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Biochemistry

 Subject
Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

 Fonds

Archives of the Department of Biochemistry, 1918 - 2008

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/BCHEM
Scope and Contents

The records relate mainly to staff, teaching and departmental buildings.

Dates: 1918 - 2008
Conditions Governing Access: Within the archives of the Department of Biochemistry, personnel records are closed to scholars for 80 years from the date of creation under data protection legislation. Restrictions are clearly indicated in catalogue entries.
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Biochemical technology: Nutrition and fermentation, 1941-01-27 - 1979

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/1928/NRI/SCC2/265
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: 1941-01-27 - 1979
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Biochemical technology: Nutritional science, 1928-06-28 - 1985

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/1928/NRI/SCC2/264
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: 1928-06-28 - 1985
 Series

Papers of Francis Crick, The majority of folios date from 1953-71.

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/MISC 90
Scope and Contents

Papers produced while Crick was working at the Medical Research Council Unit for the Study of Molecular Biology, Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge.

Dates: The majority of folios date from 1953-71.
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Some material within the collection is closed to researchers.
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Papers relating to curriculum, teaching, research and staff, 1930 - 2005

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/BCHEM 4
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The records relate mainly to staff, teaching and departmental buildings.

Dates: 1930 - 2005
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Within the archives of the Department of Biochemistry, personnel records are closed to scholars for 80 years from the date of creation under data protection legislation. Restrictions are clearly indicated in catalogue entries.
 Fonds

Personal Papers of Dorothy Needham, 1907 - 1988

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0271/GCPP Needham
Scope and Contents The papers were originally catalogued by the National Cataloguing Unit for the Archive of Contemporary Scientists [NCUACS] in three batches in 1990, 1992 and 1996. The NCUACS catalogues were transferred to Girton's online catalogue in 2012: Girton College reference numbers have been assigned to the collection but NCUACS references have been recorded under Former Reference. Some extra detail has been added and the three catalogues have been condensed into one, but the catalogue retains the...
Dates: 1907 - 1988
Conditions Governing Access: Dorothy Needham's estate passed to her late husband Joseph. It is now held with his by the Needham Research Institute, 8 Sylvester Road, Cambridge CB3 9AF.
 File

Talks on 'Asian Contributions to the Development of Science, Scientific Thought and Technology' for a radio programme called Radio Roundabout produced by the British Broadcasting Corporation, 1950-02-22 - 1950-02-28

 File
Reference Code: GBR/1928/NRI/NRI2/1/1/1
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The material relates to lectures given by Needham on topics from the 'Science and Civilisation in China' project and to conferences he attended in order to further his work. The documents in this section include correspondence arranging the events, Needham's preparatory notes, draft and final typescripts of papers as well as Needham's notes from the contributions of other speakers.

Dates: 1950-02-22 - 1950-02-28
 Series

'The Chemistry of Life': Documents relating to a course of lectures given by Cambridge biochemists, 1958-1961, covering the history of biochemistry in the West and China up to and including the Renaissance, 1951-04 - 1969

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/1928/NRI/SCC2/227
Scope and Contents

The lectures were published in 'The Chemistry of life: eight lectures on the history of biochemistry / by Robert Hill [and others] Edited with an introduction by Joseph Needham' (Cambridge University Press, 1970).

Dates: 1951-04 - 1969