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

Needham/NRI2/SCC4 contains:
1	Correspondence after publication of 'Science and Civilisation in China, Volume 1'
4	Correspondence on and after publication of 'Science and Civilisation in China, Volume 4, Part 1'
14	Cambridge University Press: Permissions
2	Correspondence on and after publication of 'Science and Civilisation in China, Volume 2'
3	Correspondence on and after the publication of 'Science and Civilisation in China, Volume 3'
5	Correspondence on and after publication of 'Science and Civilisation in China, Volume 4, Part 2'
6	Correspondence on and after publication of 'Science and Civilisation in China, Volume 4, Part 3'
7	Correspondence on and after 'Science and Civilisation in China, Volume 5, Part 1'
8	Correspondence on and after 'Science and Civilisation in China, Volume 5, Part 2'
9	Correspondence on and after 'Science and Civilisation in China, Volume 5, Part 3'
10	Correspondence on and after 'Science and Civilisation in China Volume 5, Part 4'
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Papers of Joseph Needham as a historian of Chinese science, technology and medicine

Title	Correspondence on and after publication of 'Science and Civilisation in China, Volume 4, Part 2'
Reference	SCC4/5
Covering Dates	24 Sep. 1963–16 Jan. 1981
Extent and Medium	Paper

Needham/NRI2/SCC4/5 contains:

Letter from Prof. Jaroslav Prusek of Prague, Czechoslovakia, thanking Joseph Needham for a copy of the volume.
Creator: Prusek, Jaroslav.
1 document; Paper.

24 Jan. 1966

Letter from I. Kaye, Librarian of The Royal Society, thanking Joseph Needham for a gift copy.
Creator: Kaye, I.
2 documents; Paper.

29 Nov. 1965

Letter from Dr. Horváth Arpád of Budapest, Hungary, congratulating Joseph Needham on the volume and discussing his work.
Creator: Arpád, Horváth.
2 sheets; Paper.

6 Dec. 1965

Letter from Mario Loria of Turin, Italy, congratulating Joseph Needham and thanking him for a gift copy.
Creator: Loria, Mario.
1 document; Paper.

5 Dec. 1965

Letter from John Diebold thanking Joseph Needham for a gift copy of the volume.
Creator: Diebold, John.
1 document; Paper.

10 Dec. 1965

Postcard from Philip [?] of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge congratulating Joseph Needham on the work and remarking on the quality of illustrations.
1 document; Paper.

15 Dec. 1965

Letter from Aydin Sayili, Professor of the History of Science, Ankara University, Turkey, thanking Joseph Needham for a gift copy of the volume.
Creator: Sayili, Aydin.
1 document; Paper.

22 Dec. 1965

Letter from S. Trone [Solomon Abramovitch Trone] thanking Joseph Needham for the gift of the volume and for dedicating the volume to him. The last paragraph of Trone's letter reads "I should like to have an opportunity to talk with you about China, the complete breakwith Moscow and the possible affects on American imperialism, - but at age 93 I find it a bit more difficult to get about in this cold and wet winter weather".
Creator: Trone, S.
1 document; Paper.

29 Nov. 1965

Letter from the Wenner-Gren Foundation of Anthropological Research, New York, U.S.A. gratefully acknowledging receipt of a copy of the volume.
1 document; Paper.

13 Dec. 1965

Letter from Lee Kong Chen of the Lee Rubber Co. Ltd., Singapore, acknowledging receipt of the volume and congratulating Joseph Needham.
Creator: Chen Lee Kong.
1 document; Paper.

3 Jan. 1966

Letter from Rewi Alley of Peking thanking Joseph Needham for a copy of the volume and the dedication and discussing other matters. Other matters discussed include the threat of the 'US madmen' at which Alley comments 'I hope I shall at least be able to get your volumes off with me to some remote country village until the devil is beaten'; works published; a visit by Liang Fen-ren 'one of the little boys who camped by the wayside with us on the first truck break down..somewher near Tungwei'.
Creator: Alley, Rewi.
2 sheets; Paper.

9 Jan. 1966–1967

Letter from S. N. Sen of the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Calcutta, India, acknowledging receipt of the volume and congratulating Joseph Needham.
Creator: Sen, S. N.
1 document; Paper.

5 Feb. 1966–1968

Postcard from Zaklad Historii Nauki I Technicki Pan, Biblioteka, Warsaw, Poland, acknowledging receipt of a copy of the volume.
1 document; Paper.

13 Jan. 1966–1969

Letter from Prof. A. Lipschutz of the Instituto de Medicina Experimental, Chile, to Cambridge University Press thanking them for a gift copy and congratulating them on 'Science and Civilisation in China'.
Creator: Lipschutz, A.
1 document; Paper.

10 Mar. 1966–1970

Postcard from Yabuuti Kiyosi of the Research Insitute for Humanistic Studies, Kyoto, Japan, acknowledging receipt of the volume.
Creator: Yabuuti Kiyosi.
1 document; Paper.

19 Jan. 1966–1971

Letter from Geoffrey Lampe and Grahame Castor of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, about the gift in recognition of the services of Sir Nevill Mott as Master of the college. The letter states that Mott requested the gift take the form of a selection of books by Fellows published during his Mastership. 'He mentionned particularly Dr. Needham's 'Science and Civilisation in China'..'.
Creator: Lampe, Geoffrey; Castor, Grahame.
1 document; Paper.

16 Mar. 1966–1972

Letter from Dr. Gerard Heym, co-founder of 'Ambix' at the Devonshire Club, London, asking about the availablilty of 'Science and Civilisation in China' volumes and copy of Joseph Needham's reply.
Creator: Heym, Gerard; Needham, Joseph.
2 documents; Paper.

15 June 1966–26 June 1966

Letter from Lilian Morrow of California, U.S.A. expressing admiration for 'Science and Civilisation in China', enquiring about the availability of Volumes 5, 6 and 7 and recounting 10 years spent in China with her husband. The documents also include a copy of Joseph Needham's reply.
Creator: Morrow, Lilian; Needham, Joseph.
2 documents; Paper.

12 July 1966–22 July 1966

Copy of a letter from Joseph Needham to Mikulás Teich of Prague, Czechoslovakia, about Teich's forthcoming review of the volume.
1 document; Paper.

30 June 1966–14 July 1966

Letter from Jan Ulenbrook of Allemühl, Germany, asking if Joseph Needham would like to know about something that he did not mention in his work. Joseph Needham has noted 'Nuts?' at the end of the letter.
Creator: Ulenbrook, Jan.
1 document; Paper.

18 Nov. 1966

Letter from Dr. Hans Bertele of the Institut für Industrielle Elektronik, Vienna, Austria, asking for a copy of the volume.
Creator: Bertele, Hans.
1 document; Paper.

2 Dec. 1966

Letter from Lyn Harrington of Toronto, Canada, requesting permission to reproduce the illustration of a '23-wheel naval paddle-boat' in a book of the Grand Canal of China. Harrington irefers to Figure 634 of the volume.
Creator: Harrington, Lyn.
1 document; Paper.

1 Feb. 1967

Letter from Ailsa Nicol-Smith at the Malayan Teachers College, Penang, Malaysia, about a visit to Taiwan and related matters. Related matters discussed include the Taiwanese reception of Joseph Needham and 'Science and Civilisation in China' and the difficulty of acquiring the volumes; visits to Taiwanese museums; invitation for Joseph Needham to attend a possible Museums' Conference in Taipei.
Creator: Smith, Ailsa Nicol-.
1 document; Paper.

30 Jan. 1967–1968

Correspondence with Mark Elvin about his review published in 'New Statesman' which Joseph Needham considered 'patronising' and 'unfair'. The documents comprise letter from Joseph Needham setting out reasons for his disapproval; Joseph Needham's manuscript draft of the letter and two typescript drafts; reply from Elvin stating 'I find it hard to conceive that you should have found my review so hurtful' and justifying its content; second letter from Elvin justifying further points; manuscript draft of a Joseph Needham letter responding to the two letters from Elvin. See SCC5/4/5/27 for a copy of the review.
Creator: Elvin, Mark; Needham, Joseph.
20 sheets; Paper.

4 Nov. 1966–10 Nov. 1966

Letter from Victor Meally of Co. Dublin, Eire, discussing his visit to Cambidge and other matters. Other matters discussed include Meally's correspondence with Japan and Vietnam; the death of a Vietnamese friend; the words of grace at TCD [Trinity College Dublin]; errata found in the volume. The documents also include an earlier list of possible errata from the volume, 16 April 1966.
Creator: Meally, Victor.
8 sheets; Paper.

16 Apr. 1966–6 June 1966

Letter from L. Carrington Goodrich of Columbia University, New York City, U.S.A. to Wang Ling, pointing out some errors in the volume.
Creator: Goodrich, L. Carrington.
3 sheets; Paper.

31 Aug. 1966

Letter from Raphael [Salaman] of Harpenden, Hertfordshire, pointing out possbile errors in the volume.
1 document; Paper.

12 Sep. 1966

Letter from Hans E. Wulf at the Institut d'Archéologie, Tehran, Iran, making proof reader's comments about the volume and discussing the modernisation of Iran.
Creator: Wulf, Hans E.
1 document; Paper.

24 Sep. 1963

Correspondence with Cambridge University Press about permissions relating to the volume.
3 sheets; Paper.

19 Dec. 1967–16 Jan. 1970

List of errata for the volume provided by E. H. Dance of Woverhampton.
Creator: Dance, E. H.
1 document; Paper.

1964–1968

Copy of 'Times Literary Supplement' article by George Steiner entitled 'The Future of the Book: 1, Classic Culture and Post-Culture'. The article compares 'Science and Civilisation in China' with Proust.
2 sheets; Paper.

2 Oct. 1970

Letter from A. R. Tainsh of Stockholm, Sweden, discussing the availability of Chinese works on agriculture, food and medicine and other matters. Other matters discussed include Tainsh's work. Attached to the letter is a cutting of an 'Dagens Nyheter' article by Hans Palmstierna entitled 'Vorför svälta?'.
Creator: Tainsh, A. R.
3 sheets; Paper.

28 July 1970–16 Aug. 1970

Letters from [Anneliese Bulling Gutkind ?] Of Columbia University, New York City, U.S.A. about Joseph Needham's work and other matters. The first letter discusses a trip to Asia, her work on early astronomy and the political situation in the U.S.A. The second is a letter of admiration at Joseph Needham and his work. It also mentions her work on Chinese bronze mirrors.
Creator: Gutkind, Anneliese Bulling.
2 documents; Paper.

16 Nov. 1970–22 June 1971

Letter from Hans Palmstierna of Stockholm, Sweden drawing Joseph Needham's attention to an 'unfair book review' by Eugene S. Ferguson published in 'Science' (Vol. 172). The documents also include a copy of the review.
Creator: Palmstierna, Hans.
3 sheets; Paper.

19 May 1971

Letter from Alex Keller of the History of Science Department, University of Leicester, thanking Joseph Needham for some offprints and discussing his review of the volume.
Creator: Keller, Alex.
1 document; Paper.

27 May 1971

Letter from Jennifer Brain of The Clarendon Press, Oxford, requesting permission to use photographs from the volume.
Creator: Brain, Jennifer.
1 document; Paper.

20 July 1971

Letter from Holly Harrington of Encyclopaedia Britannica requesting the use of an illustration from the volume.
Creator: Harrington, Holly.
1 document; Paper.

21 Mar. 1972

Letter from Peter Burbidge of Cambridge University Press about a reprint of the volume.
Creator: Burbidge, Peter.
1 document; Paper.

13 July 1976

Letter from Dr Horváth Árpad requesting a copy of the volume which is 'inaccessible' in Budapest. Attached to the letter is Joseph Needham's short list of people to whom copies should be sent.
Creator: Árpad, Horváth; Needham, Joseph.
2 documents; Paper.

19 Aug. 1964

Correspondence with Dr. K. Lundbaek of Aarhus University, Denmark, about the origin of Chu Hsi's passage about the analogy of the cosmos with a a square pallet chain pump. The passage is quoted on page 359 of the volume. Lundbaek describes how he 'stumbled over it while working with the Introduction to the 'Confucius Sinarum Philosopus''. He states 'it looks as if the passage marked with an asterisk could be the one you translated from Wieger's quote'. The documents also include a photocopy of this marked text.
Creator: Lundbaek, K.
6 sheets; Paper.

7 Nov. 1979–16 Dec. 1979

Letter from Deborah E. Corsi of 'Smithsonian' magazine, Washington D.C., U.S.A., to W. H. Ferry of Scarsdale, New York, U.S.A., about an article published in the magazine by Otto Mayr on clocks. The letter sets out Mayr's reasons for disagreeing with Joseph Needham's argument in 'Heavenly Clockwork' that 'a certain Chinese water clock should be the ancestor of the mechanical clock'.
Creator: Corsi, Deborhah E.
1 document; Paper.

16 Jan. 1981