Item RM/4/2/1 - 'ARC, Virus Unit, RM, Letters for Typing'

Extent: 1 folder

Roy Markham (RM) correspondence folder labelled 'ARC, Virus Unit, RM, Letters for Typing': Bundle: letter to RM from F Egami, Prof. of Biochemistry, Nagoya University, Japan re Dr Shosuko Takemura, requesting work at the VRU as a Rockefeller Scholarship Fellow, 14 Mar 1957; 'Personal History of Dr S Takemura', 1 p; 'Hydrazinolysis of Yeast Ribonucleic Acid. Formation of "Ribo-Apyrimidinic Acid"' by Shosuko Takemura, 10 pp, nd c. 1957. To RM from Dr E Berghoff, Congres Mondial de Medecine Prophylactique, Austria (in German), 3 April 1959. To RM from Dr H G Aach, Botanisches Inst. Der Universitat Köln, Germany (in German), 16 May 1959. Btw RM and Dr Harry U Rhoads, Electron Microscope Lab., Dept. of Physics, Saint Louis University, USA, re request for supply of Turnip Yellow Mosaic Virus for measuring atomic structure of viruses and information on purification process, 5 Jun, 23 Sep, 13 Oct 1959. To RM from Milton P Gordon, Ass. Prof. of Biochemistry, Sch. of Med., University of Washington, USA, news about his current work on viruses with Joseph Kraut (Gordon had worked at the VRU in summer 1957), importing Turnip Yellow Mosaic virus from the VRU, 20 Jul 1959. To RM from G Rattray Taylor, Richmond, Surrey, re thanks for visit to VRU and looking at draft, 17 Aug 1959. To RM from William (Bill) Kline, Postgrad. med, Sch., London, re points for Nomenclature Commission, 21 Aug 1959. To RM from D[?], Dept. of Scientific and Industrial Research, Plant Diseases Div., Aukland, New Zealand, 24 Aug 1959. To RM from Setsuro Matsushita, The Research Inst. for Food Science, Kyoto University, Japan, re thanks for RM's suggestions about solvent systems for nucleotides for his paper, 4 Sep 1959. To RM from John [?], California Inst. of Technology, USA, news about new job and set up in lab, 29 Sep 1959. Btw RM and Dr F Edmond Hunter, Washington University, USA, re request for information on Chappell and Greville for possible employment in Washington, 5, 13 Oct 1959. To RM from Frank Clark, The Biochemical Journal, request to discuss file with Barbara Holmes, 12 Oct, 17 Nov 1959. To The Registrar, University of Sydney from RM accepting role as examiner for Mr G L Ada, 13 Oct 1959. To RM from Dr K S Dodgson, Dept. of Biochemistry, Physiology Inst., Cardiff: RM complains that Dodgson's leaflet 'Careers in Biochemistry' makes the subject sound dull, 13 Oct 1959. Btw RM and Dr Elmer H Stotz, Elsevier Publishing Co., Sch. of Med. & Dentistry, University of Rochester, New York, USA, re request for RM to contribute to a treatise in biochemistry, 21 Oct, 10 Nov, To RM from Donald T Dubin, Albert Einstein College of Med., Yeshiva University, New York, USA, re a Triamine [?] compound found in viruses, includes Dubin's article 'Evidence for Conjugates between Polyaminesand Glutathione in E. Coli', 7 pp, 30 Oct, c 1959. Btw RM and C J Fordyce, Clerk of Senate, University of Glasgow, re Ph.D thesis of George D Birnie, 2, 10 Nov 1959. To RM from J Bacon, The Macaulay Inst. for Soil Research, Aberdeen, 11 Nov 1959. To RM from Osvaldo Levisolo, Ministero Dell'Agricoltura E Delle Foreste, Stazione Di Patologia Vegetale, re viruses of wild Cruciferous, turnip yellow mosaic, 19 Nov, c. 1959. Btw RM and Dr Marianne Grunberg-Manago, Inst. de Biologie Physico-Chimique, Paris, France, re invitation to RM to attend symposium in Strasbourg, Arthur Kornerg visiting, 19 Nov, 3 Dec 1960. Btw RM, Mrs Piggott and Miss M S Sladden, conference on scapie, 23 Nov, 1 Dec 1960. To RM from K Burton, Cell Metabolism Research Unit, Oxford, re request for someone to work on DNA sequences, 2 Dec 1959. To W Ness, ARC, London from RM re application to the US Public Health Grant, 3 Dec 1959. Btw RM/Kenneth Smith and R G Milne, Wye College, Kent, re post offered to Milne by Prof. Darlington, 11, 14 Dec 1959. Btw RM and Dr L Broadbent, Assoc. of Applied Biologists, Glasshouse Crop Research Inst., Littlehampton, Sussex, re Kenneth Smith's election as Honorary Member of the society and request for RM to give some facts about Smith's early career and achievements to help with the speech, with RM's reply including a handwritten copy, 26 Jan, 3, 8 Feb 1960. To RM from F H Gregory [?], Rothamsted Experimental Stat., Herts., 9 Feb 1960. Btw RM and John Finch, Birkbeck College, London, re Hobart's mincing machine, 8, 10 Feb 1960. Btw RM and Dr Bruce Ames, N. I. H., Bethesda, USA, re Ames coming to work in Cambridge with (Sydney) Brenner and (Francis) Crick, request for a job for his fiancé at the VRU, 1, 10 May 1960. Btw RM and M A Telps [?], University of Sydney, Australia, re RM's examination of the D.Sc thesis of Mr G L Ada which was lost in transit, 5, 10 May 1960. Btw RM and Dr Francis J Reithel, Program Director, The National Science Foundation, Washington, USA, re request for RM to evaluate a proposal by Dr T A Gochnauer (University of Minnesota) for the investigation of bacteriophages which infect certain pathogenic bacteria of caterpillars, includes a copy of the proposal, 'Bacteriophage of some entomogenous bacteria', 7 pp, 9 May 1960. To RM from the Animal Diseases Research Assoc., Moredun Inst., Edinburgh, re the 'Scrapie'' meeting, foot and mouth virus, 13 May 1960. Btw RM and Dr L M Black, University of Illinois, USA, re virus of wound tumour to analyse, with details of preparation, 13, 20 May 1960. To RM from Roderick MacLeod, St Vincent Crescent, Glasgow, re arranging to visit and stay with RM, 16 May c. 1960. Btw RM and Dr F H K Green, Scientific Sec., The Wellcome Trust, London, re application for funding for a Swedish ultramicrotome, 16, 18 May. To Dr G N Festenstein and RM, Rothamsted Experimental Stat., Herts. from W V Thorpe, Ed. Board The Biochemical Soc., list of candidates to be passed at Bristol meeting, 20 May 1960. Btw RM and Basil Kassanis Rothamsted Experimental Stat., Herts., re tobacco nerosis virus, Kanarek's strain propagated on beans, ultra-centrifuge images, 24, 25, 26. 30 May 1960. Btw RM and Dr Howard K Schachman, Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, New York, USA, invitation to RM to join Board of Editors (declined), 25 May, 9 Jun 1960. Btw RM, T Mann, ARC, London and Prof. P Talwar, Inst. Pasteur, France, re visit to the VRU, 30, 30 May 1960. Btw RM and Derek Rudd Jones, ARC, London, re finding a successor to Kenneth Smith; the improbability of (Roderick) MacLeod getting the ARC grant (RM had supported his application), 1, 9 Jun 1960. Btw RM and Jeffrey A Stein, Jamaica 32, New York, USA, re discussion about research at VRU/Cambridge on a US Knox Fellowship, 4, 9 Jun 1960. Btw RM and Dr A (Tony) Pirie, Nuffield Lab. of Opthalmology, Oxford, re request for reason for visit by David Schwarz (Schwarz Biochemicals Inc.) a personal friend of RM, 13, 17 Jun 1960. Btw RM and W Ness, ARC, London, re Claude Rivers' work with the Forestry Commission in Scotland on control of the sawfly infestations in planted pine forests, includes a short essay (1 p. 26 May 1961 x3 copies) about Rivers' work to justify the expenditure, 26 May, 22, 27 Jun 1961.