia University, New York City, U.S.A., 1960-12-26 - 1960-12-27
The article is concerned with a 'two-day symposium on science in Communist China' held by the 'American Association for the Advancement of Science' and highlights 'Science and Civilisation in China'.
Cuttings of a review by L. Carrington Goodrich published in the 'Far Eastern Survey', 1960-01 - 1966
Many of the reviews came to Joseph Needham via Cambridge University Press and are accompanied by an explanatory compliments slip.
Cuttings of a review by L. Carrington Goodrich published in the 'Journal of the American Oriental Society', No. 4, 1954, 1954 - 1957
Many of the reviews came to Joseph Needham via Cambridge University Press and are accompanied by an explanatory compliments slip.