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The correspondents (at WB/G.2) are Miers and Thompson. At G.3 are drafts of the report (2pp incomplete manuscript draft, with a further page of notes, and 15pp typescript draft) and reprint of the report; a page of manuscript notes in German (unidentified hand), on Drosophila, inscribed with the following note by Bateson: 'given to me at Professor Koltzow's Institute Moscow 13 Sept 1925'. At G.4 is the original file inscribed 'Russia 1925'.

The correspondence appertains to Bateson's enquiries regarding builders and architects suitable for carrying out developments at Merton. The architect's drawings are probably c.1920.

Correspondence about Imperial Cancer Research Fund (RM was on the council as a representative of the Royal society, Jan 1976-Dec 1978)

Correspondence: re chapter 'Genetic Analysis in Micro-Organisms in 'Methods in Microbiology' (eds John R Norris and Doug Ribbons): Correspondence with Editors and Academic Press Inc, Lond. Correspondence with other scientists re using their material, incl.: Dr A H Doermann (Washington), Dr K Brookes Low (Yale), Royston C Clowes (Texas), A L Taylor (Colorado), Robert H Pritchard (Leicester), Dr D Dubnau (New York), Prof Mark H Richmond (Bristol), Dr D A Ritchie (Glasgow).

Mainly with those interested in joining and/or attending/presenting at meetings, views on rules, subscription reminders etc., includes some application forms attached to letters.

Correspondence 1956-1957: To RM from Prof. J Weiss. University of Durham, request for samples, 31 May, 11 Dec 1956, 15 Jan 1957. Btw RM and Lord Victor Rothschild, Merton Hall, Cambridge, list of costs, Danielli, 14 Jul, 6 Nov 1956, 2 Jan 1957 To RM from A R Peacocke, University of Birmingham, TYM virus samples, 22 Oct, 13 Nov 1956. Btw RM and Dr W S Reith, Radiopathology Research Unit, Hammersmith Hospital, London, request for position, advised to contact Sir William Slater, 15, 18 Oct 1956. To RM from John Peel, Agric. Research Council, Sheffield Univ., 4 Oct 1956. To RM from Paul Greengood, Med. Research Council, London, to discuss analytical methods, 3 Oct 1956. To RM from R J Bayly, The Radiochemical Centre, Bucks, re sending samples of Chorella, 1 Nov 1955. To RM from Aaron Bendich, Sloan-Kettering Inst. for Cancer Research, re admixture of polyinosinic acid and DNA forming a complex, exchange of samples, 11 Sep, 4 Oct 1956. Letter from AB to Gordon, 3 April 1956. To RM from Leon Heppel, Nat. Inst. of Health, Bethesda, USA, research and personal news, 3 Feb, 19 May 1956. To RM from Paul [R Whitfeld], Glebe, New South Wales, Australia, 21 Feb 1956. To RM from A I McMullen, The British Rubber Producer's Research Assoc., Herts, re receipt of rattle snake venom, 10 Sep 1956. To RM from Waldo E Cohn, Oak Ridge, USA, general and personal news, 7 Sep 1956. To RM from Gene, on board a ship, Honolulu, Hawaii (postmark), work, personal news, 6 May 1956. To RM from Eugene (Gene) Goldwasser, Argonne Cancer Research Hospital, University of Chicago, 4 Apr 1956. To RM from Dr A Sibatani, Yamguti Med. Sch., Ube, Japan, re visit to VRU, 8 Jun 1956. To RM from N I Blumson, University of Sheffield, request for help to confirm biosynthesis of Guanosine, 13 Mar 1956. Btw RM and David B Dunn, Molteno Inst., Cambridge, re Dunn's Ph.D dissertation, 15, 18 May 1956. To RM and Margaret (RM's wife) from Betty Wall?, Connaught Grds., Muswell Hill, London, no date c 1956. Btw RM and Dr F Sorm, Ustav Organicke Chemie, Prague, Czechoslovakia, re a visit to VRU by Dr Sebesta, 23 Apr, 23 May, 1 Jun 1956. Btw RM, John W Littlefield and Dr Zamecnic, Harvard University, re having Littlefield at the VRU, with Littlefield's CV, 1 Jun, 14 Aug 1956. To RM from L T Evans, Californian Inst. of tech., Pasadena, USA, request for information on synthetic reactions of ribonuclease, 19 Oct 1955. To RM from Dr Christian Stoll, Eidg. Technische Hochschule, Zurich, re thanks for invitation, 29 Jun 19565. To RM from Jack, Sch. of Med., Washington University, St Louis, USA, on RM's paper to be read at Dublin, general news, 2 Sep 1956 Btw RM, Sir Howard Florey and J N Davidson, re Davidson's CV, 6 Dec 1956. To RM from T S Work, Med. research Council, London, request for reference on Dr N Rhodes, 3 Dec 1956. To Waldo Cohn from Dr Adolf Wacker Dozent, Berlin, Germany (in German), 28 Aug 1956. Btw RM and H J Bensted, the Wellcome Trust, London re a travel grant application for RM's visit to St Louis as a Visiting scientist, 28 Dec 1956, 7, 9 Jan 1957. Btw RM and Alice L Tuttle, California Inst. of Tech., Pasadena, USA, request for a fellowship position, 30 Nov, 4 Dec 1956 Btw RM, Sir William Slater and R Matthews Jones, ARC, London and Lord Victor Rothschild, re Dr Chayen's work, new buildings work, 8, 21 Nov 1956, 2, 3, 10 Jan 1957. To Dr Arthur Kornberg, Washington University Sch. of Med., St Louis, USA, re RM's coming visit, 9 Jan 1957. From Dave, Dept. of Chemistry, Washington University, St Louis, USA, 5 Dec 1956 and Dave and Virginia, Cunard Line, R.M.S Queen Mary, no date c 1956. David Lipkin? To RM from John. Virus Lab., Berkeley, University of California, general and work news, Roger Hart, 4 letters, only one dated, 5 Dec, c 1956. Btw RM, John Lowenstein, Dept. of Biochemistry, Oxford and F Clark, The Biochemical Journal, London, re Lowenstein's paper and RM's remarks on it, 30 Jul, 6, 10 Nov 1956. To RM from D[?], Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Zealand and Argonne Cancer Research Hospital, University of Chicago, USA, handwritten letters with work (TMV) and personal news, D asks if RM wants some pages of Parkinson's Herbal he bought in New York, 2 Jul, 28 Sep, 18 Oct 1956. To RM from Roger Herriott, Wolfe Street, Baltimore, John Hopkins? Unit, USA, diffusion system, 8?, 1 Nov 1956. To RM from Charles, Inst. of Chemistry, Czechoslovak Academy of Science, Prague18 Oct c 1956, 28 Dec 1956. Btw RM and Dr S Varadarajan, Dept. of Biochemistry, Massachusetts Inst. of Technology, USA, 17 Dec,1956, 3 Jan 1957, request for fellowship to work at VRU, includes CV. To RM from Rosalind [Franklin], Birkbeck College Crystallography Lab., London, thanks for supply of TMV, discussion of work, 23 Dec c. 1956. To RM from Aaron, Birkbeck College Crystallography Lab., London, particles in the unit cell, RNA, density data, plans to meet, 2 Jan 1957. To RM from Renato Dulbecco, California Inst. of Technology, Pasadena, USA, re Dulbecco's upcoming fellowship working with RM with paper 'Statement of Plans: A study of a animal virus during its multiplication within the host cell', 3 pp, 10 Oct, 7 Dec 1956. To RM from Dr Jan-Erik Edström, University of Göteborg, Sweden, 17 Dec 1956, 8 Jan 1957. To RM from E [Eric?] J Hewitt, University of Bristol, Long Ashton, re purine suppliers, 9 Jan 1957. To RM from Nick, Melbourne Australia and Sheffield, thanks for looking after mail etc., 2, 31 Dec 1956. Btw RM and Dr Thomas B Turner, Int. Poliomyelitis Congress, invitation to attend, 7, 14 Nov, 22 Dec 1956. To RM from Robert (Bob) K Morton, University of Melbourne, Australia, 14 Apr 1956. To RM from Helge[?] (worked with RM in Cambridge the previous year), Statens Plantepatologiske Forsog, Lyngby, Denmark, enclosing a virus preparation, 21 Nov, 1 Dec 1956. To RM from Paul C Zamecnik, The Med. Labs., Harvard, USA, requesting a fellowship placement for Dr John W Littlefield, 30 Apr 1956. To RM from Basil Kensay[?], Rothamsted Experimental Stat., Herts., TMV preps, Pine gone to America, 27 Dec 1956, 4 Jan 1957. To RM from Stan, Rothamsted Experimental Stat., Herts., thanks for phosphates, 14 Aug 1956. Btw RM and Fred (F C Bawden), Rothamsted Experimental Stat., Herts., re bean form of cowpea virus - propagated in tobacco, pea phosphatase, 9 Aug, 26 Sep, 13, 15 Oct, 14 Nov, 19 Dec 1956. To RM from Jack Blencoure[?], Rothamsted Experimental Stat., Herts., re turnip crinkle virus, 13 Dec 1956. Btw RM and Prof. F Bergel and K V Shooter, Chemistry Dept., The Chester Beatty Research Inst., The Royal Cancer Hospital, London, re rattlesnake venom sample for pyrophosphatase preps. and experiment results of sedimentation with TYMV, 10, 15, 22, 31 Oct, 30 Nov 1956. Annotated proof copy of 'Paper Chromotology of Mononucleotides and Oligonucleotides' by Roy Markham, Enzymology Vol III., 17 Jan 1956. Misc. from accounts, publishers, equipment servicing, sample requests etc.

From folder entitled 'Letters, May 1955- Aug 1956: Btw RM and H George Mandel, Dept. of Pharmacology, The George Washington University, USA, re plans for Fellowship to work with RM, research work and other news, 11 Aug, 7, 20 Nov, 13, 21 Dec 1955, 6 Jan, 4, 28 Feb, 17 Apr 1956. Includes Mandel's bibliography and letter btw RM, Dr Teeter, 2 Jan 1956 and Dr Robert Jordan, The Commonwealth Fund in support of Mandel's application, 13, 19 Jan 1956. Btw Dr J D Smith, RM and Dr A W Kozinski, Akademia Medycznska, Poland, request to spend time in Cambridge lab, 3 May, 10 Aug 1956, Btw RM and Waldo E Cohn, Oak Ridge national lab, USA, work and research news, 19 May, 3 Jun 1955. To RM from H E Davenport, University of Bristol, 4 Sep 1956. TO RM from F (Fred) C Bawden, Rothamsted Experimental stat., virus preparations and samples, 12 Mar, 20 Apr, 10 Aug 1956. To RM from J Weiss, University of Durham, prostatephosphatase, monophosphoesterase preparation, 22 May, 6 Jul 1956. Btw RM, Paul C Zamecnik and John W Littlefield, The Medical Labs. of the Collis P Huntingdopn Memorial Hospital, Harvard University, re working at the VRU with RM next year, 5, 21 Jun, 26 Jul 1956. To RM from R Howles, Glasshouse Crops Research Inst., Sussex, re tomato virus, 14 May 1956. Btw RM and Dr F Sorm, Czechoslovak Academy of Science, request for training at VRU on methods of researching nucleotides, 27 Mar, 17 April 1956. Btw RM, F G Young, Dept of Biochemistry, Cambridge and S V Perry re RM to give a lecture to students, 22,25 Jun, 6, 20 Jul 1956. To RM from C A Knight, University of California, re Pirie's plant ribonuclease, 9 Jul 1956. To RM from Jack L Strominger, Washington University, St Louis, USA, 21 Apr, 5, 12 May 1956. To RM from A Guerra, Guerra & Co., Ltd., Fruit Merchants, London, re growing/packing condition of lemons (after complaint?), 11 Jun 1956. To RM from Francis, Nat. Inst. of Health, Bethesda, USA, re RNA, 22 May 1956. To RM from Aaron, Birkbeck College Crystallography Lab., London, re measuring refractive index of TMV crystals, 6 Jul 1956. To RM from Leon Heppel, Nat. Inst. of Health, Bethesda, USA, 25 May 1955, 1 Apr 1956, 2 Sep c 1955-6. Btw RM and Dr B M Herbertson, Cambridge, re examining L V Crawford's dissertation 'DNA Synthesis in bacteria', 25 Apr 1956. Btw RM and Charles Heidelberger, Ass. Prof. of Oncology, University of Wisconsin, 31 Jan, 6 Feb 1956. Btw RM and Lord Rothschild (Victor), Merton Hall, Cambridge and W J Sartain, Board of Facilities, Cambridge, 5 Sep 1955, 17, 17 Jan, 30 Jan, 6 Feb 1956. Btw RM and David Lipkin, Washington University, St Louis, re plan to work with RM at the VRU on nucleotides, 20 Jul, 1 Aug, 13, 25 Oct 1955, 9 Jan 1956. To RM from Hugh Gordon, 49 Flower Lane, Mill Hill, London, re friend Charles Setesta, 14 Apr 1956. To RM from R K Morton, Dept. of Biochemistry, University of Melbourne, Australia, request to place students at VRU, 7 Oct, 6 Dec 1955. To RM from Roger Daoust, Chester Beatty Research Inst., London, 19 Apr 1956. Btw RM and Dr Barer, Dept. of Human Anatomy, Oxford, re investigation into properties of chromosomes due to their nucleoprotein content and parallels with virus necleoproteins, 7, 12 Nov 1955. Btw RM and Dr R J Bayly, The Radiochemical Centre, Bucks, re uracil/thymine and algal samples, 12, 14 July 1955. Btw RM and Dr Helmut Metzner, Universitat Gottingen, Germany, re research on proteins in plants, 17, 20 Oct 1955 To Dr A G Ogston, Biochemistry Dept., Oxford, re Waldo Cohn, 18 Oct 1955. Btw RM an L Hawker, The Biochemical Journal, London and to Dr Marshall Gates, Journal of the American Chemical Soc. from Waldo Cohn re use of communications sections in journals, 18 Mar, 10 Oct 1955. Report by RM on the dissertation of E H Creaser 'Enzyme formation and nucleic acid synthesis in Staphylococcus aureaus'. Btw RM and Dr F Clark, The Biochemical Journal, The Lister Inst., London, re the nucleotide nomenclature debate, Dr Work pamphlet 2, 2, 5 Sep 1955. To RM from Stan Pierpoint re work on plant ribonuclease and enzyme specificity, 16 Sep 1955. Btw RM and Carlos Murioz, Head of Plant Investigation Dept., Santiago,. Chile, re Chilean investigation into viruses in native potatoes, 16 Aug, 12 Sep 1955. Btw RM and Severo Ochoa, New York College of Medicine, USA, re J D Smith spending time at his lab. work on synthesis of polynucleotides 13 Jun, 11 Jul 1955. To RM from Gene, Cancer Research Inst., New England Deaconess Hospital, Boston, USA, requesting introductions for the Esther Breslan, a biochemistry student from Harvard, wife of Ronald Breslan who will be working with Todd, personal news, 15 Aug 1955. To RM from Gene, Argonne Cancer Research Hospital, Chicago, research news on RNA nucleotides etc., 8 Feb 1955. Btw RM and T W Goodwin, University of Liverpool, re riboflavin biosynthesis methods, visit, 30 Sep, 4 Oct 1955. Btw RM and Dr E Lester Smith, Glaxo Labs. Ltd., Middx., re synthetic purine, 24, 31 Aug, 16 Sep 1955, Btw RM and Ralph Kurtzman Jnr., University of Wisconsin, reprint requests for purines, 3,Aug, 2 Sep 1955. Btw RM and Eric M Crook, Dept. of Biochemistry, University College London, re programme for Symposium, 10, 12 Aug 1955. To RM from Hermann Boser, Hesse, (in German), with reprint 10 Sep 1955. Btw RM, Dr R E F Mathews (VRU) and Dr F S Eberts, Jr, The Upjohn Co., Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA, requesting help with chromatography, 8, 8, 11, 28 Jul 1955. Btw RM, A D Macrae, Public Health Lab. Service, London, WL M Perry, Dept. of Biological Standards, Med. Research Council and Dr F H K Green, Med. Research Council, and E T C Spooner, London Sch. of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, on the safety of the poliomyelitis (polio) vaccine, the failed Cutter polio vaccine in America, trials of the Salk vaccine, worries about reactivation when using formaldehyde and parallels with tobacco virus reactivation, 24, 25 May, 13, 16 Jun, 18 Jul, 4 Aug 1955. Btw RM and The Ciba Foundation, London, RM's talk at the Symposium, 1, 21, 27 Jun, 3 Nov 1955. Btw RM and Rosalind Franklin, Birkbeck College, London, request for potato X virus for X-Ray, 6, 13 Jun 1955. Rosalind Elsie Franklin (25 July 1920 – 16 April 1958) was a British chemist and X-ray crystallographer whose work was central to the understanding of the molecular structures of DNA. Btw RM and Dr Mark A Stahman, University of Wisconsin, USA, plans to visit Cambridge, squash mosaic virus, 10, 13 Jul 1955. To RM from R M Allison, Crop Research Div., New Zealand, requesting advice on paper electrophoresis, 27 May 1955. To RM from Charles C Price, John Harrison Lab., University of Pennsylvania, thanks for evaluating work of Brian Conway but position offered to Philip George, 26 May 1955. Btw RM and Dr Martynas Ycas (a founding member of the RNA Tie Club, a discussion society of scientists who attempted to solve the question of the genetic code), Dept. of the Army HQ QM R&D Command, Natick, Massachusetts, USA, working with [Francis] Crick, request for help in supplying plant viruses for work on amino acid analysis, 12, 25 May 1955. To RM from C A Knight, Virus. Lab, University of California, USA, re Dr K K Reddi, and work on structure of TMV nucleic acid, 18 Feb 1955. To RM from Eric, Inverleith Gardens, Edinburgh, re Symposium, Waldo Cohn,17 Aug 1955. Molteno Inst. of Biology and Parasitology reports of the Director for June 1951-June 1953. To RM from Paul R Whitfeld, Californian Inst. of Tech., Pasadena, California, USA/ Memarten Lab.[?], Glebe, Australia, Whitfeld asked by [Severo] Ochoa to work at his lab, other work and personal news, 12 Aug, 12 Oct 1955, 29 May 1956. To RM from Jerry, Dept. of Biochemistry, New Haven, USA, work and personal news, 25 Oct 1955. To RM from Sid, Dept. of Microbiology, Sheffield University, 9 Nov c 1955. To RM from Geoff, Rothamsted Experimental Stat., discusses Pringstein who RM thouight was dead but had gone back to Germany, possibly East Germany, Chibs' Lab., Dr Fell, Rinaldine, Webb, advice on fellowship (second page of first letter is missing), 3, 6 Sep 1955. To RM from Gordon Ada, Melbourne, re trip to Cambridge, current research, 5 Nov 1955. To RM from Reggie, 14 Highworth Ave, re report on a paper, 6 Dec 1955. To RM from?, Gwalia, Drefach, Llanelly, Carmarthenshire, Wales, asking if RM is going to Dublin for meetings, 4 Sep 1956. Misc. letters from journal committees, publishers, lab supplies, imports, queries, invitations, incl. letters cancelling appointments in June 1956 because of his father's illness, etc.