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Biscuit order to Mr Hen-ku, 1848
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/H1/91/5
Scope and Contents
An order from An-chi to Mr Hen-ku (Hengu) for biscuits. The year is not given.
Dates:
1848
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Access to the collection is subject to special conditions and is at the discretion of Matheson and Co. Ltd, part of the Jardine Matheson Group. A statement of the conditions and an application form are available in the Manuscripts Reading Room. Printed copies of the form are available by post (please contact the University Library). An electronic version can also be found at https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/files/jm_application_form_2024_02.pdf.
Records described in the catalogue as being in a bad condition are in a fragile state that precludes them being made available to readers.
Access is generally available to documents dated up to 1969. Access to some earlier records may be restricted under the terms of the Data Protection Act, 1998.
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Blank envelope, 1865-1885
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/H6/1/4
Scope and Contents
From the sub-subseries:
Undated Chinese and other envelopes, many unaddressed, some including English notes.
Dates:
1865-1885
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Access to the collection is subject to special conditions and is at the discretion of Matheson and Co. Ltd, part of the Jardine Matheson Group. A statement of the conditions and an application form are available in the Manuscripts Reading Room. Printed copies of the form are available by post (please contact the University Library). An electronic version can also be found at https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/files/jm_application_form_2024_02.pdf.
Records described in the catalogue as being in a bad condition are in a fragile state that precludes them being made available to readers.
Access is generally available to documents dated up to 1969. Access to some earlier records may be restricted under the terms of the Data Protection Act, 1998.
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Blank envelope, 1865-1885
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/H6/1/7
Scope and Contents
An undated and unaddressed Chinese envelope with a short faded English note on the reverse.
Dates:
1865-1885
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Access to the collection is subject to special conditions and is at the discretion of Matheson and Co. Ltd, part of the Jardine Matheson Group. A statement of the conditions and an application form are available in the Manuscripts Reading Room. Printed copies of the form are available by post (please contact the University Library). An electronic version can also be found at https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/files/jm_application_form_2024_02.pdf.
Records described in the catalogue as being in a bad condition are in a fragile state that precludes them being made available to readers.
Access is generally available to documents dated up to 1969. Access to some earlier records may be restricted under the terms of the Data Protection Act, 1998.
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Blank envelope, 1865-1885
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/H6/1/8
Scope and Contents
An undated Chinese envelope with Chinese writing on the front.
Dates:
1865-1885
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Access to the collection is subject to special conditions and is at the discretion of Matheson and Co. Ltd, part of the Jardine Matheson Group. A statement of the conditions and an application form are available in the Manuscripts Reading Room. Printed copies of the form are available by post (please contact the University Library). An electronic version can also be found at https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/files/jm_application_form_2024_02.pdf.
Records described in the catalogue as being in a bad condition are in a fragile state that precludes them being made available to readers.
Access is generally available to documents dated up to 1969. Access to some earlier records may be restricted under the terms of the Data Protection Act, 1998.
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Blank envelope, 1865-1885
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/H6/1/9
Scope and Contents
An undated Chinese envelope with two Chinese symbols on the front.
Dates:
1865-1885
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Access to the collection is subject to special conditions and is at the discretion of Matheson and Co. Ltd, part of the Jardine Matheson Group. A statement of the conditions and an application form are available in the Manuscripts Reading Room. Printed copies of the form are available by post (please contact the University Library). An electronic version can also be found at https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/files/jm_application_form_2024_02.pdf.
Records described in the catalogue as being in a bad condition are in a fragile state that precludes them being made available to readers.
Access is generally available to documents dated up to 1969. Access to some earlier records may be restricted under the terms of the Data Protection Act, 1998.
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Blank envelope, 1865-1885
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/H6/1/10
Scope and Contents
A blank Chinese envelope.
Dates:
1865-1885
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Access to the collection is subject to special conditions and is at the discretion of Matheson and Co. Ltd, part of the Jardine Matheson Group. A statement of the conditions and an application form are available in the Manuscripts Reading Room. Printed copies of the form are available by post (please contact the University Library). An electronic version can also be found at https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/files/jm_application_form_2024_02.pdf.
Records described in the catalogue as being in a bad condition are in a fragile state that precludes them being made available to readers.
Access is generally available to documents dated up to 1969. Access to some earlier records may be restricted under the terms of the Data Protection Act, 1998.
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Bond of George H. Swaine, 1826
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/H1/8
Scope and Contents
A bond (in English) of George H. Swaine to Capt. John Gover for the sum of 2,500 Spanish dollars, dated Canton, 15 April 1826.
Dates:
1826
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Access to the collection is subject to special conditions and is at the discretion of Matheson and Co. Ltd, part of the Jardine Matheson Group. A statement of the conditions and an application form are available in the Manuscripts Reading Room. Printed copies of the form are available by post (please contact the University Library). An electronic version can also be found at https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/files/jm_application_form_2024_02.pdf.
Records described in the catalogue as being in a bad condition are in a fragile state that precludes them being made available to readers.
Access is generally available to documents dated up to 1969. Access to some earlier records may be restricted under the terms of the Data Protection Act, 1998.
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Bond of Jose Soo-Luisa, 1834
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/H1/21
Scope and Contents
A bond from Jose Soo-Luisa to Jardine, Matheson Co. for 5,000 pesos, payable in 30 days, dated Manila, 20 March 1834. The document is also signed by Wang Ang-p'eng (Wang Angpeng) and Ouyang Ssu-yu (Ouyang Suyu). On the back is a Spanish version of the bond. There is also a Chinese envelope addressed to Ouyang Ssu-yu (Ouyang Suyu), and including the shop stamp of Yuen-mao I-chi (Yuanmao Yiji). A Spanish note on the back of the envelope records that the document should be delivered to the...
Dates:
1834
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Access to the collection is subject to special conditions and is at the discretion of Matheson and Co. Ltd, part of the Jardine Matheson Group. A statement of the conditions and an application form are available in the Manuscripts Reading Room. Printed copies of the form are available by post (please contact the University Library). An electronic version can also be found at https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/files/jm_application_form_2024_02.pdf.
Records described in the catalogue as being in a bad condition are in a fragile state that precludes them being made available to readers.
Access is generally available to documents dated up to 1969. Access to some earlier records may be restricted under the terms of the Data Protection Act, 1998.
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Bond of Quun Lee and Hang-Loon, 1880
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/F5/28
Scope and Contents
A bond of Quun Lee, carpenter, and Hang-Loon, ironmonger, both of Victoria, Hong Kong, to Jardine, Matheson & Co. for the sum of $10,000 for the due performance of a contract by Acheong and Hung-Hee to build a dwelling house at East Point, Hong Kong, 26 September 1880. The document is in English, with a Chinese translation in the margin.
Dates:
1880
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Access to the collection is subject to special conditions and is at the discretion of Matheson and Co. Ltd, part of the Jardine Matheson Group. A statement of the conditions and an application form are available in the Manuscripts Reading Room. Printed copies of the form are available by post (please contact the University Library). An electronic version can also be found at https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/files/jm_application_form_2024_02.pdf.
Records described in the catalogue as being in a bad condition are in a fragile state that precludes them being made available to readers.
Access is generally available to documents dated up to 1969. Access to some earlier records may be restricted under the terms of the Data Protection Act, 1998.
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
File
Book jacket illustration reproducing a seventeenth-century print showing seeds the delivery of seeds to the edge of the paddy field, 1946
File
Reference Code: GBR/1928/NRI/SCC2/333/1/18
Scope and Contents
The illustration is from Olga Lang, 'Chinese Family and Society', (1946).
Dates:
1946
Found in:
Needham Research Institute
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Book order form for Hong mu shu gui shi li紅木書櫃實例 (quantao 全套), 1984-11-29
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Reference Code: GBR/1928/NRI/NRI2/5/10/11/3/16
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-sub-fonds:
All of the items listed below were found in a single cardboard file.
Dates:
1984-11-29
Found in:
Needham Research Institute
File
Box containing a collection of maps and guidebooks collected by Joseph Needham on his trip to China and Japan in 1964, 1964
File
Reference Code: GBR/1928/NRI/NRI2/5/2/9
Scope and Contents
The box is marked 'Archael. 中和 1964'.
The documents include a map of Beijing, China [annotated by Joseph Needham]; maps of Hong Kong; tourist leaflets for Kyoto, Japan; tourist leaflets for Nanjing, China; map of Kyoto, Japan [annotated by Needham to show places he visited]; guide to the Summer Palace, Peking, China; tourist map of China; map showing bus and tram routes in Peking, China.
Dates:
1964
Found in:
Needham Research Institute
File
Box containing a collection of postcards and guidebooks collected by Joseph Needham on his trip to China and Japan in 1964, 1964
File
Reference Code: GBR/1928/NRI/NRI2/5/2/8
Scope and Contents
The box is marked 'Archaeol. 中和 1964 城市 '.The documents include a postcard showing the Aoi Matsuri festival in Kyoto, Japan; 'A Guide to the National Historical Museum', Taipei, Taiwan; various maps including a maps of Kyoto, Kyoto Province and Osaka, Japan; guidebook of 'Selected Exhibits of the National Historical Museum', Taipei, Taiwan; guidebook [annotated by Joseph Needham] and tickets for the Horyuji Temple, Japan; envelope containing 3 photographs provided by the Hunan...
Dates:
1964
Found in:
Needham Research Institute
File
Box containing information leaflets, maps, photographs and notes from various places visited by Joseph Needham in Japan, Hong Kong and Singapore, 1972, 1972
File
Reference Code: GBR/1928/NRI/NRI2/5/5/1
Scope and Contents
The box is marked 'Japan 72 日本走馬雜花記 +HN & S'pore'.
Places visited include a Taoist temple in Upper Serangoon Road, Singapore [There is also an envelope of photographs of this temple]; the Tao Kuan in Hong Kong; 'Tateshina's new 'parish schurch' Shokoji'; Toji Temple, Kyoto, Japan; 'Togari-Ishi Museum and Reconstructed Neolithic Jomon-period Thatched Huts';
Dates:
1972
Found in:
Needham Research Institute
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Box for a model of the 'South Pointing Chariot', 1993
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Reference Code: GBR/1928/NRI/NRI2/8/3/1/18
Scope and Contents
The wooden box contains 1 paper note and 3 paper leaflets. The note is inscribed:
'Dr Joseph Needham
Needham Research Institute
East Asian History of Science Library
8 Sylvester Rd
Cambridge CB3 9AF
Tel: 223-311545 / 69252'.
The leaflets are written in Chinese and describe the history of the South Pointing Chariot and design of the model.
This is not the box for NRI 2/8/1/17.
Dates:
1993
Found in:
Needham Research Institute
Sub-Fonds
Boxes, tins and canisters for cigars, chocolates, tea, stationery, hosiery and photographic supplies, c.1950s-1990s
Sub-Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/1928/NRI/NRI2/8/22
Scope and Contents
Joseph Needham used these boxes to store currency, photographs, photographic plates, medals and 'finished cheques'. Many boxes have his annotations on the outside.
Dates:
c.1950s-1990s
Found in:
Needham Research Institute
File
Brief Joseph Needham note of the discovery of a Chinese ironworks on the coast of Sarawak by Cheng Tê-Khun [鄭德坤 / Zheng Dekun], 1967-06-04
File
Reference Code: GBR/1928/NRI/SCC2/121/6/30
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:
1967-06-04
Found in:
Needham Research Institute
File
Brief notes and pages from booksellers' catalogues, 1950 - 1979
File
Reference Code: GBR/1928/NRI/SCC2/276/73
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:
1950 - 1979
Found in:
Needham Research Institute
File
Brief notes by Lu Gwei-Djen headed '君子 [Chün-tzu / Junzi] problem', 1950 - 1959
File
Reference Code: GBR/1928/NRI/SCC2/40/16
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:
1950 - 1959
Found in:
Needham Research Institute
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Bring those wielding bacteriological weapons to justice as war criminals 把使用細菌武器者作為戰犯歸案法辦!, 1952-05
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Reference Code: GBR/1928/NRI/NRI2/8/4/6/2/19
Scope and Contents
The poster depicts a worker reaching out to grab a U.S. capitalist depicted as a rat who is running off holding a glass vessel full of insects. In a side panel, Japanese bacteriological warfare war criminals are depicted being brought to trial in the Soviet High Court in Khabarovsk in December 1949.
Artist: An Lin 安林.
Publication details: Beijing: Peoples Fine Arts Press, May 1952 (first edition). 安林作; 人民美術出版社出版，一九五二年五月北京初版.
Dates:
1952-05
Found in:
Needham Research Institute
Item
'British Universities' in Chinese translation by Chang Chih-lien., 1948 - 1949
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0273/BARKER MS 5/101G
File
Brochure for the Sino-International Library, Geneva, Switzerland, 1934, and related documents, 1934 - 1946-10-15
File
Reference Code: GBR/1928/NRI/SCC2/7/1
Scope and Contents
The documents include a letter from Joseph Needham to Dr. Hu Tien-Shih [胡天石 /Hu Tianshi] and Dr. Liu Chung-Rjeng [劉崇仁 / Liu Chongren] of the Library explaining his role as Head of the Division of Natural Sciences in Unesco; recounting a recent visit to the library; stating 'I am especially interested in the History of Science and Technology in China, and hope later on to write something on this subject.'; asking for more information about books referred to in the Library's brochure, 11...
Dates:
1934 - 1946-10-15
Found in:
Needham Research Institute
File
Bundle of documents labelled 'Stapleton [Dr. H E Sapleton of Jersey] - Dubs [Homer H. Dubs of Oxford] correspondence on alchemy, metallurgy and sal ammoniac [nushadur]', 1950-10-29 - 1970
File
Reference Code: GBR/1928/NRI/SCC2/206/7/1
Scope and Contents
The letters were listed by Joseph Needham in 1970 and labelled correspondingly. They comprise A) a copy of a letter from Joseph Needham to Stapleton asking for his views on the origins of alchemy, 29 October 1950 (Attached to this letter is a note from Dorothea Singer providing Stapleton's address);B) letter of reply from Stapleton, explaining that his 'interest in China goes back nearly 50 years, and arose out of trying to discover the derivation of the Arabic word 'Nushadur' for...
Dates:
1950-10-29 - 1970
Found in:
Needham Research Institute
File
Bundle of notes and other documents relating to transmissions between China and the Arabs, 1959-03-11 - 1964-01
File
Reference Code: GBR/1928/NRI/SCC2/299/9/6
Scope and Contents
The documents comprise 1 page of typescript notes from 《中國醫學史講義》[Chung Kuo I Hsueh Shih Chiang I / Zhong Guo Yi Xue Xue Jiang Yi], (Shanghai College of Traditional Medicine, 1964); letter from Lo Hui Min [?] of St. Anthony's College, Oxford, referring Joseph Needham to an article by 宋大仁 [Sung Ta-Jen / Song Daren] entitled 《中國和阿拉伯的醫藥交流》[Chung Kuo Ho A La Po Te I Yao Chiao Liu / Zhong Guo He A La Bo De Yi Yao Jiao Liu], (《歷史研究》 [Li Shi Yen Chiu / Li Shi Yan Jiu], 1959); typescript draft of a...
Dates:
1959-03-11 - 1964-01
Found in:
Needham Research Institute
File
Bundle of 《中國新聞》 [Chung Kuo Hsin Wen / Zhong Guo Xin Wen] articles relating to medicine in China, 1960-02-04 - 1979-07-21
File
Reference Code: GBR/1928/NRI/SCC2/295/5/3
Scope and Contents
Titles include 《全國各地加速創立祖國新醫藥學派》 [Chhuan Kuo Ko Ti Chia Su Chhuang Li Tsu Kuo Hsin I Yao Hsueh Phai / Quan Guo Ge Di Jia Su Chuang Li Zu Guo Xin Yi Yao Xue Pai]; 《上海出現一批新型醫生》 [Shang Hai Chu Hsien I Phi Hsin Hsing I Sheng / Shang Hai Chu Xian Yi Pi Xin Xing Yi Sheng]; 《朱洗教研究生物學的成就》 [Chu Hsi Chiao Shou Yen Chiu Sheng Wu Hsueh Ti Chheng Chiu / Zhu Xi Jiao Shou Yan Jiu Sheng Wu Xue De Cheng Jiu]; 《中國的珍貴古籍》 [Chung Kuo Ti Chen Kuei Ku Chi / Zhong Guo De Zhen Gui Gu Ji]; 《中國有丰富的野生物資源》 [Chung Kuo...
Dates:
1960-02-04 - 1979-07-21
Found in:
Needham Research Institute