The principal correspondent is M.B. Crane, pomologist. Crane's correspondence relates to his forthcoming book, 'Genetics in Relation to Horticulture' (with W.J.C. Lawrence).
Mostly re apple breeding, also ribes, blackberry, cherry compatibility. Specific topics include viruses.
A few other correspondents are included in B.6. Includes Charity Commission document dated 12th January, 1909 in WB/B.4 (A)
Correspondence with
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 (1) labelled 'Roy Markham Correspondence with Scientists 1959-60': From R W(Wallace) Brockman, Head of the Drug Resistance Sec., Southern Research Inst., Alabama, USA, re resistance to purine analogues, Stereptococcus faecalis, the Markham-typehigh voltage electrophoresis apparatus they set up after RM visit to their lab, acknowledged in their paper on cancer research, sent with papers 'Studies on the Metabolism of purines and Purine Analogs by 8-Azaguanine-Sensitive and -Resistant Lympphomas', 'Decreased Ribonucleotide Pyrophosphorylase activity in S faecalis Mutants Resistant to Purine Analogs' and 'Metabolismof 8-azaguanine, 6-mercaptopurine and natural purines by drug sensitive and drug resistant neoplasms, by R W Brockman et al, 1959. From the Professional Board of the University of Sydney inviting RM to be examiner for Mr G L Ada's doctorate, 24 Sep 1959. From Ministry of Agric., Rome, re cabbage black ringspot and alfalfa mosaic virus samples, 29 Feb 1960. From Waldo C Cohn to Dr A S Jones, Univ. Birmingham (with note to RM) re Mr Bramwell to work at his lab, 15 March 1960. From Waldo C Cohn to RM re Bramwell, 29 March 1960. Btw. RM and Dr Alex Berrie, Univ. Glasgow, re [Roderick] Macleod, 25 March, 5 April 1960. From B Cinadar, Univ. Toronto, Canada, re antibody action on ribonuclease, 13 May 1960. To Kenneth Smith from Miss A M Everard, The British Council, re prof. K S Bhargava, India visit, 13 June 1960. To RM from G E Wilde, Hon. Sec., Biochemical Soc., RM to give talk in 1961, 14 June 1960. Btw RM and Prof F G Young, Dept. Biochemistry, Cambridge, 21, 27 June, 1960. Btw RM and Marianne Grunberg-Manago, Organisé par le Centre Naitonal, Strasbourg, 2, 14 July 1960. Btw RM and H E McHugh, Housemaster, Desford Boys Approved School, Leicester, re specimens for a 'nature museum', 27 Jun, 4 July 1960. Btw RM and Mr A M Onyekwelu, Path. Div., Fed. Agric. Research, Ibadan, Nigeria, re request to study and work at VRU, 28 Jun, 4 July 1960. Syed Shamim Ahmad, Univ. of Sind, Hyderabad to Kenneth Smith (passed on to RM) re biological crop control in Pakistan and request to work for PH.D at VRU/Cambridge, 28 Jun, 5 July 1960. From RM to Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd., re Silcoset, 5 July 1960. Btw RM and Prof. W V Thorpe, the Biochemical Journal, re presentation to Sandy Ogdon, 6, 7 July 1960 Btw RM and Prof. W T J Morgan, Lister Inst. of Preventative Med., London, re Mr Pusztai's visit to VRU, 11, 12 July 1960. From RM to Dr Martin, 12 July 1960. Btw RM and A Pusztai, The Lister Inst., Chelsea, 12, 14 July 1960 Btw RM and Whitehall, re certificate, Cruelty to Animals Act, 10 April, 14 July 1960. From P N Campbell, Hon. Sec., the Biochemical Soc., thanks to RM for role as Editor, 13 July 1960. Btw RM and Dr G S Verma, Lucknow University, India (worked in VRU with RM in 1950) re chromatographic study of nucleic acids, 13, 26 July 1960. From RM to Frank Calloway Esq, 28 July 1960. Btw RM and Prof. W T J Morgan, Lister Inst. of Preventative Med., London, re Mr Pusztai, quantitative amino acid equipment and resins needed and where to source materials, 29 July, 3 Aug 1960. From RM to Burgess & Co, Berks., re mist propagator, 3 Aug 1960. Btw RM and Matthew and Son Ltd, credit reference request for wife of a visiting scientist (Charles Lowe), 2, 3 Aug 1960. To RM from Dr Edward Herbert, Massachusetts Inst. of Tech., USA, 3 Aug 1960. Btw RM and Dr Aaron King, Birkbeck College Crystallography Lab, 4, 5 Aug 1960 Abstract paper by RM re influenza virus (3 pages) nd [c 1960]