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

Needham/NRI2/SCC2 contains:
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34	Chinese Humanism: the Classics, Canon etc.
35	Education: Chinese parallels with Comenius [1592-1670] etc.
36	Chinese education: Lecture notes
37	Museums of the History of Chinese Science and Technology
38	Folklore and folksong
39	Ball games, recreation etc
40	Philosophy: Confucianism
41	Philosophy: Taoism
42	Taoism correspondence
43	The European 'Tao Tshang [?? / Dao Zang]' Project
44	Philosophy: Hedonism
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Papers of Joseph Needham as a historian of Chinese science, technology and medicine

Title	Ball games, recreation etc
Reference	SCC2/39
Covering Dates	26 Aug. 1972–1995
Extent and Medium	Paper

Needham/NRI2/SCC2/39 contains:

Letter from ??? [Ling Hung-ling / Long Hongling] of the Department of Physical Education, North-West Normal College, Lanzhou, Gansu, China, about 'a kind of proto-golf being payed in China from Thang times onwards' and attached copies of illustrations.
Creator: Ling Hung-ling.
7 sheets; Paper.

22 Mar. 1988–19 Apr. 1988

Two letters from ??? [Ling Hung-ling / Ling Hongling] of the Department of Physical Education, North-West Normal College, Lanzhou, Gansu, China, forwarding copies of his paper «?????????????????» and English translation. The translated title is, 'Verification of the Assumption that Gold Originated from Chuiwan'.
Creator: Ling Hung-ling.
38 sheets; Paper.

20 Oct. 1988

Letter from ??? [Ling Hung-ling / Ling Hongling] of the Department of Physical Education, North-West Normal College, Lanzhou, Gansu, China, about the reception of his paper on the origins of golf.
Creator: Ling Hung-ling.
2 sheets; Paper.

21 Nov. 1990–28 Nov. 1990

Photocopy of an 'Independant on Sunday' article by John Schauble entitled 'Worrying News from China: it may have invented golf'. The photocopy was sent to Joseph Needham by Robert Temple.
Creator: Schauble, John.
1 document; Paper.

5 Aug. 1991

Postcard showing a painting of 'Mihr playing polo' by Assar At-Tebrizi (b.1382).
1 document; Paper.

1990–1995

Cutting of a 'Scotsman' article by Dr. William Dolby entitled 'The footballers of ancient China'.
Creator: Dolby, William.
1 document; Paper.

26 Aug. 1972–26 Aug., 1972

Note from Bud [?] at Erwin A. Salk Inc, U.S.A., accompanying a photocopy of an article entitled 'What if golf were invented in China?, Are you daft?'.
2 sheets; Paper.

10 Aug. 1991–20 Aug. 1991

Letter from ??? [Wang Hsien-Lin / Wang Xianlin of National North-Western Normal University, Gansu, China, to Lu Gwei-Djen asking if Joseph Needham received a paper by her friend ??? [Ling Hung-ling / Ling Hongling] on the origins of golf. The related documents comprise copy of Needham's reply; related letter from Ling.
Creator: Wang Hsien-Lin; Ling Hung-ling; Needham, Joseph.
5 sheets; Paper.

4 Feb. 1990–25 Feb. 1990

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

1986–1992