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

Needham/NRI2/SCC2 contains:
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50	History of Philosophy: Fundamental Ideas, Yin Yang [??], Wu Hsing [?? / Wu Xing] etc.
51	I Ching [?? / Yi Jing]: The book of Changes
52	History of Philosophy: Wang Chhung [?? / Wang Chong] and the Sceptical Tradition
53	Philosophy of Science (modern) in relation to Chinese thought
54	Humanistic Studies
55	Religion
56	Religion: Buddhism
57	Papers relating to Chienfotung [??? / Qian Fo Dong] , Dunhuang, Gansu Province, and other cave sites
58	Philosophy: Han to Sung
59	Philosophy: Neo-Confucianiam and after
60	Leibnitz and China
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Papers of Joseph Needham as a historian of Chinese science, technology and medicine

Title	Religion
Reference	SCC2/55
Covering Dates	1940–1989
Extent and Medium	Paper

Index Terms

Religions

Needham/NRI2/SCC2/55 contains:

Copy of an article by Raimundo Panikkar entitled 'Sugerencias para una Teofísica' published in 'Civiltà Della Macchine', (September 1963).
Creator: Panikkar, Raimundo.
2 sheets; Paper.

Sep. 1963-Nov. 1966

Painting of 'The Juggarnath Trinity, from a village near Puri in Orissa', India. Joseph Needham notes 'from Prithi Mitra, Christmas 1957'.
1 document; Paper.

Dec. 1957

Joseph Needham notes about a temple called ??????, located near Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
1 document; Paper.

1940–1949

Note from A.C.M. [A. C. Moule?] about Gustav Haloun's translation of the word ? [Tien / Tian] in the «??» [Chung Yung / Zhong Yong / Doctrine of Mean].
Creator: Moule, A.C.
1 document; Paper.

1950–1959

Joseph Needham's notes of a discussion with Kenneth Robinson about religious persecution in Chinese civilisation.
1 document; Paper.

14 Jan. 1950

Letter from P. R. Bentley of Paul Popper Ltd, Photographic Agency of London, about photographs of paintings, sculptures, illuminated manuscripts etc. depicting Chinese deities and mythology and copy of Joseph Needham's reply. The documents also include a list of subjects required.
Creator: Bentley, P. R.; Needham, Joseph.
4 sheets; Paper.

16 Dec. 1953–8 Mar. 1954

Joseph Needham's notes from a lecture by Homer H. Dubs on the 'Rise of Philosophy before Confucius' given at the International Congress of Orientalists, Munich 1957.
2 sheets; Paper.

1957

Joseph Needham's 'Notes on temples at Bangkok'.
2 sheets; Paper.

24 May 1958

Letter from Neville Jones of The Manor House Hotel, Cullompton, Devon, originally accompanying some Chinese watercolours and copy of Joseph Needham's reply. Jones is sending the paintings as a gift to Needham as 'Guests said they were a bit gruesome for the bedrooms!'.
Creator: Jones, Neville; Needham, Joseph.
2 sheets; Paper.

13 June 1957

Copy of an anonymous article entitled 'Festival of the Queen of Heaven' published in 'Airways', the Quantas Empire Airways magazine, describing the most important festival for seafarers in Hong Kong.
2 sheets; Paper.

1960

Cutting of a 'Pakistan Times' article entitled 'Arts and sciences in China, Muslims' Contribution Significant'. Joseph Needham notes 'from Alexander Wolskey, Mar 62'.
1 document; Paper.

3 Feb. 1962-Mar. 1962

Joseph Needham's notes from a lecture by Professor C. P. Fitzgerald on 'The Attitude to Religious Faiths in The People's Republic of China'. The lecture was held at Downing College, Cambridge.
7 sheets; Paper.

29 Nov. 1962

Letter from Elizabeth Phelps of the Student Movement House, London, thanking Joseph Needham for speaking to the 'Asian Students' and copy of Needham's reply.
Creator: Phelps, Elizabeth; Needham, Joseph.
2 sheets; Paper.

5 Jan. 1966–18 Jan. 1966

Letter from J. H. Masui of 'Hermes' enquiring about a Joseph Needham article on 'La mystique dans le Taoisme' or similar title and copy of Needham's reply.
Creator: Masui, J. H.; Needham, Joseph.
3 sheets; Paper.

3 Jan. 1966–26 Mar. 1966

Documents relating to the Annual Conference for the Society for the Study of Theology held at Westcott House, Cambridge, with the theme, 'Salvation', (29 March to 1 April 1966). The documents comprise correspondence with Reverend W. P. Stevens arranging Joseph Needham's attendance at the conference; a conference programme; notes from a lecture by Prof. H. D. Lewis of King's College London on 'Salvation East and West'.
Creator: Stevens, W. P.; Needham, Joseph.
11 sheets; Paper.

18 June 1965–30 Mar. 1966

Joseph Needham's notes from a lectures by Raymond Panikkar on the 'Upanishads 'great sayings' Mahavakyani (?)'.
4 sheets; Paper.

26 Oct. 1966–28 Oct. 1966

'AP's anti-progress epistle, Xmas 66'. The epistle is typed.
1 document; Paper.

Dec. 1966

Cutting of an article published in an unidentified newspaper entitled 'Buddhism's role in a world of change'.
1 document; Paper.

31 Dec. 1966

Letter from Douglas Mills of the Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Cambridge, about books relating to Shinto and religion in Japan.
Creator: Mills, Douglas.
2 sheets; Paper.

15 Oct. 1968

Letters from Ninian Smart and Stuart Mews of the University of Lancaster, inviting Joseph Needham to attend a conference on 'Max Weber on Religion' and copies of Needham's replies. The documents also include an advertisement for the conference.
Creator: Smart, Ninian; Mews, Stuart; Needham, Joseph.
7 sheets; Paper.

13 Mar. 1969–24 Mar. 1970

Joseph Needham's notes from a lecture by Ursula King on 'Hinduism and Indian Religion and Culture'.
4 sheets; Paper.

28 Jan. 1977

Set of postcards showing a reconstruction of the 'tabernacle and its vessels restorated in accordance with the theoretical explanations of our greatest ancient and latter sages'. The documents also include an explanatory booklet in Hebrew.
2 pieces; Paper.

1934

Letter from C. L. Tarabori-Flesch publisher on of 'Artibus Asiae' to Dr. P Chao of William Paterson College, New Jersey, U.S.A., giving persmission to reproduce illustrations from F. Waterbury, 'Bird Deities in China'.
Creator: Tarabori-Flesch, C. L.
1 document; Paper.

29 Oct. 1974

Copies of reviews of relevant publications by François Aubin published in 'Archives de Sciences Sociales Des Religions'. Publications reviewed include 'Les Chinois de Jakarta. Temples et vie collective' by Claudine Salmon and Denys Lombard, (Paris, 1977); 'cahier 8' of 'Etudes mongoles et sibériennes' devoted to Shamanism, (1977).
4 sheets; Paper.

1978–1986

Aritcle by David C. Guilbert entitled 'Chinabilia', published in 'Westways', (August, 1980). The article describes Chinese artifacts at the Chinese temple at Oroville, California, U.S.A. Joseph Needham notes at the top of the article 'from Ivan Groupp, Aug 80'.
Creator: Guilbert, David C.
2 sheets; Paper.

Aug. 1980

Christmas card from Charlie [?] of the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd, Singapore. The card shows Singapore Chinatown. The message inside the card describes Charlie's efforts to find a research post at the Peking Institute of World Religions and the National University of Singapore.
1 document; Paper.

1980–1989

Cutting of a 'Los Angeles Times' article by Michael Parks entitled 'Ancient Ghosts Return to Bedevil Chinese Party Leadership'. Joseph Needham notes that this cutting was 'from Ivan Groupp'.
Creator: Parks, Michael.
1 document; Paper.

25 Oct. 1981

Programme for a conference at the Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice, Italy, entitled 'Incontro di Religioni in Asia', 16-18 November 1981.
1 document; Paper.

Nov. 1981

Notes from a lecture by J. K. Riegel of Berkeley, U.S.A. on the «??» [Shih Ching / Shi Jing] and attached typed translations of sections of the work.
5 sheets; Paper.

5 May 1982

Photographs from Rewi Alley of the temple, Pi Lo Ssu in Zhanding, Hebei, China. Alley has written a description on the reverse of one of the prints. Joseph Needham has written a description on an envelope.
Creator: Alley, Rewi; Needham, Joseph.
5 pieces; Paper.

21 Dec. 1982

Letter from Erwin A. Salk at Salk, Ward & Salk Inc. forwarding a copy of a 'New York Times' article by Eric Pace entitled 'Statues of Humans Found in Jordan May Shed Light on Stone Age Worship'.
Creator: Salk, Erwin A.
2 sheets; Paper.

29 Nov. 1983–8 Dec. 1983

Letter from D. M. Dooling of 'Parabola' magazine providing an update on progress made with its publication.
Creator: Dooling, D. M.
1 document; Paper.

11 Nov. 1985

Letter from Robert Temple in Bridgwater, Somerset, forwarding a copy of a review of a book by Mircea Eliade. The review was published in 'The Spectator', 25 April 1987.
Creator: Temple, Robert.
2 sheets; Paper.

25 Apr. 1987–2 June 1987

Letter from Alistair Gray of Tiverton, Devon, asking for help with a school project on Confucianism and Taoism and copy of Joseph Needham's reply.
Creator: Gray, Alistair; Needham, Joseph.
2 sheets; Paper.

2 Feb. 1988–8 Mar. 1988

Related bibliographical references, advertisements for books, brief notes and quotations.
49 pieces; Paper.

1950–1989

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

1950–1959