Correspondence with Lindsay MacLeod Black, Dept. of Botany, University of Illinois, Illinois/University of California, Berkeley, USA. LMB was on the editorial board of 'Virology' journal. Correspondence with RM and others mainly regarding publications in journals (RM read, edited, and approved papers for publication in 'Nature' and was associate ed. for 'Virology'). RM also sent papers to LMB for inclusion in 'Virology'. RM visited LMB in USA in 1963 and gave a talk on campus. Exchanges of photos, information and samples, family and work news and news about colleagues, including from Cambridge working in the USA eg. Kenneth M Smith, Roderick McLeod (Roddy). Re. Fellowship for LMB to work at VRU for one year and arrangements to send LMB's children to school/university in England, 1961. Re. Nicotiana rustica seed for work on potato yellow dwarf virus; wound tumour virus, exchange of samples, 1961. Re. LMB's work with Herb Stern on double/single stranded RNA, 1962 Re. 'methods for the enhancement of image detail and accentuation of structure in electron microscopy' by RM and Simon Frey for 'Virology', comments by LMB, 1962. Re. 'The Anatomy of Tobacco Mosaic Virus' by VRU to LMB for 'Virology', description of RM's time in US, 1963. Re. wild mosaic cucumber virus, 1964. Re. paper by LMB on the electron microscopy of potato yellow dwarf virus, 1965. Preparation of paper on 'monolayer culture of insect cells', by LMB and Ren-jung Chui, and copy of paper 'Application of Particle-Counting to a Leafhopper-Borne Virus', 1967.
Dr Robley C Williams, Virology Lab., University of California, Berkeley, USA: re. electron photography with 3 cards with photographs, 1962-1965. Prof. JPH Van Der Want, Landbouwhogeschool, lab. Voor Virologie, Wageningen, Holland, electrophoresis unit, Dr Irving Schneider, Agrawal's paper, 1964-1967. Prof. H Veldstra, Biochemisch Lab., Rijksuniversiteit, Leiden, re. ideas for a book on Virology, 1963-1964. Dr Albert Siegel, University of Arizona, Dept. of Agricultural Biochemistry, Tucson, Arizona, USA, re. electron micrographs, visit to VRU, includes paper 'Aggregation of defective TMV protein', RM's appointment as Director of the John Innes Institute, 1965-1967. To RM from Peyton Rous, The Rockefeller University, New York, 12 Jun 1967. To RM from Waldo [Cohen], Oak Ridge Nat. Lab., Tennessee, USA, question about plant DNA, 5 Dec 1964.
Correspondence with Robert Haselkorn in USA (Haselkorn was an American scientist who worked under RM at the VRU for 2 years on an American exchange fellowship (1960-62), then employed by the University of Chicago, later becoming Professor of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology.) Correspondence with RH on virus research, (TMV protein, turnip crinkle virus etc.) exchange of materials, advice on manuscript, work of other colleagues (A Klug, Benns, Fernandez-Moran, Bob Symons, Maurice Rees, Waldo Cohn, Jack Hitchborn etc.). Some correspondence re the fellowship before RH's arrival at the VRU. Letters between RH and Dr Om P Sehgal, University of Arizona on lesion-form strain of TYMV, 1962. RM's references for RH for various positions and fellowships in the US, including a grant renewal and full professorship at Chicago, 1967.
Paper: 'Diffusion' by Roy Markham for 'Methods of Virology', Vol 4 ? (1971)
Original illustrations for papers/chapters in 'Virology' and 'Methods of Virology' and 'The Viruses'.
Original illustrations for 'The Anatomy of the Tobacco Mosaic Virus' and reprint of the paper by Roy Markham, J H Hitchborn, G J Hills and Simon Frey (1963) in Virology 22, (1964)
Hand drawn plans and illustrations by Roy Markham
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.
General correspondence regarding the running of the labs., scientific equipment companies, research news, exchange of samples, methods, advice sought, journals, societies, teaching at Cambridge, news from scientists/colleagues working abroad etc.: Correspondents include: Eugene Goldwasser and Prof. Herman M Kalcker, Inst. for Cytofysiologi, Denmark. Marion A Watson, F C Bawden, Rothamsted Experimental Stat. C A Knight, University of California, USA. Dr G Roland, Station de Phytopathologie de l'Etat, Belguim. Dr P Rosband, Fennerton St., London. Dr R R Porter, Nat. Inst. for Med. Research, London. Dr F C MacCallum, Virus Reference Lab., London. Dr Leon A Heppel, Nat. Inst. of Health, Bethesda, USA. B Bheemeswan[?], Indian Inst. of Science, Bangalore, S India. Dr Alfred Marshak, USA. Jerry, Canada. Prof. J T Randall, Kings College, London. The Sloan-Kettering Inst., New York re Dr Enzo Leone. Dr D P Riley, Davy Faraday Research Lab., London Dr Waldo E Cohn, Oak Ridge Nat. Lab., USA. Prof. H Hyden, Goteborg, Sweden. Elizabeth R Schofield, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries MAF), Worcs. Dr M M Swann, Cambridge. Dr I W Prentice, Plant Path. Lab., MAF, Herts. Dr J McIntosh, Dept. for Agric. for Scotland. Karl Maramorosch, The Rockefeller Inst., New York, USA L and Helge, Statens Plantepatologiske Forsog, Lyngby, Denmark. Dr William P Rogers, Dept' of Zoology, University of Adelaide, South Australia. Prof. J E Courtois. Paris, France. Dr G Schramm, Max. Plank Inst., Germany. Paul Kaesberg, University of Wisconsin, USA. Paul Whitfeld, McMaster Lab., Glebe, Australia. D [?] /R W, Matthews, Plant Disease Division, New Zealand.