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1 Chinese calligraphy brush, c.2000-2015
The brush has a gold label at the top with the Chinese characters 文 [2nd too worn to make out], and a vertical red label 龙宛 大条笔 董家顺.
1 envelope from the Jing Jiang 錦江 Hotel with calligraphy and a colour photograph, 1983 - 1984
The name on the photograph is hard to read; it may be Xu Zhumu 徐志穆 and it is dated 15 Jun. 1983. The letter is written in Chinese calligraphy, from Fan Wentong 范文通, graduate student at Shanghai Normal School (Shanghai shi fan xue yuan 上海師範學院). He planned to write a book about Joseph Needham, and to have it published by Hunan People’s publishing house (Hunan ren min chu ban she 湖南人民出版社).
1 letter from Chung Shao-Hua [Zhong Shaohua 钟少华] to Joseph Needham, 1984-08-18
This letter relates to Chung Shao-Hua's interest in engineering, especially bridges.
1 letter from Georges Métailie to Joseph Needham, 1984-10-18 - 1984-10-20
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].
1 letter from Hsi Ming-Chhi [Xi Mingqi 郗命麒] to Joseph Needham, 1984-08-20
This letter is written in Chinese and notes that Hsi Ming-Chhi received Joseph Needham’s instruction when he was 19. He is doing research on the Terracotta Army of the First Emperor, especially the weapons.
1 letter from Huang Shêng-Chang [Huang Shengzhang 黃盛璋] (University of Chicago) to Joseph Needham, 1984-08-13
The letter is written in Chinese and notes that Huang Shêng-Chang will be a visiting fellow at Clare Hall for six months, gives his background as a historical geographer and archaeologist working on ancient bronzes, bamboo slips, and the transfer of technology. He mentions that he knows Michael Loewe.
1 letter from Jin Zumeng [Chin Tsu-Mêng 金祖孟] (East China Normal University) to Joseph Needham, 1984-08-23
This letter is written in Chinese and encloses an abstract for an article entitled ‘Re-evaluation of the Hun tian Theory.’ Joseph Needham wrote on the letter: 'read your article with interest, complements'.
1 letter from Joseph Needham to Dorothy Needham, 1939-04-08
The letter is written from the Queen’s Hotel in Blaenau Festiniog, Wales, while Joseph Needham was holiday with Lu Gwei-Djen. The reason he gives for the holiday is to rest from work and 'the desire of GD to see the country before going away for good.' It includes handwritten text in Chinese.
1 letter from Lenli Jackson (Cambridge China Relief Council) to Joseph Needham and Dorothy Needham, 1939-11-02
This letter relates to fundraising events for the China Relief Fund. Joseph Needham wrote Chinese characters on the back and 'na mo t'sao, so early'.
1 letter from Li Jiaming [李家明] (Chinese Academy of Sciences) to Joseph Needham and Lu Gwei-Djen, 1986-11-23 - 1986-11-24
This letter is written in Chinese and expresses admiration for Joseph Needham and hopes he will visit China again for his 90th birthday, also that he will be compiling a festschrift for Joseph Needham. It is accompanied by a typed letter, perhaps by Joseph Needham to Hu Yao-Bang [胡耀邦] (as suggested by the envelope); perhaps the draft of a speech.
1 letter from Li Kanjin [李侃謹] to Joseph Needham, 1986-11-15
This letter is written in Chinese and invites Joseph Needham to contribute an article to the journal Wen shi zhi shi [文史知識].
1 letter from Lu Gwei-Djen to Joseph Needham, 1939-11-16
This letter is written partly in Chinese, with Joseph Needham's annotations. It mentions Joseph Needham's arrival in New York, a letter from 'Saks' and a meeting with David Green.
1 letter from Ma Hong [马洪] (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences) to Joseph Needham, 1984-05-17
In this letter (written in Chinese) Ma Hong responds to Joseph Needham’s letter of 30 March 1984, welcoming him to visit him in Beijing the coming autumn (September) for the International Conference on the History of Chinese Science, and informing him that the Chinese Academy of Sciences will arrange his visits to Xi’an, Xiamen, Quanzhou, Guangxi and other places.
1 letter from Shi Sheng-han [Shi Shenghan, Shi Sheng-Han 石声汉] to Joseph Needham and associated papers, 1945 - 1957
1 letter from Sidney C.T. Hsiao [蕭之的] to Joseph Needham, 1939-07
The letter is written in Chinese and was sent to Joseph Needham in the USA. The file includes a draft reply in Chinese from Joseph Needham.
See Joseph Needham's wartime photographs NRI2/10/1/1/5/3/26-27 (SW3/26-27).
1 letter from Ting Tsu-Thu [Ding Zutu 丁祖图] to Joseph Needham, 1984-08-22
This letter is written in Chinese and mentions an international science and technology conference, and having read Science and Civilisation in China. Joseph Needham translated the letterhead 'Journal of Geology editorial office'.
1 letter from Virginia Penn (Britain-China Friendship Association) to Joseph Needham, 1959 - 1960
1 letter from Wang Hongqi [王红旗] to Joseph Needham, 1984-08-11
This letter is written in Chinese and contains Wang Hongqi's ideas concerning mythology in ancient times as a way of transmitting information.
1 letter from Yang Jialuo [楊家駱] to Joseph Needham, 1984-09
This letter is written in Chinese and mentions having met Joseph Needham 40 years ago in Chongqing and shown him his collection of Han Bronzes, Science and Civilisation in China, and his own books on the Si ku quan shu 四庫全書.
1 letter from 'Youth Science' [Shao nian ke xue 少年科学] to Joseph Needham, 1984-08-30
This letter (written in Chinese) invites Joseph Needham to visit Shanghai and asks him to send a short article and photograph for the journal. It mentions Hu Daojing [胡道靜]. The letter has no individual's signature.
1 letter from Zhu Shijia [朱士嘉] and Luo Xiaosheng [駱嘯聲] (Wuhan University) to Joseph Needham and Lu Gwei-Djen, 1987-02-27
This letter is written in Chinese and relates to their stay the previous 23-25 Nov., with hopes to see them on their next visit. Zhu and Luo have made new progress on local gazetteers, and enclose some of their recent academic papers (these papers are not contained within the file).
1 message taken at the Redhill Hotel for Lu Gwei-djen from a teacher surnamed Yu [喻], 1984-09-29
All of the items listed below were found in a single cardboard file.
1 small Chinese calligraphy brush made in Shanghai, c.2000-2010
The brush says 'Shanghai craft' 上海工艺 on it.
2 Chinese ink sticks in the shape of pillars donated by Willard McCarty, 1970s
Ink stick 1 on top has the maker’s designation 徽歙堯千氏監,製, on one side the Chinese characters 曹素功監製, and on the other 法龍 in gold letters, with a dragon entwined underneath around the pillar.
Ink stick 2 has a hole through the top for hanging, and the Chinese characters 松友齋周永[寧]監製 written on it.
2 postcards from Joseph Needham to Dorothy Needham, 1939
These are black and white postcards of Mantes-sur-Seine. One shows 'Le Pont et la Seine' and the other shows the 'Eglise Notre-Dame.' Dorothy Needham was on holiday in Scotland.