East Asian History of Science Library
OFF-PRINTS
Over
the years, Dr. Needham amassed a unique and extremely valuable
collection of off-prints, many of them unpublished. Now housed
according to subject in some 650 box-files, and amounting to over
20,000 items, it is a veritable treasure-trove for visiting scholars.
The sections on astronomy, alchemy and medicine are very comprehensive
for western language works up to the middle of the 1980's, while other
sections contain unpublished manuscripts and translations relevant to
the history of Chinese science. There are also many interesting items
concerning modern science in China during the 2nd World War, collected
by Dr. Needham during his time in Chungking. The collection continues
to be enriched constantly by monographs sent in by scholars from around
the world.
Access to the off-prints is on-site only.
PHOTOGRAPHS
Dr.
Needham accumulated a tremendous wealth of photographic material
relating to the history of Chinese science from printedsources and from
his many visits to East Asia, beginning in 1942. Those from his time as
Director of the Sino-British Science Co-operation Office in Chungking
from 1943-46 have recently been catalogued, and are available for
viewing on our website here.
Many, many more remain to be professionally
catalogued, however, and so access to them is not currently available.
Illustrations used in the Science and Civilisation in China series are available for reproduction, though usually subject to a reproduction fee of BP50 per item. Please direct all enquiries to the Librarian.
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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