Paper: Lab. Attendants, Revised Salaries from 1 July 1957. Leaflet: 'the Sigma Research Assistance Program', Nov 1957. To Kenneth Smith/RM from R A Morton, Hugh King and A T H Burness, Biochemistry Dept., University of Liverpool, re advice for research student, ATH Burness in finding work in virus research, summary of his career so far and funding difficulties. RM agreed to him working at VRU but ARC funding was unsuccessful. (Alfred Thomas Henry) Burness (1934-1991), went on to become a medical researcher and Professor of Molecular Virology at the Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada. 14 Feb, 22 Mar, 28 May, 28, 30 Jul 1958. To RM from Arthur Cronquist, Curator, The New York Botanical Garden, New York, USA, re permission to use an electron micrograph of a crystal of tobacco mosaic virus, 4 Mar 1958. To Sir William Slater, ARC, London from RM re the purchase of a Spinco Analytical Ultracentrifuge for the VRU; endorsement of Michael Walter Johnson's application for the ARC Studentship, 9 17 Mar, 19 Jul 1958. To RM from R G Chatelain, ARC re purchace of a French or American, Sevall centrifuge, 21, 24, 27, 27 Mar, 2, 8 Apr 1958. Btw RM, F Veall, Ministry of Agriculture (MAFF), London and Kenneth Smith re the new laboratory and lab. bench for the VRU, 28 Mar, 2, 8 Apr 1958. to RM from H George Mendel, HGM Dept. of pharmacology, Washington, USA, re paper by F Clark, 7 Apr 1958. To RM from Agnar P Nygaard, Oslo University, Norway, re visit to VRU to discuss respiratory enzymes, 19 Apr 1958. To RM from Malcolm McDonough, College of Agriculture, University of Illinois, re request to work at the VRU and synopsis of his CV, 25 Apr 1958. To RM from Dr J W Blaszczak, Polish Research Centre [?], re disclosure of formula of polonine, 29 Apr 1958. Btw RM, T E Pearson, ARC, R G Chatelain, ARC and V J Dewaele, Industries and Manufactures Dept., re appeal against decision not to issue a duty-free licence from the Board of Trade, 7, 18 May 1958. To RM from Walter Frisch, Wien, Austria, re Robert Hart, money transfer, 15 May 1958. To RM from Frank Black, [N...t] Haven, re methods of measurement/filtration techniques, 16 May 1958. To RM from Kenneth Burton, Cell Metabolism Research Unit, Oxford, re dates for Crawford's examination, 20 May 1958. Btw RM and the Editors, Academic Books Ltd., New York, request for RM to critically evaluate the manuscript 'Thiouridylic Acid Formation and Bacterial Growth'' by Harold Amos et al., for publication in Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, 27 May, 5 Jun, 15 Aug 1958. Bundle of receipts for a Spinco Centrifuge and accessories, May- Jun 1958. To RM from W R Vincent, The Hobart Manufacturing Co. Ltd., London, re the Hobart model E.4612 mincing machine, 5 Jun 1958. To RM from Gabriel, a friend of RM, former VRU?, Dept of Health, Education and Welfare, Bethesda, USA, re manuscript, work and family news, 9 Jun 1958 To RM from Viki, ARC, Merton Hall, Cambridge, re prof. E G Cox visit, 10 Jun 1958. To RM from Dr E Sophoulis, Port-Said, Egypt, re paper chromatography experiments on sulphas, 10 Jun 1958. To RM from S R Elsden, Dept. of Microbiology, Univ. of Sheffield, re request for student named Holland, working under Bernard Fry to join VRU, 10 Jun 1958. Btw RM and F G Young Dept of Biochemistry, Cambridge, re will RM give postgraduate lectures, 18, 20 Jun, 6 Aug 1958. Btw RM, Mr M W Johnson, Cirencester, Glos. and T E Pearson, ARC, London re ARC 2 year studentship for Johnson at VRU, 19, 19, 22 Jun, 19 Sep 1958. To RM from Claude Liébecq, Liége University, Belgium, re structure of adenosine tetra-phosphate, 20 Jun 1958. To RM from Sherman R Dickman, University of Utah, USA, re visit to VRU, Ionic strength and RNA, 23 Jun 1958. To RM from William L Byrne, Duke University, North Carolina, USA, re visit to VRU, Dan Brown, Leon Heppel, adenosine cyclonucleoside, 30 Jun 1958. To RM from E Broda, Generalsekretariat, Wein, Austria, re is RM to speak at the Symposium on the Biochemistry of Viruses to be held in Vienna, 4 Jul 1958. To RM from A D Brown, Dept. of Bacteriology, University of Manchester, re research on bacterial cell wall synthesis, purine compounds, request for hypoxanthine, 9, 1, 22 Jul 1958. To RM from J R McCalla, ARC, re receipt of centrifuge, 14 Jul 1958. To R H L Cohen, Med. Research Council, London to M F Perutz re the funding and use of an analytical ultracentrifuge between Cambridge University? and the VRU, 14 Jul 1958. To RM from J O Conner, ARC, London re superannuation of his salary, 16 Jul 1958. To RM from John M Lowenstein, Dept. of Biochemistry, Oxford, re request for reprints, 28 Jul 1958. To RM from K H J Clarke, ARC, re Rabbit House plans, 29 Jul 1958. To RM from Mick, Arthur Guinness Son & Co., Dublin, 8 Aug 1958. To RM from John T Edsall, Editor, The Journal of Biological Chemistry, Harvard, USA, re abbreviations, 8 Aug 1958. To RM from Bill, Rothamsted Experimental Stat., re review of Markham's paper, 18 Aug 1958. To RM from Edward L Bennett, Univ. of California, re coming visit to the VRU to discuss nucleic acid structures, 19 Aug 1958. To RM from Robert Autoine?, Maurituis House, London, re thanks for visit, 23 Aug 1958. Btw RM and W Ness, ARC, London re the Spinco Centrifuge, 25, 29 Aug 1958. To RM from Miss E G Farmer, 'Endeavour' Journal, London, re return of transparencies, 11 Sep 1958. To RM from W M Stanley, University of California, Berkeley, USA, re comments on RM's manuscript for chapter, seeing Kenneth Smith, 15 Sep 1958. To RM from Kenneth Smith, c/o Prof. Blinks, Carmel, California, news about his visit to USA, 19 Sep 1958. To RM from F G Young, University of Cambridge, Biochemistry Dept. re lecture on ultracentrifuge, 23 Sep 1958. To RM from T E Pearson, ARC, London, re order for Spinco Model E, 24 Sep 1958. To RM from Lila? re sample of bromouracil? for rabbit?, 1 Oct 1958? To RM from Saul A G Ogston, The Biochemical Journal, Lister Inst., London, re abbreviations for polynucleotides and numbering of purine and pyrimidine ring systems, 2 Oct 1958. Price list, flyer and business card for Bastion protective clothing, nd c. 1958. Paper: 'Duty-free admission of instruments or apparatus chargeable with key industry duty', nd c. 1958. Instructions for Spinco Model L Ultracentrifuge, by Spinco, No. 6023A, nd, c. 1958. Hand drawn plan of lab. bench, 2 and a half pp. nd, c. 1958. Pfizer Viocin Sulphate directions nd c. 1958.
One letter to F.W. Maitland, Downing Professor of Law, University of Cambridge, 1899; the other to Sir Joseph Thomson, Cavendish Professor of Physics, 1918.
To RM from Robert van Tubergen (Robert Peter van Tubergen, Yale Biophysics Dept., New Haven, Connecticut, USA) re working as research fellow at VRU, 10 Mar 1959. Btw RM and Springer-Verlag, Heidleberg/Berlin, Germany, re payment, 'Moderne Methoden der Pflanzenanalyse', 10 Jul, 28 Aug 1959. To Dr E Reid (cc to RM), Chester Beatty Research Inst., London from A G Ogston, Chairman of Editorial Board of the Biochemical Journal, re papers not suitable for publication, 1 Aug 1959. To RM from Barbara E Holmes, re meeting of the Faraday Society, Cambridge, 6 Aug c 1959. Btw RM and C J O R Morris, Dept of Experimental Biochemistry, The London Hospital Medical College, London, re Frank Hogarth to work at VRU, 6, 10, 31 Aug, 7 Sep 1959. To RM from E Otto, Heidelberg, Germany, re Cellulose Ion Exchangers, request for bulletin, experimental kit, 10 Aug 1959. To RM from E C Webb, Dept of Biochemistry, Cambridge, re lectures for postgraduates, 10 Aug 1959. To RM from Gerald Smilovitz, University of Washington, USA, re request for article 'Paper Chromatography of Mononucleotides and Oligonnucleotides' for uridine derivative detection, 18 Aug 1959. Btw RM and Dr A I McMullen, The British Rubber Producer's Research Assoc., Welwyn Garden City, re visits, 18 Aug, 7 Sep 1959. To Dr Milton Paul Gordon, University of Washington, USA from F A Johnson, Chief of Tech. Advisory Staff, re permit to import virus material, 25 Aug, 1959. To RM from Martin Pollock, Med. Research Council, London, re Munro's viva, 26 Aug 1959. Btw RM and Dr Harvey I Scudder, Virology and Rickettsiology, USA Public Health Service, Bethesda, USA, re Dr John W Littlefield, reference request for grant for Harvard Med. Sch., 2, 7 Sep 1959. Btw RM and Prof. Michael Stoker, Virology, Glasgow University, Ph.D candidate, Davidson, 14, 21 Sep 1959. Btw RM and W V Thorpe, The Biochemical Journal, London, re dinner for A G Ogston, RMs role on committee, 14, 21 Sep 1959, 8 Mar, 13 May 1960. Receipt for 'Cruelty to Animals Act 1876', from the Under Secretary of State, Home Office, London, 15 Sep 1959. To RM from M J Orvis, Unicam Instruments Ltd., Cambridge, re SP 700 recording spectrophotometer, 16 Sep 1959. To RM from Osvaldo Lovisolo, Ministero Dell'Agricoltura E Delle Foreste, Rome, Italy, re comments on Vol. II of 'The Viruses' and relevance to work in Italy, eg., TBSV in Italy, Petunia virus, 5 Oct 1959. To RM from Matthys Staehelin, Basel University, Switzerland, re visit to VRU with some S-RNA of rat liver, 2 Oct 1959. Paper: 'Some Footnotes on Protein Synthesis, A Note for the RNA Tie Club' by F H C Crick and S Brenner, Dec 1959. To RM from Gobind[?] (H Gobind Khorana?), Madison, USA, re abbreviation and nomenclature rules, 16 Feb 1960. Btw RM and the Leaf Manager, Ceylon Tobacco Co. Ltd., Ceylon, re unidentified virus infection in tobacco plants, 9, 9, 13 May 1960. Btw RM and Frank R Naden, Buckingham Education Committee, Aylesbury, Bucks., reprints/subscriptions, 9, 13 May 1960. Btw RM and Roderick MacLeod, Glasgow, re starting research work at the VRU, 10, 13 May 1960. CV of Milton J Schlesinger, nd, c 1959-1960.
16 letters: 14/11/1970: to RM: congratulatory note from Lord Todd on move to Norwich. 5/1/1972: to RM from 'Kev' (ARC) 12/1972: to DL from Maggie Markham 2/4/1973: to DL from RM: financing of science in the US and England, John Bancroft 16/4/1973: to RM from DL: short, family news 21/2/1974: to RM from W M Henderson (ARC): on talk RM gave about the John Innes Institute. 9/10/1975: to RM from DL: asking about a lab assistant in JII who had evidence of a plant converting pyrimidine into nicotinamide derivative and DL's subsequent own experiments and results with diagram, mass spectrometry (sequencing polypeptides and polynucleotides) 17/10/1975: to DL from RM: family, colleagues (Maurice Rees, death of David Cooper). Photograph of David Cooper attached as the person that might have asked DL about pyrimidine being converted to nicotinamide derivative. 16/3/1977: to DL from RM: coming US visit, electron microscope, Sidney Elsden, Mick Johnson 30/3/1977: to RM from DL: short reply to above 21/11/1977: to DL from RM: RM supplied ref for DL for Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation for proposed sabbatical visit to Rome. 8/2/1978: to RM from DL: DL's trip to South America, difficulties with Rome sabbatical at Rita Levi-Montalcini's laboratory due to the political and economic situation in Italy, asks RM if he can come to labs at JII instead 15/2/1978: to DL from RM: short reply to above 27/2/1978: to RM from DL: coming visit to England. 7/3/1978: to DL from RM: as above 5/5/1978: to DL from RM: request for nickel sulphate Loose papers: table seating plan for the Athenaeum. 21 Dec 1972 and the programme for the first John Innes Symposium, 4-6 July 1972.
5 letters: RM to DL: 3 Sep 1967, 7 March, 22 April 1968. DL to RM: 8 March, 24 April 1968. RM about taking on the directorship of John Innes and the move to Norwich; the current state of staff, facilities, finances etc., Bert Baker, Sidney Elsden, Maurice Rees, Dick Synge, Waldo Cohn, Mick Johnson, work/research, family news, riots in Washington, Baltimore and Nashville, the Vietnam war, parcel sent to Roy of Mallinckrodt nickel sulfate.
2 letters: RM to DL: 24 Feb, DL to RM 6 March: Leon Heppel, Jack Abrell, gas chromatography, new glass-house (JIC),
3 letters: RM to DL: 27 April. DL to RM: 21 Jan, 18 April: visit to C P Snow, Mick Johnson, Jack Arbell, Arthur Bancroft, making barbituric acid riboside and doxy riboside, cyclocytidine, iodinating s-RNA, 6- fluorocytidine, design for some sort of electric circuit?.
4 letters RM to DL: 14 April DL to RM: 8 April, 7 July, 2 Dec: taking on Jack Abrell as a lab assistant, research, Waldo Cohn, preparation of iodoadenosine
7 letters: RM to DL: 31 March, 6 June, 6 July, 25 Dec. DL to RM: 4 June, 30 Nov 1963 and 23 Jan 1964, : general personal news, electron microscopy, ncyclic nucleitide compounds; David Dunn and Jack Hitchborn, Mick Johnson, acyl groupings in viruses, coding with synthetic polynucleotides, TMV, RNA and other chemical/enzyme experiments with hand drawn diagrams; Waldo Cohn, building of the new labs at the John Innes Centre.
11 letters between Roy Markham and David Lipkin: breakdown of turnip yellow mosaic virus nucleic acid by ethanol, 'coding', cyclic adenylic acid, TYM virus, Leon Heppel, iodoguanosine, visit to America. Dates RM to DL: 5 Mar, 5 Oct, 15 Oct, 22 Nov and 19 Dec. DL to RM: 19 Feb, 15 May, 18 Sep, 6 Nov, 3 Dec (x2).