Identity area
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PPC/JNM
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Title
Date(s)
- 1945-1989 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
1 metre paper
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Biochemist & sinologist. Matriculated, Gonville and Caius College Cambridge, 1935. Elected Fellow, 1924-66 1976-95; President 1959-66, Master 1966-76. Sir William Dunn Reader in Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, 1933-66. Author, Science & Civilisation in China Project. Director, Needham Research Institute, Cambridge, 1976-90.
For further biographical details, see thee obituary of Joseph Needham in The Caian, 1994-5.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Donated to the Archive by deed of gift, 1993. See archive correspondence file on Needham papers.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The papers consist of files relating to Needham's time as Fellow and Master of Gonville and Caius College Cambridge, including letters and minutes of College committees, and issue-related files.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
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Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Most administrative files relating to College business are closed for thirty years from the last date on the file, except for those containing personal information, which are closed for ninety-nine.
Conditions governing reproduction
Rights transferred to the College by deed of gift.
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Script of material
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Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
See also the Master's files (MAS) of which these files are a separated portion. See also materials in other repositories:
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scientific, personal and family , papers, Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives
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papers, East Asian History of Science Library
1950-90
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papers relating to chemical and biological warfare, Imperial War Museum Department of Documents
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correspondence with Sir Henry Dale, Public Record Office
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correspondence with Sir Julian Huxley,
Rice University: Woodson Research Center
- correspondence with Charles Singer,
Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine: Contemporary Medical Archives Centre
- correspondence relating to the Society for Protection of , Science & Learning, Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections and Western Manuscripts.
(NUACS lists are available for the large collections of personal papers held in Cambridge and held by the Imperial War Museum)