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

Needham/NRI2/SCC2 contains:
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165	Military Technology: Parallels, Comparisons and Conclusions
166	Military Technology: Communication and Control
167	Textile Technology 1: Plant fibres
168	Textile Technology 2: Animal fibres
169	Textile Technology 3: General
170	Textile Technology 5: Plant fibres technology and cotton manufacture
171	Textile Technology 6: Silk technology
172	Textile Technology 7: Dyeing and Dyes
173	Textile Technology 8: Wool; Weaving and carpet-making
174	Textile Technology 9: Kho Ssu [?? / Ke Si] silk tapestry
175	Textile Technology 10: General 1
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Papers of Joseph Needham as a historian of Chinese science, technology and medicine

Title	Textile Technology 5: Plant fibres technology and cotton manufacture
Reference	SCC2/170
Covering Dates	1940–6 July 1985
Extent and Medium	Paper

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Textiles

Needham/NRI2/SCC2/170 contains:

Painting showing a Chinese family, with the man at work with a cotton-bow. The painting was given to Joseph Needham by ' ??? [Hsieh Wen-Mei / Xie Wenmei] 1st wife of Hsu Lang-Kuang'.
1 document; Paper.

1940

Part of a letter from Rewi Alley in Peking, China, about the origins of cotton cultivation and the cotton gin.
Creator: Alley, Rewi.
1 document; Paper.

6 Dec. 1955

Joseph Needham's notes on the cotton gin and other machinery used in textile production, made as a result of a visit to the Deutsches Museum, Munich, Germany.
2 sheets; Paper.

1953–1957

Joseph Needham notes on the spinning wheel.
8 sheets; Paper.

1950–1959

Front page taken from '?? Gung Ho News', including an article on 'Peiping Cooperatives', illustrated by a photograph of a 'Typical loom used in textile cooperatives'. The other front page story is entitled 'Convoy Reaches Shantan'.
1 document; Paper.

June 1948

Part of a letter from Victor Purcell of Cambridge, about Chinese methods of cotton growing.
Creator: Purcell, Victor.
1 document; Paper.

12 Dec. 1949

Letter from Iain [?] of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, referring Joseph Needham to an article on the cotton industry in modern China by R. H. Myers.
1 document; Paper.

28 Mar. 1966

Postcard from Ushiyama Terayo, reproducing part of a Japanese Edo period painting, 'Weavers and Dyers'.
Creator: Ushiyama Terayo.
1 document; Paper.

6 July 1985

Photographs showing ancient methods of textile manufacture in China. Two of the photographs are marked 'from RA' [Rewi Alley]. The documents also include one envelope containing photographic negatives.
11 pieces; Photograph, negative and paper.

1950–1969

Photograph of a 'primitive loom', taken in Paktung, Korea, 1952.
1 document; Photograph.

1952

Two photographs of spinning-wheels taken at Hagia Moni convent, near Nauplia, Greece.
1 document; Paper.

1966

Related notes and bibliographical references.
24 sheets; Paper.

1950–1979