These letters were found in boxes of papers Joseph Needham had gathered relating to himself and his work. Correspondents include: Steven Rose (1982); Per Lous (1986); Christopher Hughes of Sinorama (1990); ‘Susan’ (1991); Sheila Edwards of the Royal Society (1990); Wang Kuo-Chung [Wang Kuozhong] of the Shanghai Municipal Archives (1990); newspaper articles and letters in Chinese; Zixin Tianqin Li of the Changde Normal School, Hunan Province (1987); Ting Pai Fu (1986); Les Levidow (1989); Hakim Mohammed Said of the Hamdard Foundation of Pakistan (1989-1990). The file also contains an annotated photocopy of business cards and addresses.