Janus: Papers of Joseph Needham as a historian of Chinese science, technology and medicine

Needham/NRI2/4 contains:
1	Namecards of all the people Joseph Needham met whilst in Chungking, 1943-1946, in his role as head of the Sino-British Scientific Cooperation Office
2	'Register of Chinese Scientists compiled 1943-1946 by the Sino-British Cooperation Office'
3	Joseph Needham's book of Chinese friends, 1939-1941
4	Joseph Needham's book of contacts for the Sino-British Scientific Cooperation Office, Chungking, China, 1942-1946
5	?????? - Dorothy Needham memorial volume
6	Joseph Needham's notebook of contacts made on a trip to China in 1952
7	Joseph Needham's notebook of contacts made on a trip to China in 1958
8	Joseph Needham's notebook of contacts made on a trip to China and Japan in 1964
9	Joseph Needham's notebook of contacts made on a trip to Japan and India in 1971
10	Joseph Needham's notebook of contacts made on a trip to China in 1972
11	Joseph Needham's notebook of contacts made on a trip to Hong Kong in 1979
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Papers of Joseph Needham as a historian of Chinese science, technology and medicine

Title	Namecards of all the people Joseph Needham met whilst in Chungking, 1943-1946, in his role as head of the Sino-British Scientific Cooperation Office
Reference	NRI2/4/1
Covering Dates	1943–1946
Extent and Medium	1 cabinet; Paper

Content and context

The cards are arranged alphabetically in a 4-drawer wooden card cabinet. Each card gives the name and brief description of the activities and often Needham's impression of the person. In the case of Chinese contacts, Needham has recorded the name in Chinese and in his own form of romanisation. [Note: At that time Needham had not finalised the method of romanisation used in the 'Science and Civilisation in China' volumes. Occasionally the names have been amended at a later date to reflect this].

A database of information contained on the cards has been prepared and is available for consultation at the Needham Research Institute, Cambridge.