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

Needham/NRI2/SCC2 contains:
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23	Chinese characters, language etc.
24	Computerisation of Chinese
25	Geography of China, Human and Economic
26	History of China
27	Relations and contacts between China and the West, including Central Asia; travellers; Influence of China on Europe
28	'Rewriting of Contacts Chapter'
29	Christian tombs in Chhuanchow and Yangchow
30	Contacts: Earliest western writers on China (Portuguese, Dutch etc.)
31	Relations between China and the West: during the 17th and 18th centuries, Jesuit and post-Jesuit
32	'Fondazione Cini, Venice 1983: Contacts Prolusione, Gunpowder Epic, Variolation Epic'
33	Papers relating to 'TheTitsingh Project: The Exchange of Learning and Culture Between the Netherlands/Europe and Japan 1640-1853'
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Papers of Joseph Needham as a historian of Chinese science, technology and medicine

Title	Folklore and folksong
Reference	SCC2/38
Covering Dates	1941–9 Jan. 1984
Extent and Medium	Paper

Needham/NRI2/SCC2/38 contains:

Photocopy of pages from Ku Tzu-Jen's 'Songs of Cathay; an Anthology of those current in various Parts of China among her People', (Shanghai, 1931). The pages show the music and lyrics for 'The Feng Yang Drum'; 'Meng Chiang Nyu's Lament'.
2 sheets; Paper.

23 Aug. 1965

Copy of a translation by Joseph Needham and Liao Hung-Ying [??? / Liao Hongying] of 'The Ballad of Mêng Chiang Nu Weeping at the Great Wall' published in 'Sinologia', the 'Review of Chinese culture and science' (1948) and manuscript draft.
Creator: Liao Hung-Ying; Needham, Joseph.
1 booklet, 51 sheets; Paper.

1947–1948

Copy of verses in Wade-Giles romanisation from 'The Ballad of Mêng Chiang Nu' taken from 'On Chinese Poetry' by Lu Chih-Wei, (Peiping, 1935).
5 sheets; Paper.

1946–1948

Joseph Needham's notes from D. Bodde 'Annual Customs and Festicals in Peking, as record in the 'Yen-Ching Sui-Shih-Chi' by Tun Li Chhen', (Peiping, 1936).
2 sheets; Paper.

1950–1959

Three typed extracts from W. Eberhard, 'Chinese Fairy Tales and Folk Tales', (London, 1937). The extracts are entitled 'The Faithful Wife, (Meng Chiang Nu)'; The Marriage of the City God'; Faithful even in death'.
4 sheets; Paper.

1950–1959

Letter from Catherine [?] of Canterbury enquiring about the date of the 'Ballad about Meng Chiang Nu'.
1 document; Paper.

25 Aug. 1969

Letter from Joan Djuh McIntyre of Collingswood, New Jersey, U.S.A. about her work on 'Chinese folksongs'. The documents also include a copy of Joseph Needham's reply; a sample of McIntyre's work including translations and notes on 'The Grumbling Mother-in-Law' and 'Song of the Sparrows'; note from Laurence Picken of Jesus College, Cambridge commenting on the work.
Creator: McIntyre, Joan Djuh; Needham, Joseph; Picken, Lawrence.
18 sheets; Paper.

4 Nov. 1969–13 Jan. 1970

List of 'Books on Folklore' compiled by Prof. Lou Tsu-k'uang in collaboration with Wolfram Eberhard, published by The Orient Cultural Service, Taiwan.
2 sheets; Paper.

1970

Copy of «??????» [Mêng Chiang Nu Khu Chhang Chhêng / Meng Jiang Nu Ku Chang Cheng]. A copy of a narrative poem, woodblock printed by the de hua shu ju ???? in Xi'an ?? in 1941.
10 pieces; Paper.

1941

Letter from Joan Djuh McIntyre of Collingswood, New Jersey, U.S.A. about her reasearch into ancient Chinese folksongs.
Creator: McIntyre, Joan Djuh.
1 document; Paper.

5 Jan. 1970

Letter from Joan Djuh McIntyre of Collingswood, New Jersey, U.S.A. about her work on ancient Chinese folksongs and her interest in Joseph Needham's volume on 'Nautics'. McIntyre notes 'as a youngster I often sailed over the rapids and down the Yellow River sitting on rafts kept afloat by those air-filled sheepskins..'.
Creator: McIntyre, Joan Djuh.
2 sheets; Paper.

10 Jan. 1974

Letter from Nicholas Tapp of Chiangmai, Thailand, asking if Joseph Needham has knowledge of the stories of 'miraculously -born boy-kings who..suceed in becoming Emperor of China'. The documents also include a copy of reply from Gregory Blue on behalf of Joseph Needham.
Creator: Tapp, Nicholas; Blue, Gregory.
2 sheets; Paper.

31 Jan. 1982–3 Mar. 1982

Lists of contents of related journals supplied by The Orient Culture Service, Taipei, Taiwan and order forms for same. The lists give the contents of 'Minzokugaku (The Folklore Monthly)', (Tokyo, 1929-1933); 'The Japanese Journal of Folklore and Ethnology', (Tokyo, 1924-1929); 'Folklore & Folkliterature Series of Peking University and Chinese Association for Folklore' (Reprinted 1974-1980).
11 sheets; Paper.

12 Dec. 1981

Letter from William Empson of Hampstead Hill Gardens, London, about the history of 'Rhyming in Europe'.
Creator: Empson, William.
4 sheets; Paper.

21 Aug. 1983–9 Jan. 1984

Related bibliographical references.
2 sheets; Paper.

1960–1979

Joseph Needham's original file title.
1 document; Paper.

1950–1969