| Needham/NRI2/SCC2/42 contains: |
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| 27 |
Letter from Victor Mair of the Department of East Asian Languages, Harvard University, U.S.A. inviting Joseph Needham's contribution to a book of essays on 'Chuang Tzu [?? / Zhuang Zi]' and copy of Needham's reply |
| 28 |
Letter from Dr. Holmes H. Welch of Harvard, U.S.A. about work by Norman Girardot, also of Harvard, on the life of James Legge, copy of Joseph Needham's reply and related documents |
| 29 |
Letter from Oliver Caldecott of Wildwood House Publishers of London about a translation of the 'Hua Hu Ching [??? / Hua Hu Jing]', sample pages of the work and copy of Joseph Needham's reply |
| 30 |
Letter from N. J. Girardot at Oberlin College, Ohio, U.S.A. about the publication of his book, 'Myth and Meaning in Early Taoism' and copy of a letter from Robin Derricourt of Cambridge University Press expressing an interest in the manuscript |
| 31 |
Note from Norman Girardot advising Joseph Needham of his position as chairman of the Religion Department at Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. |
| 32 |
Documents relating an application by Prof. Norman J. Girardot for a Fulbright Award for proposed research on 'James Legge (1815-1897) and the Study of Chinese Religion' |
| 33 |
Letter from Raymond J. Barnett of the California State University, U.S.A. explaining his interest in Taoism and asking for Joseph Needham's advice on Taoist temples to visit on a forthcoming visit to China |
| 34 |
Letter from Norman Girardot of Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. about a forthcoming visit to Oxford to work on his book on James Legge and related documents |
| 35 |
Letter from Prof. John Adair of the University of Surrey about Chinese philosophy and its relevance to leadership and copy of Joseph Needham's reply |
| 36 |
Correspondence with Ursula King of the Department of Theology and Religious Studies, University of Leeds, about the M. A. thesis of Allerd Strikker on 'parallels between Teilhard de Chardin and Taoism' |
| 37 |
Letter from Dirk Van Nuffel in Brussels about his study of Chinese and Taoism and copy of Joseph Needham's reply |
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Papers of Joseph Needham as a historian of Chinese science, technology and medicine
| Title |
Documents relating an application by Prof. Norman J. Girardot for a Fulbright Award for proposed research on 'James Legge (1815-1897) and the Study of Chinese Religion' |
| Reference |
SCC2/42/32 |
| Creator |
Girardot, Norman J.; Needham, Joseph; Hook, Elizabeth. |
| Covering Dates |
24 Jan. 1979–30 June 1981 |
| Extent and Medium |
25 sheets; Paper |
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| Content and context |
The documents comprise a letter from Girardot to Joseph Needham asking for his support in the application, 30 June 1981; copy of Needham's letter of reference; copies of Girardot's completed application form for the award and research proposal; copy of Giradot's curriculum vitae; copy of letter to Girardot from J. D. Rogers of the Department of Western Manuscripts, Bodleian Library, Oxford listing papers of James Legge held at the Library; copy of letter to Girardot from Elizabeth Hook, aAchivist at the School of African and Oriental Studies, London advising him about the location of manuscripts relating to James Legge. |
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