Goodrich, Luther Carrington, 1894 - 1986 (historian)
Found in 52 Collections and/or Records:
Documents relating to a query by George Sarton on the history of cultured pearls, 1954-09-23 - 1954-10-11
Joseph Needham's notes on a lecture by L. Carrington Goodrich about '泉洲' [Chhüan Chou / Quan Zhou], 1957
The lecture was made at the 'International Congress of Orientalists' in Munich, Germany, 1957.
Letter from Anne S. Goodrich of New York City, U.S.A., about the death of her husband L. Carrington Goodrich, 1986-10-30
This section contains files relating to Joseph Needham's association with and membership of history of science and sinological organisations. The documents include notes and correspondence.
Letter from Kenneth Robinson in Sarawak, Malaysia, about the preparation of a biography of Chu Tsai-Yü [朱載堉 / Zhu Zaiyu] for a collection of Ming biographies being compiled by L. Carrington Goodrich of Columbia University, U.S.A., and related documents, 1964-07-22 - 1965-02-23
The related documents comprise a copy of Joseph Needham's reply; a letter from Goodrich to Robinson about the work; typed copy of the work; comments on the work prepared by anonymous 'musicological friend' of Goodrich.
Letter from L. Carrington Goodrich at the International Christian University, Tokyo, Japan, to Wang Ling concerning a blurb about the volume published in a Heffer & Sons catalogue (No. 132, 1962), 1962-06-28
The documents also include a copy of the catalogue page.
Letter from L. Carrington Goodrich of Columbia University, New York City, U.S.A. about a reference to Joseph Needham's coverage of the history of eyeglasses in an essay by Robert T. Jordon, 1964-05-26
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.
Letter from L. Carrington Goodrich of Columbia University, New York City, U.S.A., about Dr. Fu Lo-Shu and information about the alchemist, Wang Chieh [王捷 / Wang Jie], c. 980 to c. 1020, and related notes, 1973-07-21 - 1974-01-09
Joseph Needham notes that he met Fu at the 29th International Congress of Oriental Studies, 1973.
Letter from L. Carrington Goodrich of Columbia University, New York City, U.S.A. advising Joseph Needham of his revision of T. F. Carter's, 'Invention of Printing in China', 1951-11-15 - 1951
Joseph Needham's file title reads '中國科学史/Book Itself/Generalities/Not CUP'.
Letter from L. Carrington Goodrich of Columbia University, New York City, U.S.A. congratulating Joseph Needham on the volume and including a list of possible errata, 1971-11-09 - 1971-11-10
The documents also include a postcard from Goodrich sent to Joseph Needham the day after the letter with details of an extra possible error.
Letter from L. Carrington Goodrich of Columbia University, New York City, U.S.A., expressing his admiration at the volume and pointing out minor errors, 1976-03-15
The letter also advises Joseph Needham of the publication of the 'Dictionary of Ming Biography' after 13 years work.
Letter from L. Carrington Goodrich of Columbia University, New York City, U.S.A., praising the volume and noting a few misprints, 1976-11-15
Some of the letters in this file do not relate directly to this volume and are more general in content.
Letter from L. Carrington Goodrich of Columbia University, New York City, U.S.A. to Wang Ling, pointing out some errors in the volume, 1966-08-31
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.
Letter from L. Carrington Goodrich of Columbia University, New York, U.S.A. congratulating Joseph Needham on the work and listing possible corrections, 1959-12-31 - 1960-01-26
The documents also include a further letter from Goodrich including a reference for another possible correction relating to 'dust storms from the Gobi'.
Letter from L. Carrington Goodrich of The Association for Asian Studies, Columbia University, U.S.A. enclosing a copy of Ray Huang's biography of Liu Ta-Hsia [劉大夏 / Liu Daxia], 1968-03-20 - 1968-03-27
This series contains files on each topic set out in Joseph Needham's grand plan for 'Science and Civilisation in China'.
Letter from Prof. L. Carrington Goodrich of Columbia University, New York City, U.S.A., about a discovery by Prof. Peter Alexis Boodberg relating to stirrups, 1959-09-16
Goodrich also praises Joseph Needham's book on 'The Development of Iron and Steel Technology'.
Letter from Stephen Feldman of Asian Rare Books Inc, New York City, U.S.A., forwarding some 'interesting old material that just tumbled out of a tome' about windmills, 1941-04-20 - 1979-05-02
The material is a copy of a letter from Herbert Chatley of Bath, Somerset, to Dr. Esson M. Gale of Michingan, U.S.A., about the evolution of the windmill in China, (20 April 1941) (the letter was sent by Gale to L. Carrington Goodrich, (13 May 1941); copy of Goodrich's letter of reply to Gale, (10 July 1941).
Letters from L. Carrington Goodrich of Columbia University, New York City, U.S.A. and attached list of 'suggestions for your Vol. II: errata et corrigenda', 1956-09-28
Joseph Needham's original file title reads 'Correspondence on and after pub. Vol. 2, including material for interleaved copy of 2'.
Part of a letter from L. Carrington Goodrich of Columbia University, New York City, U.S.A., about 'Science and Civilisation in China, Volume 1' and swords, 1955-01-03
This series contains files on each topic set out in Joseph Needham's grand plan for 'Science and Civilisation in China'.
Part of a letter from L. Carrington Goodrich referring to two iron swords described in the 'Wu Yueh Chhun Chhiu [吳越春秋]', and related notes, 1955-01-03
This series contains files on each topic set out in Joseph Needham's grand plan for 'Science and Civilisation in China'.
Postcard from L. Carrington Goodrich in Kobe, Japan, offering to supply Joseph Needham with an offprint of a paper written with Feng Chia-Sheng [馮家昇 / Feng Jiasheng] on the history of gunpowder and firearms, 1946-08-22 - 1947-01-20
This series contains files on each topic set out in Joseph Needham's grand plan for 'Science and Civilisation in China'.
Postcard from L. Carrington Goodrich of Columbia University, New York City, U.S.A., about a visit to a South Korean temple, a repository for ancient wood blocks, 1962-07-16
The postcard shows the temple.
Postcard from L. Carrington Goodrich of Columbia University, New York City, U.S.A. praising Joseph Needham's paper on 'Mathematics and Science in China and the West', ('Science and Society'), 1956-12-19
This series contains files on each topic set out in Joseph Needham's grand plan for 'Science and Civilisation in China'.
Postcard from L. Carrington Goodrich of Columbia University, New York City, U.S.A. providing a reference to Kurakichi Shiratori, 'Memoirs of the Research Department of the Toyo Bunko' (1956?), and related notes by Joseph Needham, 1957
These documents are related to a revision of the monograph 'Heavenly Clockwork: The Great Astronomical Clocks of Medieval China - A Missing Link in Horological History' written by Joseph Needham, Wang Ling and Derek J Price. It was published in 1960 by Cambridge University Press in Association with the Antiquarian Horology Society. Material from this publication was also used in SCC, Volume 4, Part 2, hence its inclusion amongst the 'Science and Civilisation in China' research files.
Review of the forthcoming volume's chapter on 'Chinese astronomy and the Jesuit Mission: an encounter of culture' by L. Carrington Goodrich of Columbia University published in 'Artibus Asiae', 1959-04-27
The documents also include an accompanying compliments slip from Goodrich.
Two letters and a postcard from L. Carrington Goodrich of Columbia University, New York City, U.S.A., about alligators and crocodiles in China, 1956-10-30 - 1962-05-07
Attached to one of the letters is a cutting of a 'New York Times' article entitled 'Bronx Zoo Gets Rare Chinese Alligator from Warsaw'; the other letter includes a poem by Ogden Nash about a crocodile mistaken for an alligator.
The postcard was sent from Japan and shows the river Hotsu.