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1 letter from Richard Joscelyne (British Council, Colombo) to Joseph Needham, 1978-06-01
This letter welcomes Joseph Needham to Sri Lanka and offers assistance if needed.
1 letter from Richard Stephenson (University of Newcastle upon Tyne) to Joseph Needham, 1974-08-01
This is an invitation to a conference entitled ‘Geophysics and cosmology from solar system observables’.
1 letter from Robert D. Attenborough (University of Oxford) to Joseph Needham, 1978-04-03
This letter relates to the ‘Man and the Biosphere’programme and his hopes of visiting China
1 letter from Robert Winter (Tsing Hua University) to Joseph Needham, 1952-08-17
This letter suggests a meeting in Beijing. Includes a note by Joseph Needham with contact information in Chinese for Robert Winter and [Ralph] Lapwood.
1 letter from Robin Brilliant (Gonville and Caius College) to Joseph Needham, 1972-05-11
This letter relates to an individual or group student visit to China. Includes a handwritten note about Michael Salt (Ph.D. in Chinese phonetics) and Ivy Soh.
1 letter from Robin Hill (Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge) to Joseph Needham, 1958-07-29
This letter gives news of friends and Chinese use of Buckthorn to make green dye
1 letter from Robin Yates (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) to Gregory Blue (Needham Research Institute), 1984-06-05
This letter relates to Robin Yates’ bibliography cards, his progress on the first volume of the military section of Science and Civilisation in China and his tour of China with Smithsonian Associates.
1 letter from Roland Berger to Joseph Needham, 1978-07-11 - 1978-07-17
The letter encloses a photocopy of a report dated 11 Jul. 1978 relating to a speech given by Frank Press (Science and Technology Adviser to the US President and Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy) in Beijing on 9 Jul. 1978.
1 letter from Rosemary Chalk (American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington D.C.) to Joseph Needham, 1978-10-18
This letter requests information about Chinese science policies following Joseph Needham's article in Nature.
1 letter from Ruth Weiss to Joseph and Dorothy Needham, 1972-07-14
This letter expresses a hope they can meet and gives contact details.
1 letter from Ruth Weiss [Wei Lushi 魏璐詩] to Joseph Needham, 1964-07-26
This letter proposes a meeting with the Epsteins and mentions a Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Nanking where treatment for polio was carried out in 1961.
1 letter from Sally Bates and Mary Winkler (Rice University, Houston) to Joseph Needham, 1983-12-28
This letter expresses thanks for Joseph Needham’s visit to the Fondren Library and for sending a photograph of Julian Huxley and a drawing of himself.
1 letter from Samarendranath Sen (Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur) to Joseph Needham, 1958-12-23
This letter sends greetings and mentions photographs taken during a visit to the house of Professor Mahalanobis. One copy of the group photograph has been sent to Professor Haldane
1 letter from Sang-woon Jeon [Jeon Sang-woon 全相運] (Sungshin Women’s Teachers College, Seoul, Korea) to Joseph Needham, 1971-05-01
This letter reports on publication of ‘Science and Technology in Korea, Traditional Instruments and Techniques,’ mentions Mr Nakayama and hopes they can meet in Japan.
1 letter from Sarah Tomlin (Hong Kong Archaeological Society) to Joseph Needham, 1974-04-09 - 1974-04-26
This letter relates to a lecture given by Joseph Needham to the Hong Kong Archaeological Society and the Royal Asiatic Society on 26 Apr. entitled ‘The theory of immortality and the origins of alchemy in China’. Includes a typed notice announcing the lecture.
1 letter from S.C. Chan (University of Hong Kong) to Joseph Needham, 1979-09-27
This letter invites Joseph Needham to give a lecture to the Faculty of Science.
1 letter from Shigeru Aoki (Asian Affairs Research Council) to Joseph Needham, 1972-09-07
This letter invites Joseph Needham to give a speech at a lunch meeting on 13 Sep. 1972. Includes an invitation in Japanese.
1 letter from Shigeru Nakayama [Nakayama Shigeru 中山茂] to Joseph Needham, 1972-07-25
This letter mentions mutual friends, a symposium on the history of Chinese science scheduled in Kyoto for 1974, and Shisakusha, the proposed Japanese publisher of Science and Civilisation in China.
1 letter from Shigeru Nakayama [Nakayama Shigeru 中山茂] to Joseph Needham, 1974-08
This is an invitation to a tea party and dinner on 21 Aug., with a photocopied map.
1 letter from Shigeru Nakayama [中山茂] to Joseph Needham, 1978 - 1978-04-28
This letter relates to Joseph Needham and Lu Gwei-Djen’s visit to Japan, and his biography of Joseph Needham. Includes a note of Shigeru Nakayama's telephone number.
1 letter from Sieu Maai [Xiao Mei 蕭妹] (University of Malaya) to Joseph Needham, 1959-01-19
This letter is written in Chinese and sends greetings, thanks for Joseph Needham's letter and mentions her boss Alexander Oppenheim
1 letter from [signature illegible] to Joseph Needham, 1978-02-19
This letter relates to medical studies at Guy’s Hospital in London and expresses a hope to study clinical medicine at Cambridge in Sep. 1978.
1 letter from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to K.B., N.D.
1 letter from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to K.B. saying he is proud to help and hopes she will soon see him (Capt. Scott) back triumphant.
1 letter from Sir Henry Newbolt to K.B., 1919 July 4
1 letter from Sir Henry Newbolt to K.B. from Netherhampton House, Salisbury. Writing a book on heroic travel and wishes one of the eight examples to be that of Captain Scott. ('The Book of the Long Trail', published 1919).
1 letter from Sir Murray MacLehose (Governor of Hong Kong) to Joseph Needham, 1981-09-07 - 1981-10-16
This letter regrets that he is unable to attend the reception on 14 Oct. but suggests meeting for a meal during Joseph Needham’s visit. Also 1 letter from J.A. Miller (Private Secretary, Government House, Hong Kong) to Joseph Needham passing on a message that Timothy Fok has returned from Canton.