Wasson, Robert Gordon, 1898 - 1986 (ethnobotanist and anthropologist)
Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:
Copy of a Joseph Needham letter to R. Gordon Wasson of Danbury, Connecticut, U.S.A., about a rare Ming treatise on mushrooms, and related documents, 1975-06-17 - 1975-11-12
The treatise was brought to Joseph Needham's attention by Georges Metaillié of Paris, France. The related documents comprise 2 letters from Wasson; Needham's notes.
Copy of a letter from Joseph Needham to Ms. Masha Wasson, offering condolences following the death of Dr. R. Gordon Wasson, 1987-02-10
This series contains files on each topic set out in Joseph Needham's grand plan for 'Science and Civilisation in China'.
Correspondence with Dr. R. G. Wasson of Wall Street, New York City, U.S.A., about the origins and meaning of 靈芝 [Ling Chih / Ling Zhi], 1962-05-07 - 1962-08-29
The documents comprise 4 letters from Wasson; copy of 1 letter of reply from Joseph Needham.
Correspondence with R. Gordon Wasson of Danbury, Connecticut, U.S.A., about M. Strickmann's, 'Notes on Mushroom Cults in Ancient China', and other related matters, 1969-11-12 - 1969-11-25
Other matters discussed include a visit by Wasson to Cambridge; veiled references to Amanita in Chinese literature.
Letter from Dr. R. G. Wasson of Wall Street, New York City, U.S.A., about progress in his research on the origins and meaning of 靈芝 [Ling Chih / Ling Zhi], 1964-03-20
Much of the correspondence is with R. Gordon Wasson.
Letter from R. Gordon Wasson of Danbury, Connecticut, U.S.A., about J. Brough's review of his work 'Soma; Divine Mushroom of Immortality', (The Hague, 1968) and other matters, 1971-11-15
Other matters discussed include Joseph Needham's progress with 'Science and Civlisation in China'; Wasson's new book on the halluconogenic mushrooms of Mexico; the fly-agaric.
Letter from R. Gordon Wasson of Danbury, Connecticut, U.S.A., about Mr and Mrs Steve Chou, Chinese mycologists, living in New Zealand, 1973-04-28 - 1973-05-04
Much of the correspondence is with R. Gordon Wasson.
Letter from R. Gordon Wasson of Danbury, Connecticut, U.S.A., after his reading of 'Science and Civilisation in China, Volume 4, Part 3', and copy of Joseph Needham's reply, 1971-09-12 - 1971-10-12
Specific matters discussed include mycological-zoological remarks about trepang; distillation and aquae vitae; pre-Columbian trans-Pacific contacts.
Letter from R. Gordon Wasson of Danbury, Connecticut, U.S.A., congratulating Joseph Needham and Lu Gwei-Djen on their work 'The Idea of Inoculation', 1983-07-02
This series contains files on each topic set out in Joseph Needham's grand plan for 'Science and Civilisation in China'.
Letter from R. Gordon Wasson of Danbury, Connecticut, U.S.A., on the 'subject of entheogenic ('hallucinogenic') mushrooms' and copy of related pages from Wasson's book entitled 'Perspehone's Quest: Entheogens and the Origins of Religion', 1986-04-12
This series contains files on each topic set out in Joseph Needham's grand plan for 'Science and Civilisation in China'.
Letter from Richard Evans Schultes, Executive Director of the Botanical Museum, Harvard University, U.S.A., asking for Joseph Needham's opinion on R. Gordon Wasson's work 'Soma: Divine Mushroom of Immortality', and related documents, 1969-06-16 - 1969-08-08
The related documents comprise a copy of Needham's reply; copy of a letter from Wasson to Needham, responding to comments made.
Part of a letter from R. Gordon Wasson of Danbury, Connecticut, U.S.A., about distillation and 'aqua vitae', and other matters, and copy of Joseph Needham's reply, 1971-09-12 - 1971-10-12
Other matters discussed include Chinese nutritional science; Madagascar and probable relations with Malaysia and Indonesia.
Photocopy of a letter from R. Gordon Wasson of Danbury, Connecticut, U.S.A., about Trepang or sea slugs, and copy of Joseph Needham's reply, 1971-09-12 - 1971-10-12
The letters refer particularly to the Chinese liking for foods that are glutinous, mucoid or gelatinous. The original letter is filled under 'Apparatus and aqueous solutions' for 'Science and Civilisation in China, Volume 5, Part 4' because it also deals with 'Distillation and Aquavitae'.
Typed memorandum from R. Gordon Wasson of Danbury, Connecticut, U.S.A., commenting on Joseph Needham's draft of 'Science and Civilisation in China, Volume 5, Part 2', and related documents, 1973-05-12 - 1973-06-07
The related documents comprise a copy of Needham's letter of response to the memorandum; further letter from Wasson; notes by Needham's.