Janus: Personal Papers of Dorothy Needham

Girton/GCPP Needham 5 contains:
1	Travel Diaries
2	Holland lecture
3	Invitations
4	Hungarian Physiological Society 20th Conference, Budapest, July 1954
5	Mittelrheinische Gesellschaft für Geburtshilfe und Gynäkologie 117th meeting, Mainz, 22-24 July 1955
6	Invitations
7	Invitations
8	British Biophysical Society meeting on Muscular Contraction, University College London, 18-20 December, 1967
9	2nd International Symposium on Angiology, Fribourg, Switzerland, 21-22 June 1968
10	Invitations
11	British Biophysical Society meeting on Conformation of Polypeptides and Fibrous Proteins, Leeds University, 6-8 April 1971
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Personal Papers of Dorothy Needham

Title	Travel Diaries
Reference	GCPP Needham 5/1 (former reference: E.12 - E.36)
Creator	Needham, Dorothy
Covering Dates	1944–1977
Extent and Medium	25 items; Paper

Content and context

Notes made by Dorothy Needham on visits abroad. They record, usually in some detail, travel, institutions visited and contacts made, and personal observations on food, social activities etc. The visits were made with Joseph Needham and sometimes with Gwei-Djen Lu also. The postwar visits generally combine holiday activities with visits to research institutions and scientific colleagues and lectures.

Girton/GCPP Needham 5/1 contains:

Travel Diaries: Item 1. Notes made in China 1944-1945:. I - 7 February 1944 - 11 January 1945;. II - 15 January - 2 April, 3 November - 11 December 1945;. III - 25 August - 3 November 1945;. Unnumbered. Used for notes on procedure for mailing post, expenses etc.
Creator: Needham, Dorothy.
4 notebooks in 1 bundle; Paper.

1944–1945

Travel Diaries: Item 2. Notes on visit to Lebanon and Turkey, 3-27 December 1948. [The Needhams attended the first UNESCO General Conference held in Beirut and returned to the UK via Turkey.].
Creator: Needham, Dorothy.
1 file; Paper.

1948

Travel Diaries: Item 3. Notebook inscribed 'Ceylon 1958'.
Creator: Needham, Dorothy.
1 volume; Paper.

18 February 1958–26 April 1958

Travel Diaries: Item 4. Notebook labelled on front cover 'Spain & Portugal 1960'.
Creator: Needham, Dorothy.
1 volume; Paper.

9 August 1960–8 September 1960

Travel Diaries: Item 5. Notebook inscribed on front cover 'Jugoslavia 1961'.
Creator: Needham, Dorothy.
1 volume; Paper.

24 July 1961–24 August 1961

Travel Diaries: Item 6. Notebooks used on visit to Czechoslovakia and Austria.
Creator: Needham, Dorothy.
2 volumes in 1 bundle; Paper.

15 August 1963–12 September 1963

Travel Diaries: Item 7. Loose manuscript notes headed 'Denmark & Sweden'.
Creator: Needham, Dorothy.
1 file; Paper.

3 April 1964–20 April 1964

Travel Diaries: Item 8. Notebooks used on visit to China and Japan 1964:. 1) Inscribed on front cover 'China 64'. Used 1 July - 26 August 1964;. 2) Inscribed on front cover 'China & Japan 64'. Used 19 August - 22 September 1964. Contains some loose material;. 3) China and Japan, 22 September - 21 October 1964. All three volumes inscribed 'c/o Foreign Liaison Section Academia Sinica - - - Peking'.
Creator: Needham, Dorothy.
3 volumes in 1 bundle; Paper.

1 July 1964–21 October 1964

Travel Diaries: Item 9. Notebook inscribed on front cover '1965 Austria & Poland'. Contains some loose material at front.
Creator: Needham, Dorothy.
1 volume; Paper.

13 August 1965–11 September 1965

Travel Diaries: Item 10. Notebook inscribed on front cover 'Greece & Lebanon 66'.
Creator: Needham, Dorothy.
1 volume; Paper.

30 August 1966–27 September 1966

Travel Diaries: Item 11. Malta and Denmark 1967:. 1) Notebook inscribed on front cover 'Malta Denmark 67'. Used 5-20 September (Malta) and 22 - circa 30 September (Denmark) 1967;. 2) Notebook inscribed on front cover 'Malta 67'. Used for notes on Maltese history in connection with visit. Loose at back are notes on wool preparation (not in D N's hand).
Creator: Needham, Dorothy.
2 volumes in 1 bundle; Paper.

1967

Travel Diaries: Item 12. Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and Ceylon 1971:. 1) Notebook inscribed on front cover 'Japan 1971 Hong Kong 1971'. Used 3 July - 9 September 1971;. 2) Notebook inscribed on front cover 'Hong Kong Singapore Guala Lumpar Ceylon 1971'. Used 10-30 September 1971.
Creator: Needham, Dorothy.
2 volumes in 1 bundle; Paper.

3 July 1971–30 September 1971

Travel Diaries: Item 13. Notes on visit to China and Japan 1972:. 1) Inscribed on front cover 'China 1972 1'. Used 2 July - 20 August, continued on loose pages at back. Paginated 1-96;. 2) Inscribed on front cover 'China + Japan 1972 2'. Used 21 August - 23 September. Paginated 97-157.
Creator: Needham, Dorothy.
2 volumes in 1 bundle; Paper.

2 July 1972–23 September 1972

Travel Diaries: Item 14. Loose notes on visit to south of France.
Creator: Needham, Dorothy.
1 file; Paper.

30 June 1973–18 July 1973

Travel Diaries: Item 15. Loose notes on visit to France and Italy.
Creator: Needham, Dorothy.
1 file; Paper.

1 April 1974–12 April 1974

Travel Diaries: Item 16. Notebook inscribed on front cover 'Edinburgh 1977 Congress etc Uppsala 1977 500th Anniversary Stockholm'. Used 7-20 August (Edinburgh) and 23 September - 8 October.
Creator: Needham, Dorothy.
1 volume; Paper.

1977