| Title |
Chinese History of Science: Japanese Group |
| Reference |
SCC2/11 |
| Covering Dates |
1950–16 Mar. 1991 |
| Extent and Medium |
Paper |
|
| Needham/NRI2/SCC2/11 contains: |
|
13
|
Joseph Needham's original file title.
1 document; Paper. |
1950–1959 |
|
1
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Letter from Lien-sheng Yang of Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A. providing references to some Japanese publications on the History of Chinese science.
Creator: Yang, Lien-Sheng.
1 document; Paper. |
22 June 1951 |
|
2
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Bibliographical references. These include Joseph Needham's note of a publication 'Scientific Japan Past and Present', 'issued at Third Pan-Pacific Science Congress, Tokyo, 1926'; manuscript 'Bibliography of Early Japanese Science and Mathematics'.
4 sheets; Paper. |
1950–1959 |
|
3
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Correspondence with Prof. Suketoshi Yajima of the Tokyo College of Science, Japan, requesting reprints of relevant articles published in the 'Japanese Journal of the History of Science'. The documents also include a page of related Joseph Needham notes.
Creator: Suketoshi, Yajima; Needham, Joseph.
3 documents; Paper. |
26 July 1951–26 Aug. 1951 |
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4
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Correspondence with Prof. Yabuuchi Kiyoshi of Kyoto University, Japan, about reprints and Japanese journals.
Creator: Yabuuchi, Kiyoshi; Needham, Joseph.
5 sheets; Paper. |
17 Mar. 1956–29 Mar. 1956 |
|
5
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Copy of a letter from Joseph Needham to Prof. Honda Minobu of Hokkaido University , Sapporo, Japan thanking him for a gift of some laquer plates and for his assistance during a visit to Cambridge.
2 sheets; Paper. |
20 Jan. 1958 |
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6
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Documents relating to an English translation by Shimizu Michio of Dr. Ogura Kinnosuke's 'A History of Mathematics in Japan since Ancient Times'. The documents include a letter from Joseph Needham to Derek Gardner of Abelard-Schuman Limited Publishers, London asking if they would be interested in publishing the article, 18 August, 1957; letter from Gardner declining the offer, 3 December, 1957; letter from Joseph Needham to Shimizu advising him of the Gardner's decision, 17 January, 1958; sample of part of the translation (typescript), [1950s?].
Creator: Gardner, Derek; Needham, Joseph; Shimizu Michio.
16 sheets; Paper. |
18 Aug. 1957–17 Jan. 1958 |
|
7
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Letter from Amano Motonosuke of Osaka, Japan about reprints and material relating to the history of agriculture in China.
Creator: Amano Motonosuke.
1 document; Paper. |
9 May 1956 |
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8
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Letter of admiration from Saburo Yamamuro of Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
Creator: Saburo Yamamuro.
2 sheets; Paper. |
4 Feb. 1958 |
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9
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Joseph Needham's notes of bibliographical references from Tokyo University Library and photocopies of pages from 'Tofu Hyakuchin [???? / Thou Fu Pai Chen/ Dou Fu Bai Zhen]', (1781).
7 sheets; Paper. |
23 July 1971 |
|
10
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Typescript list of publications by three Japanese science historians from Kyoto University, Japan. The document is headed 'List of Contributors' and has been taken from an unidentified volume. The information is for Yabuuti Kiyosi, Specialist in the History of Chinese Science; Yosida Mitukuni, Specialist in the History of Technology and Japanese Cultural History; Yamada Keiji, Specialist in the History of Science.
1 document; Paper. |
1970–1979 |
|
11
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Letter from Jokimasa Jakeda and Katsu Hayashi of the Department of Chinese Philosophy, Kyoto University originally accompanying extracts from their Ph.D. Theses published in the 'Journal of the History of Chinese Thought'.
Creator: Jokimasa Jakeda; Katsu Hayashi.
1 document; Paper. |
25 May 1984 |
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12
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Correspondence with Nick Keeble of Cambridge University Press about the Japanese language edition of 'Science and Civilisation in China'.
Creator: Keeble, Nick; Needham, Joseph.
2 documents; Paper. |
5 Mar. 1991–16 Mar. 1991 |
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