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This letter sends greetings for a successful trip to China and asks for information on various matters relating to the Peace Movement.

This letter introduces herself as a freelance journalist working for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and requests an interview. Includes her business card.

This letter expresses regret that they did not meet but mentions Joseph Needham’s meetings with Fang Yi 方毅 and Liao Ch’eng-chih 廖承志.

This letter invites Joseph Needham to Hawaii to view petroglyphs interpreted by Ruth Hanner to show Chinese Chou boat signs, also congratulations on publication of Science and Civilisation in China Volume IV Part 1.

This letter gives news of family and friends, meeting Dorothy Needham, work at the Language Research Unit, opening and forwarding Joseph Needham’s letters at Gonville and Caius College

This letter is written in Chinese. Fang Shi-Shan apologises for inability to escort Joseph Needham to the airport and wishes him a good journey

Most of the files contain five or more letters. Some files include letters from more than one member of a family, and the larger correspondences occupy two or more files.

This letter expresses a hope that Joseph Needham enjoyed his 80th birthday celebration in Shanghai, gives thanks for an evening that he and Su Fei spent with Joseph Needham and Rewi Alley and mentions Talitha Gerlack. Includes a newspaper cutting from the Guangming Daily entitled ‘Li Yuese yu Zhong-guo’ 李約瑟與中國 ('Joseph Needham and China').

This letter explains George Salt’s research on the biological control of insect pests and suggests he could meet Chinese scientists during his sabbatical year 1958-59. Includes a carbon copy of a letter from Joseph Needham to Chu Kho-Chen [Chu Koching / Zhu Kezhen 竺可楨] introducing George Salt

This letter (written in French) relates to his Chinese-English-French dictionary of agriculture and sends best wishes. Includes a newspaper clipping relating to Joseph Needham published in the People’s Daily [Ren min ri bao 人民日报].

This letter encloses copies of the interview and article written for the newspaper ‘LC’ and requests a copy of Celestial Lancets and the Autobiography of Mr Holorenshaw [this was a pseudonym used by Joseph Needham]. The enclosures were not found with the letter.

This letter gives news of Dorothy Needham’s health and removal of her ring, the move to 8 Sylvester Road and progress with publication of Science and Civilisation in China Volume 5 Part 9.

This letter forwards details of a conference entitled ‘Structuralism in Biology’ from Atsuhiro Shibatani (Kansai Medical University, Osaka) and news of the move to 8 Sylvester Road, Cambridge.

This letter gives news of Dorothy Needham’s health, administrative matters relating to the Needham Research Institute and proposed interviews in Japan. Includes a photocopy of 1 letter from Hsiung Hsien-Chu [Xiong Xianju] to Joseph Needham and 1 letter from Gregory Blue to Hsiung Hsien-Chu relating to Joseph Needham’s itinerary and lectures in Taiwan.

This letter expresses a wish to meet

This letter expresses thanks for their meeting in Hong Kong and thanks for the gift of Joseph Needham’s text on the notion of time and space in difference civilisations (title not given).

This letter proposes a meeting in Cambridge.

This letter relates to a Ph.D student from Sri Lanka.

Most of the files contain five or more letters. Some files include letters from more than one member of a family, and the larger correspondences occupy two or more files.

This letter requests copies of 1492 and 1506 editions of the Chia-hsing fu-chih [Jiaxing Fu Zhi嘉興府志] and reports on his book about Chinese lacquer. Includes Joseph Needham’s notes relating to lacquer and editions of the Chia-hsing fu-chih in the Beijing National Library.

This letter acknowledges receipt of specimens of schistosomiasis and Paragonimiasis antigens from Chung Hui-Lan [Zhong Huilan 鍾惠蘭]

This letter relates to the safe arrival of books in Cambridge, an issue of the Studium ad Historiae Medicae and requests a copy of the speech by Joseph Needham giving his impression of Japan.

This letter relates to an application to the Australian Research Grants Committee for funds to travel to Canberra, and to employ a research assistant, on a project entitled ‘The gunpowder epic in the history of science in China.’ Results of the research would be published in Volume 5 of Science and Civilisation in China. Includes a photocopy of Ho Peng-Yoke's completed application form.

This letter relates to the lack of Chinese scholars attending the 2nd International Conference on Taoism.