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Goodrich, Luther Carrington, 1894 - 1986 (historian)

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Found in 52 Collections and/or Records:

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Documents relating to a query by George Sarton on the history of cultured pearls, 1954-09-23 - 1954-10-11

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Reference Code: GBR/1928/NRI/SCC2/125/5/2
Scope and Contents The documents comprise letter from Sarton asking for information about 'Ye Yin Yang of Hu-tsen' who 'In the XIIIth cent'..'was so sucessful in artificially stimulating oysters to form pearls that his efforts gave rise to a flourishing industry'; copy of Joseph Needham's reply to Sarton; typed draft of the section of 'Science and Civilisation in China' dealing with cultured pearls; typed copy of a George Sarton query for 'Isis' headed 'Who was the inventor of pearl culture?'; letter from L....
Dates: 1954-09-23 - 1954-10-11
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Joseph Needham's notes on a lecture by L. Carrington Goodrich about '泉洲' [Chhüan Chou / Quan Zhou], 1957

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Reference Code: GBR/1928/NRI/SCC2/28/52
Scope and Contents

The lecture was made at the 'International Congress of Orientalists' in Munich, Germany, 1957.

Dates: 1957
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Letter from Anne S. Goodrich of New York City, U.S.A., about the death of her husband L. Carrington Goodrich, 1986-10-30

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Reference Code: GBR/1928/NRI/NRI2/3/1/1/62
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

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.

Dates: 1986-10-30
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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

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Reference Code: GBR/1928/NRI/SCC2/93/4/67
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1964-07-22 - 1965-02-23
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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

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Reference Code: GBR/1928/NRI/SCC4/4/16
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Fonds:

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.

Dates: 1964-05-26
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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

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Reference Code: GBR/1928/NRI/SCC4/5/26
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Fonds:

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.

Dates: 1966-08-31
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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

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Reference Code: GBR/1928/NRI/SCC2/112/2/28
Scope and Contents

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).

Dates: 1941-04-20 - 1979-05-02
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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

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Reference Code: GBR/1928/NRI/SCC2/138/1
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Fonds:

This series contains files on each topic set out in Joseph Needham's grand plan for 'Science and Civilisation in China'.

Dates: 1955-01-03
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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

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Reference Code: GBR/1928/NRI/SCC2/109/10
Scope and Contents From the Series:

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.

Dates: 1957
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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

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Reference Code: GBR/1928/NRI/SCC2/260/1
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1956-10-30 - 1962-05-07
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