East Asian History of Science Library
ARCHIVES
The Needham Research Institute has retained the extensive and
valuable
archives relating to Dr. Needham's preparation of the volumes of Science and
Civilisation in
The collection has at its core 389
files of notes,
correspondence and photographs covering every topic of Dr. Needham’s
grand plan
for Science and Civilisation in
The catalogue is now
available on the
To search the catalogue, click here.
The archives are open by
appointment only. For enquiries please
contact
Librarian, John P.C. Moffett, at the address on the home page, or
by
e-mail to: jm10019@cam.ac.uk
Archives at other repositories
Another large collection of Dr. Needham's archives - covering
his biochemical work, UNESCO,
private life, and other interests - are deposited in Cambridge
University
Library. They have been catalogued by the National Cataloguing Unit for
the
Archives of Contemporary Scientists (NCUACS) in
The catalogue
is available for searching on-line at the Access
to Archives website.
For further enquiries about these materials, please contact
Dr. Patrick
Zutshi, Manuscripts Department, University Library,
NCUACS have also prepared a catalogue of Dr. Needham's
archives relating to
chemical and biological warfare, which are deposited in the
Please direct further enquiries to:
The Department of Documents,
Again this catalogue is available for searching on-line at the Access to Archives website.
THE LIBRARY IS OPEN from 10.00 to 16.30 on weekdays. Visits are by appointment only. Books may only be consulted in the Library, and are not borrowable under any circumstances.
To enquire about using the Library, please contact the Librarian, John P.C. Moffett, at the address on the home page, or by e-mail to: jm10019[put the "at" sign here]cam.ac.uk
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