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Redcliffe Nathan Salaman: Scientific, Personal and Family Papers

Title	Redcliffe Nathan Salaman: Scientific, Personal and Family Papers
Reference	GBR/0012/MS Add.8171
Creator	Salaman, David Redcliffe, 1874-1955, and Salaman, Nina, 1877-1925
Covering Dates	1843–1956
Extent and Medium	43 boxes, 6 box-files, 15 framed/mounted images, 35 volumes, 11 files, 2 photo albums, 7 ring-binders, 8 envelopes, 2 bundles, and 1 roll
Repository	Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives

Content and context

Redcliffe Nathan Salaman (1874-1955) was educated at St. Paul's School and Trinity Hall, Cambridge, where he read for the natural sciences tripos. He was awarded his M.D. in 1904, but gave up medical work because he was suffering from tuberculosis. In 1905 he turned to the study of genetics, with particular reference to the potato, and published Potato Varieties in 1926 and The History and Social Influence of the Potato in 1949. He was director of the Potato Virus Research Institute, Cambridge, 1926-1939, and was made a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1935 and an honorary fellow of Trinity Hall in 1955. In 1901 he married Nina (1877-1925), daughter of Arthur Davis, by whom he had four sons and two daughters. He married Getrude, daughter of Ernest D. Lowy, in 1926.

Also includes papers of Nina Salaman.

Deposits were made by Mr R.A. Salaman in 1975; the Department of Applied Biology, Cambridge in 1976 and 1985; and Prof. A. Polak, son-in-law of Dr Myer H. Salaman, the eldest son of R.N. Salaman, in 1994.

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Please cite as Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives, Redcliffe Nathan Salaman: Scientific, Personal and Family Papers, MS Add.8171

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Index Terms

Salaman, Redcliffe Nathan (1874-1955) Physiologist and Zionist

University of Cambridge

Manuscripts/MS Add.8171 contains:

Box 1 and 2

General correspondence. Letters to Salaman, with carbon copies of his replies, arranged alphabetically by correspondent. The correspondence concerns family matters, philanthropic activities, Zionism, Hebrew scholarship, local politics, and Cambridge University connections.

Sept. 1924-June 1955

Box 3

Correspondence. Letters from Prof. W.A. Osborne, Australia, 1950-1955 (folder); letters from S.H. Ward, Letchworth, about checking references in libraries, etc., 1947-1955 (folder); 'Early letters' to Salaman from A.D. and A.S. Fraser, Henry Head, C.S. Myers, Herbert Samuel, and others, c. 1894-1906 (2 folders); Mrs Myer Salaman: letters to 'Harry', 1897, and to R.N. Salaman, 1894-1901 and 1908-1918; various writers to R.N. Salaman, 1895-1940 (folder); press-copy letter-book: R.N. Salaman to various persons, 7 Nov. 1914 - 20 Nov. 1919.

1894–1955

Box 4

Correspondence: R.N. Salaman to Nina Salaman.
19 bundles.

1914–1919

Box 5

Correspondence. 'Letters from various important people', arranged alphabetically, c. 1911-1955 (file); letters of congratulations to R.N. Salaman on (a) his 70th birthday and (b) his 80th birthday (2 envelopes); 'Notes on books read' (leisure reading only), 1947-1954 (volume); correspondence about the Jewish University Library, 1920-1928 (folder).

1911–1955

Box 6

'Autobiographical papers' and 'Reprints of articles and addresses'; 'Lectures and addresses'; duplicate typescripts of lectures and articles.

1935–1955

Box 7

'Racial origins and heredity'. Lectures, papers, correspondence, and photographs.

Box 8

Diaries, engagement books, and address books of R.N. and Nina Salaman.
41 volumes.

1890–1954

Box 9

'Judaica'. Offprints of articles on Jewish topics.

Box 10

Miscellaneous correspondence, offprints, passports, obituary notices, etc, including a (copy) letter from Laurence Housman on the parentage of Prince Albert, and testimonials from 1902.

Box 11

Schechita: reports and correspondence.

Box 12

Lucien Wolf Lecture. Correspondence and papers.

1953

Box 13

Lectures and addresses.

1907–1934

Box 14

Refugees. Reports, correspondence and other files on Jewish affairs.

1937–1951

Box 15

Letters regarding Palestine Reclaimed (1920); reviews of the History and Social Influence of the Potato (1949).

1920–1949

Box 16 and 18

'Potato literature'. A set of printed articles by Salaman.

1910–1955

Box 17

History of potato. Correspondence with Cambridge University Press and others.

1946–1955

Box 19

Potatoes: correspondence.

1910–1947

Box 20

Potatoes: correspondence.

1947–1955

Box 21

Photographs. Includes portraits of R.N. Salaman, his family and friends, and photographs of family portraits (some framed).

Box 22

Miscellaneous letters, offprints, etc.

Box 23

Nina Salaman: Poetry manuscripts and correspondence.

Box 24

Nina Salaman: 'Apples and Honey'. Letters and papers; letters from Israel Zangwill.

Box 25

Nina Salaman: Miscellaneous manuscripts, notebooks, notes, and offprints.

Box 26

Nina Salaman: Translations, offprints, correspondence with publishers.

Box 27

Nina Salaman: Notes for 'Ephraim Luzzato', Hebrew Poetry of the 16th century, offprints.

Box 28 and 29

Nina Salaman: Arthur Davis Trust: 2 account books, deeds, and correspondence.

Folders and volumes 1

Redcliffe Salaman: other material. Pedigrees, correspondence and papers regarding the geneaology of Salaman, Davis and other Anglo-Jewish families, with Alex Brodie's Reminiscences of Solomon Alex Hart, privately printed in 1882; obituaries and other documents regarding R.N. Salaman (folder); 'Racial origins and heredity': five boxes of lantern slides; R.N. and Nina Salaman: petty cash and private accounts (2 volumes); papers regarding the Jewish Regiment and R.N. Salaman's service therein, 1917-1919 (folder); 'Addresses and lectures', various (binder); 'Essays and lectures', various (binder); 'Autobiographical essays', various (binder); certificates, testimonials, etc. (in a metal cylinder); 'Jews and the Royal Society' (binder); 'Beliefs and Speculations': notes and correspondence on attitudes to Judaism (binder); 'Still births and abortions': autobiographical essays and notes (binder); 'Unpublished': philosophical reflections (binder); biographical notes and obituaries, list of publications (envelope); sheaf of letters of congratulation on Salaman's election to the Royal Society, Feb. 1935 (folder); 'Potato' article for the Encyclopedia Hebraica: correspondence and typescript, with copies of articles on 'Jewish racial origins' and the 'Heredity of Jewish characters' (folder); statements of income and expenditure, 1927-1953 (folder); R.N. Salaman, Palestine Reclaimed, printed 1920 (volume); press cuttings, 1873-1906, compiled by Arthur Davis (1 volume, a), and press cuttings, 1906-1955, compiled by R.N. Salaman (5 volumes, b-f); 'Oxnoble Inn': correspondence regarding public houses named after potatoes, 1949-1956 (folder); 'Peruvian Pots': photographs (album); 'Potatoes': photographs (album); Hebrew University Survey Committtee: Report and Reply, printed 1934 (volume, numbered 117); 'Nazi Europe': file of printed and duplicated reports (folder, numbered 118); 'Notes on the Potato, etc.': notes, extracts and correspondence, bound into booklets numbered N.V. I-XI, with drawers of index cards to them; History and Social Influence of the Potato (1949), bounded in two volumes and annotated by R.N. Salaman.

Folders and volumes 2

Nina Salaman: other material. Arthur Davis: press cuttings (envelope); Clement and Herbert Davis: letters of condolence on their deaths (envelope); 'Song of the Ages' and 'Hatikvah': printed music; obituaries and press cuttings regarding Nina Salaman (bundle); 'Machzor': correspondence (folder); spare copies of books; loose papers.

Further papers

Additional papers. Correspondence between R.N. Salaman and Nina Davis/Salaman, 1909-1917 (1 box, 7 pocket-files). Two letters from Naphtali Hart, West Naitland, New South Wales, to his sister Bella (Soloman) in London, 30 Oct. 1843 and 30 Sep. 1844. The letters comment mainly on the family news contained in her letters to him, and also admit that his business affairs were not very prosperous (envelope, with typed transcripts).