VRU Correspondence
Bundle of letters between John (Jack) William Abrell, Washington University/Bethesda, USA and Roy Markham/VRU re JWA becoming a visiting worker for the year 1965 on an American funded postdoctoral Public Health Fellowship: letters from JWA, compliance forms and statements, award notices, references, correspondence with Dr Leon A Heppel at Dept. of Health, Bethesda USA about subsequent employment of JWA, a letter from JWA to VRU Staff after returning to the USA etc., 8 June 1964-22 October 1966. Booklet: 'Information Statement on the Predoctoral, Postdoctoral and Special Fellowship Programs of the Public Health Service', US Dept. of Health, Education and Welfare, 1 July 1963.
Bundle of letters re Maurice J Bessman, Professor of Biology, McCollum-Pratt Inst., the John Hopkins University, USA : Letters between Maurice J Bessman and Roy Markham, 14 March 1966- 2 August 1967: re becoming a visiting worker at the VRU, funded by the National Science Foundation Fellowship (Washington, USA). MJW had been impressed with Roy Markham's research when the later had visited the USA and wanted to spend his sabbatical leave working with him at the VRU.
Bundle of letters re Dohn G Glitz who worked at VRU on a fellowship between Jan 1964 and 26 Jan 1966: Letter from US Dept. of Health to DGG re fellowship extension and award notices, 25 Sep 1964 and other notices. Letters btw Dohn G Glitz and Roy Markham re coming fellowship at VRU, 15 April, 9, 24 May, 13, 17, 25 June, 8 Dec 1963, 30 Jan 1964. Letter from RM to DGG re fellowship notice, 4 Feb 1965. Notice of fellowship award for DGG, 25 Nov 1964 and booklet about USA Dept of Health Fellowships (US Public Health Service), 1 July 1963 Notice of fellowship allowance for DGG, 1 March 1965 Letters btw RM and Dr WE McEwen re reference for DGG, 20 April 1965 Letters btw RM and Dr R G Wolfe, University of Oregon, USA, re reference for DGG, 10 Sep, 13 Oct 1965. Letter from RM to Dr O Touster, Vanderbilt University, USA, re reference for DGG, 10, 16 Nov 1965 Letters btw RM and Dr Melvin Fried, University of Florida, USA, re reference for DGG, 19, 23 Sep 1966. Letters btw RM and Dr E Englesberg, University of California, USA, re reference for DGG, 4, 19 Oct 1966. Letters btw RM and Dr B M Tolbert, University of Colarado, USA re reference for DGG, 23 Nov, 5 Dec. Letters btw RM and Dr Emil L Smith, University of California re reference for DGG by RM and details of his work at the VRU, 9, 23 Jan 1967. Letter to DGG from RM, recommending possible positions to apply for, 3 March 1967 Letters btw RM and Dr CD Nelson, Head of biological Sciences Dep., Simon Fraser University, Canada, reference for DGG, 16 Nov 1966, 6 March 1967 Letters btw RM and Dr C Donald Larsen (Ex. Sec., Nat. Inst. Health, Bethesda, USA), re DGG's application for research grant funding, including the application form with detailed research plan, 29 May, 6, 11 Sep 1967.
Correspondence re Prof. Arnold H Schein, Associate Prof., Dept. of Biochemistry, University of Vermont, USA; visiting worker 1963-1964: Letters btw AHS and (mainly) Roy Markham: 2 May, 4, 26 Oct 1961, 28 Sep, 5, 12, 16, 19, 29 Oct, 16 Nov, 5, 11, 18 , 28 Dec 1962, 16 Jan, 6 Feb, 9 May, 21, 23, 24 June 1963, 10, 31 Dec 1964, 25 May, 4, 16, 17, 28 June, 7 July, 5, 15, 21, 28 Oct, 9 Nov 1965 Subjects: funding incl. from the American Public Health Fellowship and the Wellcome Trust (UK), travel, accommodation, manuscript publication, research interests etc. Letter from RM (as sponsor) to Int. Union Against Cancer, Geneva, Switzerland, re AHS's proposed research at VRU labs: new methods of splitting nucleic acids, 21 Nov 1962 Letters x 2 btw RM and Miss E M Henley (Agric. Research Council) re flow cells for AHS, 16 Dec 1963, 5 Feb 1964.
Folder (2) labelled 'Roy Markham Correspondence with Scientists 1959-60': To RM from B E Swoboda, the Biochemical Society, Sheffield University, 25 April, 1959. To RM from John (Finds?), Birkbeck College Crystallography Lab, London, 4 Nov [c 1959]. To RM from James F Mathias, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 3 Dec 1959. Btw RM and Dr E J Boell, Zoo. Dept., Yale, re Dr Gerard R Wyatt, 7, 16 Dec 1959. Btw RM and Prof C J Fordyee, Univ. Glasgow re examination of Mr Bernie's Ph.D thesis, 10, 17 Dec 1959. Btw RM and C J O R Morris, Dept. of Experimental Biochemistry, London, 10, 29 Dec 1959. Btw RM and Ian M Kerr, St Salvator's Hall, St Andrews, re Ph.D work at VRU, 14, 14, 29 Dec 1959. Btw RM and R G Milne, Wye College, Kent re tomato virus, 18, 29 Dec 1959. RM to Dr Ronald Scarisbrick, ARC, re Mr J W Blaszezak, 29 Dec 1959. Btw RM and L S Porter, ARC, re Scrapie research, 22, 29 Dec 1959. To RM from Dave (David Lipkin?), Washington University, St Louis, 23 Dec 1959. Btw RM and David R Schwarz, Schwarz BioResearch Inc., New York, 23, 29 Dec 1959. To RM from Paul Whitfeld, Div. of Plant Industry, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Org., Canberra, Australia re references for Miller Inst. Fellowship to work with Fraenkel-Conrat at Berkeley (California) with letter and ref. from RM to William R Dennes Esq., Miller Inst., 30 Dec 1959, 5 Jan 1960. To RM from Leon, (Leon A Heppel, Medical Director) Dept. Health, Ed. and Welfare, Bethesda, USA, general news re Cambridge and American colleagues incl. Charles Lowe, (Bob?) Haselkorn, Paul Whitfeld, Gabriel (Tenor?), 8 Dec [c 1959] Btw RM and Dr D h Taysum, Rubber Research Inst. of Malaya, Kuala Lumpar, re leaf and seed samples, Hevea virus infection, 9, 16, 30 Dec 1959, 5 Jan 1960. Btw RM and Lila (Dr C L Mann), Molteno Inst., Cambridge, re bromouracil, 11, 12 Jan, 1960. From RM to Bill (William Klyne), Postgraduate Medical School, London, 12 Jan 1960. Telegram from Kuala Lumpur, re rubber seeds, 26 Jan 1960. Btw RM and Dr D H Parish, Gugar Research Inst., 2 Feb, 1960. To RM from Marianne Grunberg-Manago, Inst. de Biologie Physico-Chimique, 2 Feb 1960. To RM from R G Milne, Wye College, Kent, re Prof. Darlington, 4 Feb 1960. Btw RM and Dr Gerhard Braunitser, Max-Planck-Institut für Biochemie, Germany, r tobacco mosaic virus, 5, 9 Feb 1960. To RM from S R Elsden, Univ. Sheffield, 8 Feb 1960. To RM from Joseph S Fruton, Yale University to RM, 10 Feb 1960. Btw RM and J L Sirlin, Inst. of Animal Genetics, Edinburgh, 1, 16 Feb, 1960. To Mrs D Piggot, Sec. ARC from Paul C Ressler Jr., Applied Physics Corp., re Cary model spectrophotometer, 3 Feb 1960. Btw RM and W S Gordon, ARA, re Kenneth Smith retirement, Sir William Slater's retirement dinner, 11, 16, 17 Feb. To RM from Jean M ?, St Salvator's Hall, St Andrews, 14 Feb 1960. To RM from Bill K (William Klyne), Postgrad. Med. Sch., London, 16 Feb 1960. Btw RM and A C Price, King's College, London, re spectrophotometer, 12, 16 Feb 1960. To RM from C J C R Morris, Dept. of Experimental Biology, London, 17 Feb 1960. To RM from The Biochemical Journal: Editorial report, 17 Feb, 1960. From RM to Dr H J Bernsted, The Wellcome Trust, 19 Feb 1960. From RM to Dr P Cohn, Chalfont St Giles, Bucks, re Faraday Society, 19 Feb 1960. Btw RM and Dr Myron A Leon, St Luke's Hospital, Ohio, USA, re human properdin-complement system, 19 Feb, 11 March 1960. Btw RM and Dr Igor Tamm, The Rockefeller Inst., New York, re visiting scientist (Peter Gomatos), 24 Feb, 10 March 1960. Btw RM and Gerald Smilovitz, Univ. Washington, re Chromatography, 25 Feb, 7 March 1960. To RM from D H Parish (Chemist), Sugar Ind. Research Inst., nucleic acid in plants, 26 Feb 1960. To RM from K H J Clarke, ARC, re M W Johnson, 3 March 1960. To RM from Peter Campbell, 9 March 1960. Btw RM and W B Seabourne Esq., Ministry of Agric., Fisheries and Food, Whitehall, London, re training of Yugoslavs under the terms of the American Third Country Training Scheme, 9, 10 March 1960. From RM to Dr Seymour S Cohen, Univ. Pennsylvania, USA, Bob Haselkorn, 14 March 1960. Btw RM and Prof. John Walton, Univ. Glasgow, re a possible research fellow (Roderick MacLeod?), 10, 15 March. Btw RM and Basil Kassanis, Rothamsted Exp. Station, re tobacco virus, 31 March, 1 April 1960 Btw RM and Prof. G P Talwar, re paper on purine metabolism in neonatal adult and senile tissues, (for Biochemical Journal), 16 March 1960. Btw RM and Dr C H Cadman, Scottish Hort. Research Inst., Dundee, re funding 21, 23 March 1960. Btw RM and I B Holland, Univ. Sheffield, re electrophoresis, 23, 25 March 1960. Btw RM and Prof. E M Gubarev, Podbelsky, USSR (Russia), 16 March, 5 April 1960. Btw RM and Mr B E Swobods, Univ. of Sheffield, Biochemical Soc., 14 Feb, 5 April 1960. Btw RM and Dr J Martin, Saddlebrook, New Jersey, re purines, 14 March, 5 April 1960. Btw RM and Peter Faulkner, Med. Research Council, re visit to learn analysis methods, 22, 25 April 1960. Btw RM and Sidney R Elsden, Univ. Sheffield, re Maurice Rees, ammonia method, 21, 25 April 1960. Btw RM and Dr A J Gibbs, Rothamsted Experimental Station, Herts., re lucerne mosaic virus, LMV preps on Spinco, 9, 15, 16 March, 16 April 1960. To RM from Phillip Hanawalt, USPHS Post-doc, 23 April 1960. Btw RM and Dr R G Milne, Wye College, Ashford, Kent, re visitor working at VRU, 23, 25 April 1960. Btw RM and Dr Lindsay Black, University of Illinois, re virus analysis, 23, 30 May 1960. Btw RM and Mr Wilde, the Biochemical Soc., re lecture, 31 May, 13 June 1960. To RM from B Cinader, University of Toronto, 6 June 1960. Btw RM and Dr P Whitfield, Div. of Plant Industry, Australia, 8, 13 June 1960. To RM from the Univ. Sydney, NSW re payment for external examination of thesis by Mr G L Ada, 9 Jun 1960. To RM from The Biochemical Journal, re end of RM's 7 years on Ed. Board, 13 June 1960. To Kenneth Smith from The Wellcome Trust re grant to purchase Swedish ultramicrotone, 14 June 1960. Btw RM and Dr D H M Woollam, Anat. Dept. Camb., re RM as examiner for S Itzhaki's Ph.D, 10, 13 June 1960. To RM from Anatomy Sch., Camb., S Itzhaki's thesis exam, 14 June 1960. To RM from F Clark, Sec. to Ed. Board, The Biochemical Journal, re dispute over details of RM paper to be published, 19 Oct 1960. To RM from George W Shaw, Lancing College, Sussex, nd [c Feb 1960]
Folder labelled 'Correspondence May 1961-April 1962: Btw RM, J H Shimwell, ARC and 2 others re duty on imports, 2, 4 May, 6, 30 Oct 1961. Btw RM, ARC and US Public Health Service, USA, re grants to VRU, 19, 22 Jun, 25 Jul, 25 Sep, 3 Nov 1961, 30 Jan, 16 April, 27 Nov 1962, 31 Jan 1963 To RM from W E Berry, ARC, re cash security memorandum, 2 Feb 1962. Btw Accounts dept. ARC/VRU, Barclays bank and Public Health Service, USA, re grant for visiting worker Lindsay M Black, 5, 14, 15, 20 Feb 1962
Folder labelled 'General Correspondence May 1965-April 1966': Btw RM, ARC and the US Health Dept., re grants from US to VRU, 1 June, 23 July, 7 Sep, 1965, 18 Jan, 6 April, 10 Jun, 16 Aug, 13, 30 Sep, 13, 14, 18, 24 Oct 1966, 16 Jan 1967 and 1 nd [c 1966].
Btw CFR and Mr W H Dowdeswell, Science Sch., Winchester, re help to determine bacterial disease in jurtina larvae (sent to Dr Lysenko, Czechoslovakia), 4 Jul 1961, 22 Jan, 1962. Btw CFR and re The High Commission of India re import of live insects for lab research, 7 Dec 1961, 2 Jan 1962. To Dr E Canning, Ashurst Lodge, Ascot from CFR, re international colloquium on insect pathology in Paris, 1 Jan 1962. To CFR from Premex Products, Horticultural Chemists, London, re leatherjacket killer, includes flyer, 15, 29 Jan 1962. Btw CFR and Oleg Lysenko, Biologicky Ustav Csav, Czechoslovakia, 18, 27 Feb 1962. From CFR to J P Tunstall and G A Matthews, Cotton Pest Research Scheme, South Africa?, re reprint of paper, Prolleria litura, 8 Mar 1962. To CFR from R N Baxter, entomologist, London, re enclosed Atticus edwardsi and Philosamia cynthia cocoons from Mr Sircar, India, 11 Apr 1962. Btw CFR and Dr B Hurpin, Int. Comm. for Biological Control, Zurich, re CFR's film 'Use of virus disease in the control of Neodiprion sertifer in Scotland', 2, 15 May, 21, 24 Jun, 27 Aug 1962. Btw CFR and Dr E Biliotti, Station de Zoologie Agricole et de Lutte Biologique, France, re received head capsules of Thaumetopoea pityocampa, 24 Apr, 11 May 1962. Btw CFR and Laurie Christie, Entomological Apparatus, S.W.16, re supplies of twill for covers, looking for beetles in Sutherland, news about grasshoppers, Tipuliids etc., 18, 22, 23 May 1962. Btw CFR and R Gooden, Worldwide Butterflies Ltd, re A. levena moths: letters and 2 invoices, ? May, 15, 30 Jun, 11, 12 July 1962. Btw CFR and Mr J Scott, Forestry Comm., Caithness, re winter moth samples, 24, 28 May 1962. Btw CFR and Dr Robert G Milne, Oxford, re sending tortoiseshell butterfly larvae infected with nuclear polyhedrosis, 9, 20 Jun 1962. Btw CFR and W D Haldane, Forestry Comm., Park House, Barcaldine, Argyll, re data for trees examined at Duror, 18, 20 Jun, 11 July 1962. Btw CFR and W Weeks and Son, Maidstone, Kent, re hose and nozzle delivery, 26 Jun, 11 July 1962. Btw CFR and Dr J A Tomlinson, Nat. Veg. Research Station, Wellesbourne, re VRU to help with experiment with Schlieren pattern, Spinco E, 11, 19 July 1962. Btw CFR and Dr K J Fox, The Amateur Entomologists Society, Surbiton, Surrey, re annual exhibition, 26 July, 10 Aug 1962. To Mr H Newton from CFR Tipulid field trial at Minsterley, 17 Aug 1962.