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Letters to Joseph Needham and Dorothy Needham, 1957 - 1981

 File
Reference Code: GBR/1928/NRI/NRI2/9/5/10

Scope and Contents

This file contains:
1 letter from [?Maria Raichuan], 23 Jan. 1966
1 letter from Frances and Marion [no surname given], Dec. 1975
1 letter from Dorothy (Tien Fei), 15 Dec. 1957
1 letter from A.S. Playfair, 1 May 1963 and 1 copy letter from Joseph Needham, 17 Apr. 1963
1 letter from Chiquita Reti, 10 Nov. 1973 and 1 draft reply from Dorothy Needham
1 letter from [first name illegible - Rueben?] [Flear?], no date, mentions Dr Cecil T.G. Flear and includes a newspaper cutting relating to his clinical research, 31 Aug. 1981
1 letter from [Ute?], 10 Dec. 1972
1 letter from Fatima Rima, 20 [Nov.? no month or year given]. 2 pages of the letter are missing
2 letters from Indrani Iriyagoke (includes a black and white photograph of Gamini Iriyagoke with their son and daughter, 5 Oct. 1966 and undated
1 letter from [Carole Sivin], 30 Jan. 1977, mentions the blue clay head of Joseph Needham made in Kyoto in 1974. See NRI2/8/14/3.
Some signatures are illegible.










Dates

  • Creation: 1957 - 1981

Extent

1 file(s) : Paper

Language of Materials

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

These letters were found in a drawer in Joseph Needham's office, c. 2000.

Repository Details

Part of the Needham Research Institute Repository

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