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

Needham/NRI2/SCC4 contains:
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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'
11	Correspondence on and after publication of 'Science and Civilisation in China, Volume 5, Part 5'
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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 3'
Reference	SCC4/6
Covering Dates	15 Sep. 1970–19 May 1975
Extent and Medium	Paper

Needham/NRI2/SCC4/6 contains:

Letter from Prof. Jaroslav Pusek of the Oriental Institute, Prague, Czechoslovakia, thanking Joseph Needham for a copy of the volume and advising of his resignation from the Institute, and copy of Joseph Needham's reply.
Creator: Pusek, Jaroslav; Needham, Joseph.
2 documents; Paper.

4 May 1971–20 May 1971

Two letters from Dr. M. S. Gregory of The University of Tasmania, Australia, praising Joseph Needham's work and including a list of possible errata for the volume.
Creator: Gregory, M. S.
5 sheets; Paper.

19 June 1973–3 July 1973

Letter from L. Carrington Goodrich of Columbia University, New York City, U.S.A. congratulating Joseph Needham on the volume and including a list of possible errata. The documents also include a postcard from Goodrich sent to Joseph Needham the day after the letter with details of an extra possible error.
Creator: Goodrich, L. Carrington.
3 sheets; Paper.

9 Nov. 1971–10 Nov. 1971

Correspondence relating to the origins of the oldest iron bridge. The documents comprise a letter from I. Groupp of California, U.S.A. accompanying a cutting of a letter by S. T. Hitchcock published in the 'New York Times', 25 May 1975. Hitchcock's letter corrects an article on the 'Shropshire Iron Age' which repeated 'the old story about the first iron bridge in the world having been built in Coalbrookdale'. Quoting Joseph Needham, he confirms that the 'first iron bridges in the world were built in China over 1,000 years earlier'. The documents also include a letter from Michael M. Rix of The University of Birmingham seeking confirmation that Chinese iron bridges were built before the one at Coalbrookdale.
Creator: Groupp, I.; Rix, Michael M.
3 documents; Paper.

19 May. 1975–11 June 1975

List of possible errata in the volume prepared by Victor Meally of Dublin.
Creator: Meally, Victor.
1 document; Paper.

15 Jan. 1975

Copy of an article by Trevor I. Williams entitled 'Science in China' published in 'Endeavour' (Vol XXXIII, September 1974). The article refers to Joseph Needham's work.
1 document; Paper.

Sep. 1974

Advertisement for the 'Science and Civilisation in China' series taken from Blackwell's catalogue, November 1973.
1 document; Paper.

Nov. 1973

Letter from Dr. Anouar Abdel-Malek of the Centre D'étude des Mouvements Sociaux, Paris, France congratulating Joseph Needham on the volume and asking for help in his application for a Chinese visa. The documents also include a copy of Abdel-Malek's letter to the Chinese Embassy in Paris; copy of Joseph Needham's reply.
Creator: Malek, Anouar Abdel-; Needham, Joseph.
3 documents; Paper.

21 May 1971–3 June 1971

Correspondence with Björn Landström in Finland about Chinese naval architecture, Landström's book on Ancient Egyptian shipbuilding and a possible visit to China to conduct a survey of junks.
Creator: Landström, Björn; Needham, Joseph.
2 documents; Paper.

20 May 1971–3 June 1971

Letters from David W. Waters, Keeper of the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, thanking Joseph Needham for a gift copy of the volume and discussing other matters particularly relating to nautical technology. The letters cover Waters' review of Joseph Needham's 'Chinese Nautics'; the conservation and display of 'the Koss'u'; Joseph Needham's appearance on a television programme entitled 'Within these Four Walls' on which he spoke about Chinese timekeeping.
Creator: Waters, David W.
2 documents; Paper.

2 Apr. 1971–15 June 1971

Letter from Rewi Alley in Peking congratulating Joseph Needham on the volume, discussing a 'Five-Dynasty form' house in Sandan [Peking] and theories of early voyagers.
Creator: Alley, Rewi.
1 document; Paper.

1 June 1971

Letter of thanks and congratulations from [D. R.] Shackleton Bailey of the University of Michigan, U.S.A.
Creator: Bailey, D. R. Shackleton.
1 document; Paper.

21 June 1971

Letter from Jung-Pang [Lo Jung-Pang] in Hawaii, U.S.A. thanking Joseph Needham for a copy of the volume and discussing other matters. Other matters discussed include his re-reading of Joseph Needham's 'The Grand Titration'; a forthcoming talk to the Association of Asian Studies at Los Angeles about Joseph Needham's work.
Creator: Lo Jung-Pang.
1 document; Paper.

14 June 1971

Letter from Irvine H. Page, Editor of 'Modern Medicine', Minnesota, U.S.A. congratulating Joseph Needham on the success of 'Science and Civilisation in China' and recalling time spent together.
Creator: Page, Irvine H.
1 document; Paper.

24 June 1971

Letter from Bill [?] about reviews to be published in 'The Times' and other matters. Other matters discussed include Joseph Needham's visit to Japan; Bill's work; possible visit to Cambridge.
1 document; Paper.

12 Sep. 1971

Letter from N. A. Hudleston of Harrogate, Yorkshire, comprising notes about the volume and discussing other matters. Other matters discussed include the religious beliefs of Canadian Indians; Marco Polo's house in Venice.
Creator: Hudleston, N. A.
3 sheets; Paper.

8 Oct. 1971

Letter from Charles Brink of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, congratulating Joseph Needham on the volume and inviting Joseph Needham to 'take the air' with him.
Creator: Brink, Charles.
1 document; Paper.

13 May 1971

Letters from Marcus Burnwell [?] of Truro, Cornwall, congratulating Joseph Needham on the volume and discussing other matters. Other matters discussed include a reception at the U.S. Embassy for Louis Mumford [?]; the purchase of future 'Science and Civilisation in China' volumes at author's rate; 'Science and Civilisation in China' prospectus; the potter Bernard Leach, Burnwell's neighbour.
Creator: Burnwell, Marcus.
3 documents; Paper.

19 May 1971–1 June 1971

Letter from Kate Alan of the Society for Anglo-Chinese Understanding, asking for a copy of the volume to review for 'China Now'.
Creator: Alan, Kate.
1 document; Paper.

3 May 1971

Letter from A. Youschkevitch of the organising committee of the Congres International D'Histoire des Sciences, Moscow, thanking Joseph Needham for a gift copy of the volume and enquiring about his attendance at the Congres.
Creator: Youschkevitch, A.
1 document; Paper.

22 Apr. 1971

Letter from M. R. Bloch of the Negrev Institute for Arid Zone Research, Israel, to the Syndics of Cambridge University Press thanking them for a copy of the volume.
Creator: Bloch, M. R.
1 document; Paper.

19 Apr. 1971

Letter from Aydin Sayili of Ankara, Turkey, thanking Joseph Needham for sending a copy of the volume and congratulating him on his work. The documents also include a copy of a letter sent by Sayili to Cambridge University Press also thanking them for the volume.
Creator: Sayili, Aydin.
2 documents; Paper.

10 Apr. 1971

Letter from Dr. Horváth Arpad of Budapest, Hungary, thanking Joseph Needham for a gift copy of the volume and discussing his work on military technology and rocketry.
Creator: Arpad, Horváth.
1 document; Paper.

20 Apr. 1971

Letter from ? of London thanking Joseph Needham for a gift copy of the volume and discussing his project to excavate wrecks in Sicily.
1 document; Paper.

14 Apr. 1971

Letter from Alan Skempton of the Department of Civil Engineering, Imperial College of Science and technology, London, thanking Joseph Needham for a gift copy of the volume. Skempton's letter remembers back 'with great pleasure the days we spent discussing canals, in your room at Caius'.
Creator: Skempton, Alan.
1 document; Paper.

7 Apr. 1971

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

2 Apr. 1971

Copy of an article by J. H. Plumb entitled 'From Peking to Rome' published in the 'New York Review of Books'. The article reviews a number of books including Philip A. Kuhn's 'Rebellion and its Enemies in Later Imperial China: Militarization and Social Structure, 1796-1864' and Arthur Waley's 'Madly Singing in the Mountains'. It refers to Joseph Needham's work saying 'If only others were dealing in a similar way with political and social structures, with warfare, with constitutional reforms and ideology, how much richer World history would be'.
2 sheets; Paper.

25 Feb. 1971

Letter from Clough Williams-Ellis of Penryndeudraeth, Merioneth, Wales, thanking Joseph Needham for a gift copy of the volume.
Creator: Ellis, Clough Williams-.
1 document; Paper.

2 Apr. 1971

Letter from Malgorazata Trzcinski of Warsaw, Poland, asking for a copy of the volume in exchange for some publications from Poland and related documents. The related documents comprise a note from Joseph Needham to Peter Burbidge of Cambridge University Press, asking if a complimentary copy could be sent; letter from Burbidge to Joseph Needham confirming that the exchange could go ahead.
Creator: Trzcinski, Malgorazata; Needham, Joseph; Burbidge, Peter.
3 documents; Paper.

2 July 1971–5 Oct. 1971

Letter from Mei [Phan Mei / May Pan] of Cambridge University Press, confirming the sending of a copy of the volume to Mr. Hasler and briefly discussing her visit to the U.S.A.
Creator: Phan Mei.
1 document; Paper.

30 June 1971

Correspondence from Glynis Laws and Denise Barlow of Cambridge University Press, about permissions for the volume.
Creator: Laws, Glynis; Barlow, Denise.
10 sheets; Paper.

15 Sep. 1970–26 Apr. 1973

Correspondence and Joseph Needham's notes relating to the sending of books to the Vietnamese Academy of Sciences Library, Hanoi. The correspondence comprises a letter from Lai Van Ngoc, London representative of the Hanoi newspaper 'Cuu Quoc Weekly', expressing thanks for the 'many interesting and useful books'; letter from May Pan of Cambridge University Press, confirming the sending of a full set of 'Science and Civilisation in China' volumes to Ngoc. Joseph Needham's notes comprise a list of books sent to 'Vietnam Acad, 11 Nov 71' and a note of Ngoc's London address.
Creator: Lai Van Ngoc; Pan, May; Needham, Joseph.
4 documents; Paper.

11 Nov. 1971–26 Nov. 1971