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Needham/NRI2/SCC2/187/2 contains:
1 Correspondence with Dr. R. G. Wasson of Wall Street, New York City, U.S.A., about the origins and meaning of ?? [Ling Chih / Ling Zhi]
2 Letter from Martha [?] and two letters from Dr. J. H. Gaddum of the Agricultural Research Council, Cambridge, about efforts to obtain a copy of Dr. Andrija Puharich's, 'The Sacred Mushroom', (1959), and other works on fungi
3 Letter from Dr. R. G. Wasson of Wall Street, New York City, U.S.A., about progress in his research on the origins and meaning of ?? [Ling Chih / Ling Zhi]
4 Letter from Weston La Barre, Professor of Anthrapology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, U.S.A., about articles on the sacred cactus, peyote
5 Letter from Michel Strickmann in Bruges, Belgium, about his paper on mushroom cults in Ancient China
6 Letter from Richard Evans Schultes, Executive Director of the Botanical Museum, Harvard University, U.S.A., asking for Joseph Needham's opinion on R. Gordon Wasson's work 'Soma: Divine Mushroom of Immortality', and related documents
7 Correspondence with R. Gordon Wasson of Danbury, Connecticut, U.S.A., about M. Strickmann's, 'Notes on Mushroom Cults in Ancient China', and other related matters
8 Letter from R. Gordon Wasson of Danbury, Connecticut, U.S.A., about J. Brough's review of his work 'Soma; Divine Mushroom of Immortality', (The Hague, 1968) and other matters
9 Typed memorandum from R. Gordon Wasson of Danbury, Connecticut, U.S.A., commenting on Joseph Needham's draft of 'Science and Civilisation in China, Volume 5, Part 2', and related documents
10 Letter from R. Gordon Wasson of Danbury, Connecticut, U.S.A., about Mr and Mrs Steve Chou, Chinese mycologists, living in New Zealand
11 Letter from R. Gordon Wasson of Danbury, Connecticut, U.S.A., about relevant publications
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Papers of Joseph Needham as a historian of Chinese science, technology and medicine

Title Letter from Richard Evans Schultes, Executive Director of the Botanical Museum, Harvard University, U.S.A., asking for Joseph Needham's opinion on R. Gordon Wasson's work 'Soma: Divine Mushroom of Immortality', and related documents
Reference SCC2/187/2/6
Creator Schultes. Richard Evans; Needham, Joseph; Wasson, R. Gordon.
Covering Dates 16 June 1969–8 Aug. 1969
Extent and Medium 4 sheets; Paper
Content and context

The related documents comprise a copy of Needham's reply; copy of a letter from Wasson to Needham, responding to comments made.

Index Terms
Schultes, Richard Evans (1915-2001) ethnobotanist
Wasson, Robert Gordon (1898-1986) ethnobotanist and anthropologist
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