ASTBURY_WILLIAM_THOMAS_v2
THE ROYAL COMMISSION ON HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPIS
Report on the papers of
-WILLIAM THOMAS ASTBURY, FRS
ee
(1898-1961)
deposited in the Brotherton Library,
Universit
Quality House, Quality Court, Chancery Lane,
London WC2A 1HP
Archives Centre
(CSAC 55/10/75)
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THE ROYAL COMMISSION ON HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS
No...79/61
1975
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THE ROYAL SOCIETY
THE ROYAL COMMISSION ON HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS
Joint Committee on Scientific and Technological Records
CSAC 33/10/75
CONTEMPORARY SCIENTIFIC ARCHIVES CENTRE
Papers of
William Thomas Astbury
(1898 - 1961)
Listed by: Jeannine Alton
Harriot Weiskittel
1975
Deposited in The Brotherton Library, University of Leeds
WTA, — GsStA.C.-33/10/25
Description of the collection
The papers were received from Mr. W.F. Astbury (son), Fru M.M. Persson
(daughter), and the Astbury Department of Biophysics, University of Leeds.
Lonsdale has also contributed his recollections of Astbury's early work, and a photograph
Dr. Thomas
(Item A.6).
Some scientific correspondence exchanged with Astbury 1933-40 remains in the
personal papers of Professor C.D. Darlington FRS.
The collection illustrates all aspects of Astbury's activities, with the exception
of his work at the Royal Institution and earliest work at Leeds.
represent the extensive scientific correspondence which he conducted - often single~handed
The bulk of the documents
in the absence of secretarial help, as the letters themselves make clear - with individual
colleagues and learned societies, especially 1940-57.
No records can be traced for the
following periods:
1947 (all);
1949 (January-July), but the surviving letters, research plans
and progress reports help to document the rapid progress of research in protein structure and
nucleic acids during and after the 1939-45 War.
Astbury kept his correspondence in large 'A.B.C.' files each covering roughly
one year.
Section F.
p.16.
The scientific
from consistent and proved impossible to retain.
All the documents have been re-sorted and
assigned either to categories (e.g. Section B.
Leeds University, Section D.
Publications,
Conferences), industrial firms, or individual correspondents.
correspondence in Section E
is presented in alphabetical order, with dates:
see note on
There is also a General Index to the correspondence on pp. 35-53.
The letters were usually arranged in alphabetical order by name of correspondent,
but there were no personal or subject files, or cross-references, and the system itself was far
All items are manuscript unless otherwise indicated.
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Summary of the career of W.T. ‘Astbury
b.1898
educ.
Longton, Stoke-on-Trent
Longton High School
1917, 1919-21
Jesus College, Cambridge
1921-23
1922
1923-28
1928-37
1937-45
1940
* 1945-61
Demonstrator in Physics, University College, London, and Assistant
to Sir William Bragg
married Frances Gould
Assistant to Sir William Bragg, Davy-Faraday Laboratory, Royal
Institution, London
Lecturer in Textile Physics, University of Leeds
Reader in Textile Physics, University of Leeds
Elected to Royal Society
Professor of Biomolecular Structure and Hon. Reader in Textile Physics,
University of Leeds
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A full list of Astbury's honours and awards may be found in the Memoir by J.D. Bernal,
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society, Vol.9, 1963, p.26. -
Biographical & Personal
Conferences
Committees & Societies
Notebooks & Siides
Lectures & Publications
Contents of the Handlist
Scientific Correspondence
University of Leeds & Department
‘Index to the correspondence
W.T.A.
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A.
Biographical and personal
°«..1953-57
B.28
‘ Requests from schools, societies, industrial laboratories, government 1944-54
departments, Leeds University academics to view demonstrations
B.28-B.31
Electron Microscope:
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Correspondence with RCA re purchase, servicing and replace-
ment parts of electron microscope (not indexed).
Correspondence re.hiring of technician to operate electron
microscope, advertisement in Nature etc.
appointed to the post. (not indexed)
Ronald Reed was
Misc.
correspondence re electron microscope (advice to other
universities re purchase and maintenance of E.M., use of the
E.M. by other departments at Leeds, manufacture of new parts,
articles for the press, etc.).
Equipment:
Correspondence with British Supply Office.
Correspondence with Ilford Ltd.
B.29
B.30
B.32
B33
B. 34
B.35
B.36
6
1941-57
1943
1946
1940-52
1947-56
1940-50
1940-56
Correspondence with Metropolitan Vickers.
:
1941-46
Correspondence with Metropolitan Vickers.
Correspondence with Philips Electrical Ltd.
B.37-B.42
Misc. correspondence re equipment and supplies for department
(6 folders):
B.37
B.38
B.39
B.40
B.4l
B.42
1940-43
1944
1945-48
1949-50
1951-53
1954-56
1928-39
1942
C.1-C.6
Notebooks and slides
Laboratory notebook containing record of experimental results,
diagrams, measurement of photographs, notes on articles read.
Notations on muscle photographs (1932), on extensibility of
fibres (1932), on cancer photographs (1932).
"Lectures at the Dept. of Leather Industries (Mr. Thompson)'
(1932-33).
Notebook also contains draft of ‘Report on the
structure of Polyisobutylene for I.C.1. Ltd. at Billingham’,
December 1942, with photographs and Figures.
At the end of the notebook there is an 'Index of Wool X-ray
Photographs’ with 482 entries dated and described.
entries
are recorded in the experimental results.
dated 1934 and continues for 209 pages (in Astbury's hand)
Notebook titled on first page 'X-ray and Related Research on
the Molecular Structure of Biological Tissues Proteins, etc.
(Rockefeller Grant)'.
The notebook begins with an entry
ipelude summaries of those photograph measurements which
Notes on
These
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The experiments, tabular summaries of data, graphs,
to the last entry dated March 1961 and labelled 'Feather
Keratin'.
illustrations, notes on others work, are clearly set out and
dated.
Many loose notes and data were inserted between the
pages of the notebook and these have been left in their original
position.
There is one package of illustrations and photographs.
Notebook containing drafts and notes of lectures:
1931-52
‘Lectures on the Fundamental Structure of Textile,
delivered to 2nd and 3rd year Textile Physics Class,
Oct. 1931-1932.'
‘Lecture on X-ray Investigation of Collagen and Gelatin
delivered to Leather Dept. (Leeds University), June 21,
1933.'
"Lectures on the Molecular Structure and Properties of
Textile Fibres.
of Leeds.
Dept. of Textile Industries, The University
Session 1934-35.'
‘Lectures on The Molecuiar Structure of Fibres.
Physics.
1936-37.'
Textile
"Lecture by White (I.C.1.) on dyeing of new synthetic
fibres.’
1940.
"Colloquium on Nylon by A.K. Saville."
1942.
"Advanced course on The Science of Fibres given in the
Textile Dept., 1952.'
2 envelopes containing photograph of X-ray of Ardil (1945) and
X-ray photographs from Bamford (1953).
Wooden slide case containing 105 slides (possibly for visit to
USA in 1953) and a full descriptive index.
The slides cover
the whole range of Astbury's career and the muititude of his
interests.
Notebook containing 119 pp. draft entitled ‘Studies of Protein
Structure', May 1947, with loose bibliographical notes.
Possibly the draft for a monograph Astbury was to write for Oxford
University Press series.
(see also Item D.32).
‘The Molecular Structure of the Fibres of the Collagen Group.'
First Proctor Memorial Lecture, International Society of
Leather Trades' Chemists, London Conference 28 Aug. 1940:
correspondence re scheduling and publishing of lecture,published
in J. Internat. Soc. Leather Trades' Chemists, Vol. 24, p.69
(No.41 in R.S. Memoir).
1939-40
Lectures, addresses and publications
D.1 - D.29 Lectures, addresses
D.30 - D.58 Publications
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Correspondence re:
8
1940-41
'The Structure of Proteins’, The Chemical Society of
Glasgow, 15 Nov. 1940.
"Protein Multilayers', University of Manchester Chemical
Society, 5 Nov. 1940.
"Adventures among the Proteins', Ardeer Chemical Club,
10 Dec. 1940.
'The Molecular Structure and Properties of the Collagen
Fibres', Manchester College of Technology Chemical
Society, 10 Feb. 1941.
‘Protein Structure’, Institute of Chemistry East Midlands
Section, 20 Feb. 1941.
Jubilee Memorial Lecture, Society of Chemical
'Proteins.'
Industry, published in Chem. and Ind. 60, 41, 491 (No.52 in R.S.
Memoir).
Invitation to deliver lecture from Prof. J.C.
correspondence re details of lecture, venue, printing of lecture,
reprints.
Philip FRS,
ao
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Correspondence with British Council and the British Broadcasting
Corporation re Astbury's broadcasts (2 folders):
for new programmes, scheduling of rehearsals and recording
sessions, publication and illustration of broadcasts, distribution
of recordings, translation, letters received following broadcasts.
Titles include:
scripts, ideas
1942-50,
1957
Correspondence re:
ae
1941-43
"Applied X-rays', Society of Chemical Industry, Newcastle
Upon Tyne Section, 30 June 1941.
"Textile fibres from peanuts.'
"Fibres in nature and indusiry.'
"Motion, muscles and molecules.'
"Molecules to measure' series.
"Clear thinking.'
'X-rays and the stoichiometry of the proteins, with special
reference to the structure of the Keratin-myosin group', The
Chemical Society, London, 20 Nov. 1941.
Soc., 1942, p.337 (No.55 in R.S. Memoir).
Society, 28 July 1943.
"X-rays and protein structure: some recent advances',
Oxford University Junior Scientific Club, 30 Oct. 1942.
'The Structure of Fibres', Chemical Society, Dundee,
19 Jan. 1942.
"Fibrous Proteins', University of Manchester Chemical
Published in J. Chem.
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Lancastrian Frankland Society: correspondence with W.G.
Sedgwick re lecture on 'Proteins', 9 Jan. 1942 and lecture
on 'From Wool to Bacterial Flagella:
Basis of Biological Motility’, 7 Dec. 1956.
contains some scientific correspondence.
The file also
Studies in the Molecular
9
1941-56
'X-ray examinations of plastics', Society of Chemical Industry,
Published in Chem. and Ind.,
Plastics Group, 15 March 1944.
No.15, p.114 (No.64 in R.S. Memoir): correspondence re
scheduling of lecture and publication of Mss.
Correspondence re:
'The X-ray study of plastics', Chemical, Textile Chemical,
and Textile Societies of Manchester College of Technology,
22 May 1944.
'The Molecular Structure of Fibres', Lancaster Section of
the Textile Institute, 7 Oct. 1944.
‘Adventures among the Proteins and other Molecuiar Giants’,
Association of Women Science Teachers, 23 Sept. 1944.
'X-ray analysis of fibres', Yorkshire Section of the Textile
Institute, 9 Oct. 1944.
misc. invitations (declined).
'Fibres and Fabrics, old and new', Royal Institution Friday
Discourse, 12 May 1944.
Published in Proc. Roy. Inst.,
Vol.33, p.140, 1946 (No.65 in R.S. Memoir).
1944-48
and equipment, with librarian re
'X-ray interpretation of wool’, Cantor Lecture, Royal Society
of Arts, 26 Feb. 1945.
p-613, 1945 (No.64a in R.S. Memoir).
Published in J. Roy. Soc. Arts, Vol.43,
Correspondence re scheduling of lecture, list of people to whom
invitations were sent, publication and illustration of lecture,
publicity.
Invitation from Sir Henry Dale, correspondence with W.J. Green
re arrangements for lecture
publication.
misc. invitations to lecture (declined).
'The Molecular Structure of Fibres.
Position', Scottish Section of the Textile Institute, 2 March
1945.
A Review of the Present
'Macro-molecules', British Section of International Society
of Leather Trades Chemists, 21 Sept. 1945.
Correspondence re:
‘Science and Textile Indusiries', Rotary Club of Bradford,
19 Jan. 1945.
'X-ray study of plastics', Association of Scientific Workers,
8 Feb. 1945.
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D.13
'Recent advances in X-ray and related studies of the fibrous
proteins’, lecture at Utrecht, 9 Nov. 1946 (with correspondence
re other invitations to lecture in Holland).
is included in the file.
Summary of lecture
Correspondence re:
Lecture to Old Scholars, Scientific Society, Yorkshire,
5 Jan. 1946.
'The Structure and Elastic Properties of Synthetic Fibres’,
Birmingham and Midlands Section of Royal Institute of
Chemistry, 15 Feb. 1946 (with 2-page typescript of abstract).
Lecture on penicillin, The Inner Wheel, Leeds, 22 Feb.
1946.
Speech day, Longton High School, 6 June 1946.
misc. invitations (declined)...
1947-48
Br.
J. Radiol., Vol.22, p.355 (No.84 in R.S. Memoir).
Lecture to Society of Chemical Industry, Newcastle Upon
Tyne Section, 16 April 1947.
Lecture to Royal Institute of Chemistry, South Yorkshire
Section, May 1947.
‘Collagen and Keratin', Royal College of Surgeons, Dental
Postgraduate Course, 28 Jan. 1948.
'The structure of biological tissues as revealed by X-ray
diffraction analysis and electron microscopy’ (Sylvanus
Published
Thompson Memorial Lecture), 16 April 1948.
in
Demonstration of eleciron microscope, Royal Microscopical
Society Soirée, 6 Oct. 1948.
'The electron microscope and some recent discoveries with it
in the field of macromolecules', Chemical Society, Sheffield,
4 Nov. 1948.
'The Muscle Machine’, Biochemical Society, University of
Birmingham, 11 Nov. 1948.
"Macromolecular adventures with the electron microscope’,
Chemical Society, Aberdeen, 10 Dec. 1948.
Correspondence re arrangements for lecture, publication, reprints.
misc. invitations (declined).
'The Science of Fibres', Bradford Textile Society, 13 Jan. 1947.
Published in J. Bradford Textile Society, p.3, 1946-47 (No.69
in R.S. Memoir).
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D.17
"Macromolecular Adventures with the Electron Microscope’,
Presidential Address to the Yorkshire Branch of the Science
Masters' Association, 12 Oct. 1948.
During Astbury's year as president, the Association held a
Conference on the Correlation of School and University Science
Teaching on 8 May at Leeds University;
Astbury's correspondence with the secretary re arrangements
for the conference (speakers, publicity, hospitality).
the file includes
Correspondence re:
Lecture to Blackburn Philosophical and Scientific
Society, 7 Oct. 1949.
- "Recent Macromolecular Adventures with the Electron
Microscope', Glasgow Section of Royal Institute of
Chemistry, 21 Oct. 1949.
Lecture to Society of Glass Technology, Wembley,
26 Oct. 1949.
Lecture to Royal Institute of Chemistry, Tees-side Section,
28 Oct. 1949.
Lecture to Chemical Society, Southampton, 25 Nov. 1949.
misc. regrets.
Correspondence re:
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'X-ray analysis and electron microscopy of fibre structure’,
University of Manchester, 9 Feb. 1950.
‘The Chemistry and Physics of Textile Fibres', University
College, Leicester, 21 Feb. 1950.
"Molecular Studies with the electron microscope’, Huddersfield
Section, Royal Institute of Chemistry, 7 March 1950.
'The Science of Fibres', course for tutors, University of
London, 25 April 1950.
Lecture at jubilee meeting of the British Ceramic Society,
25 April 1950.
'X-ray and electron microscope studies of the structure of
biological tissues', Fison Memorial Lecture, Guy's Hospital
Medical School, 9 June 1950.
misc. regrets.
'The Muscle Machine, and from there down to bacterial
flagella', Association of Women Science Teachers, 25 Nov.
1950.
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"Adventures in Molecular Biology', The Harvey Lecture, New
York, 28 Sept. 1950.
Vol.46 (No.93 in.R.S. Memoir).
Correspondence re dinner before lecture, publication, illustrations,
request for reprint.
Published in Harvey Soc. Series,
'Festival of Britain', correspondence re planning of Science
Exhibition in South Kensington.
'Fibres and Chain Molecules, Old and New', the Plastics
Institute, 1 Nov. 1951.
Correspondence re scheduling of lecture, synopsis, publicity
and news accounts, 2-page typescript summary of lecture.
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1950-53
1950-52
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Correspondence re:
‘
1951-52
'The great adventure of fibre structure’, The Mather Lecture,
The
p.81 (No. 105 in R.S. Memoir).
Textile Institute, 1952.
Published in J. Text. Inst., Vol.44,
1952-53
"Studies by X-ray analysis, electron microscopy and
supporting techniques of the structure of biological
macromolecules and the tissues formed from them',
British Postgraduate Medical Federation, London, 23 Oct.
1951.
'The Muscle Machine and Bacterial Flagella', Biological
Society, University of Sheffield, 26 Nov. 1951.
'Some recent adventures in molecular biology’, Maxwell
Society, King's College, London, 21 Jan. 1952.
'The Problem of the Structure of Collagen Fibres: How
We Stand Now!, Atkin Memorial Lecture, Leather Students’
Society, Leeds, 22 Febe 1952.
‘Fibres and Fibre Molecules in Industry, Biology and
Medicine', W.E.A., 21 April 1952.
Correspondence re:
Correspondence re publication of lecture.
misc. invitations to speak.
Prize-giving at County School for Boys, Bromley, Kent,
11 July 1952.
"Hairs, Muscles and Bacterial Flagella', Biochemical
Society, University of Birmingham, 16 Oct. 1952.
"Hairs, Muscles and Bacterial Flagella', Chemical Society,
St. Andrews University, 14 Nov. 1952.
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Correspondence re:
‘Modes of Vision', Derby Scientific Club, Derby,
16 Jan. 1953.
Lecture to Cardiff Section of Textile Institute, 22 Jan.
1953.
'The Structure of the Wool Fibre’, Huddersfield Textile
Society, 30 March 1953 (with typescript verbatim report
of lecture).
"Some recent ideas about the proteins and other biological
macromolecules', British Postgraduate Medical Federation,
17 Nov. 1953 (with schedule of lecturers for course).
misc. invitations (declined).
Correspondence re:
Christmas lectures for children, sponsored by Bradford
Civic Society, 8 and 9 Jan. 1954.
‘Recent ideas on the structure of the proteins and nucleic
acids', Manchester University Chemical Society,
1] Feb. 1954.
misc. invitations (declined).
"Some observations and thoughts on the structure and motility
of flagella’, Litchfield Lecture, Oxford University Medical
School, 19 May 1954 (originally scheduled for 6 May 1953,
but cancelled due to illness).
1952-54
Proposed visit to Russia for lectures in 1955 (cancelled
due to illness).
‘Studies of the molecular basis of biological motility',
Ramsey Memorial Lecture, 1 Dec. 1955 (lecture not given).
Correspondence re:
1955-57
Speech to Rotary Club of Bradford scheduled for 16 Dec.
1955 (not delivered).
"The Structure of Fibres',
19 Nov. 1956 (with synopsis of speech).
National Physical Laboratory,
Correspondence with A.H.T. Robb-Smith re arrangements for
lecture and for dinner, and re details of electron microscopes.
4 May 1957.
"Protein structure', Wolverhampton and Staffordshire Technical
College, S0 Jan. 1957.
'The present position in protein fibre studies', University of
Birmingham Biochemical Society, 7 Feb. 1957.
‘Fundamentals of Collagen', British Society of Periodontology,
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D.30-D.31
Textile Fibres under the X-ray, Imperial Chemical Industries,
1940:
Invitation to write book, correspondence re points to be included,
arrangements for visit to discuss the work in progress, queries of
accuracy, difficulties in obtaining good reproductions of photo-
graphs, foreign translations, distribution of presentation copies
and the letters of thanks.
re Endeavour and Items E.82-E.89, 1.C.1.)
(See also Item D.46, correspondence
Correspondence with Oxford University Press re proposed 2nd
edition of Fundamentals of Fibre Structure and re a monograph
X-ray Studies of Protein Structure which Astbury was to write
on
for R.H. Fowler's International Series (with letter from N.F. Mott
urging him to complete the work).
published.
entitled 'Studies of Protein Structure’, is presumably Astbury's
draft for this work.
Item C.4, a 119-page Ms draft dated May 1947 and
The monograph was never
'An attempt at an X-ray analysis of embryonic processes’ (with
R.G. Harrison and K.M. Rudall), J. Exp. Zool. 85, 339
correspondence with co-authors.
(No.45 in R.S. Memoir):
'Science in relation to the community’, School Science Review,
No.109, p.268 (No.78 in R.S. Memoir).
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Correspondence with Jerome Alexander re Astbury's article
of 'Colloid Chemisiry, Theoretical and
'Proteins' for Vol. V
Applied’.
bibliography. )
(This article is not given in the R.S. Memoir
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1940-45
1940-50
1941-42,
1944
D.36
D.37-D.40
1941-50
1949-51
1939-57
D.41-D.43
Correspondence re 'Flagella', Scientific American, 184 No.1,
p.21 (No.97 in R.S. Memoir).
Correspondence re requests to reprint illustrations, photographs,
figures, etc. from Astbury's published work
Correspondence re reviews and short contributions, distribution
of offprints, setting up of illustrations, refereeing of papers
(4 folders).
Correspondence re publication of 'X-rays and the stoichiometry
of the proteins', Advances in Enzymology, Vol .3, p.63 (No.57
in R.S. Memoir) and re royalties due to Astbury.
information.
Correspondence with the editors of Nature re submission of
articles and letters for publication, refereeing of papers, reviews,
permission fo reproduce photographs and illustrations (2 folders).
Although the texts of only three contributions were with the
correspondence, many of Astbury's letters contain much scientific
D.44-D.45
1939-56
1940-57
(3 folders).
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D.46
Correspondence with editors of Endeavour re contributions by
1941-55
translations, blocks for illustrations, proofs, and
Astbury was requested to contribute an article on
Astbury,
reviews.
textile fibres under the X-ray for one of the first issues and much
of the correspondence is re this article.
The file also contains
the typescript of Astbury's review of 'The Nature and Structure
of Collagen’ by J.T. Randall (1954).
D.47
Correspondence with J.G. Crowther and F.D. Ommanney re
articles for Monthly Science News.
D.48-D.49
Correspondence re Journal of Polymer Science, Polytechnic
Institute of Brooklyn, Interscience Publishers Inc. (These
correspondence files are so intermingled that the subjects
cannot be segregated) (2 folders).
1942-46
1943-57
the correspondence includes requests for
Astbury was a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of
Polymer Science;
Astbury to contribute articles, memos re editorial business and
publication matiers, Astbury's forwar ding of papers to Journal,
arrangemenis fo visit the Biophysics Department at Leeds, copies
of correspondence between editors in N.Y. and authors in
England.
(See also Item E.48, correspondence with Paul Doty.)
D.48
D.49
1943-54
1955-57
D.51-D.58
1945-51
Biochimica et Biophysica Acta
Correspondence re Journal of Colloid Science (Astbury was a
member of the Consulting Committee of the Editorial Board):
invitation to join Board, submission of papers, invitation to
edit handbook on textile fibres.
Astbury was a member of the Editorial Board from its inception.
The correspondence deals with the composition of the Editorial
and Advisory Boards, distribution scheme of manuscripts sub-
mitted for publication, drafts of prospectus and of editorial policy,
notifications of papers sent and received, monthly lists of papers
submitted for publication, problems of long delays in publication
and of poor reproduction of illustrations, subscription costs,
reviews and articles by Astbury, proposals for various books to be
sponsored by BBA, translations.
especially that w with authors who submitted manuscripts to Astbury
for forwarding to BBA, contains discussion of scientific subjects.
(See also correspondence in Section E with G. Eaves, C. Weibull,
L. Singleton, and especially with R. Wyckoff, another member
of the Editoriai Board.)
Jan.1954-Dec.1955
March-Dec. 1946
Dec.1947-July 1948
Aug.-Dec.1948 3 Aug.1949-July 1950
Aug. 1950-Nov.1952
Jan.1953-Dec.1953
D.51
D2
D.53
D.54
D340
Much of the correspondence,
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Jan.1956-Feb.1957
Monthly lists of Mss submitted for publication
1948-1957
One set of postcards (1948-54): notifications
of receipt by BBA of Mss forwarded by
Astbury.
Professional correspondence
i - £.212
These files comprise Astbury's correspondence with scientific colleagues
in universities, research laboratories, industrial or manufacturing firms,
and also with Trusts and Foundations giving financial support to his work.
Private individuals are listed by name; scientists working for firms such
as 1.C.1., British Celanese, etc. do not appear by name in the list below,
but can be found in the General Index on pp.35-53.
*
An indication is given below of the period covered by the correspondence.
Patrick
Adiam, J.
B.
Allsopp, C.
Astbury, Norman
Ret
Atkins, W.
aes
Alexander, Peter
Andrade, Edward Neville da Costa
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1952
1944-48
1942
1951-56
1946-52
3.
A.
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1952
1951
1948
1955
1943
1946-48
1941
1950
H.
Bacon, G.
Baker, Richard F.
c
Barclay, A.
Barker, Aldred F.
M.
Barrer, R.
Bates, Leslie Fleetwood
Beadle, L.
Bennett-Clark, Thomas Archibald
Cs
Berridge, N.
tte Boor, Jo.
Bs
Bonhoeffer, K.
Bourne, Geoffrey H.
Bowes, M.
Brasseur, H.
Brewer, Douglas B.
Buck, John B.
Gir, He oo Ky
Burton, E.
Buxton, P.
1951-52
1944-45
195]
1950
1946-55
1955-56
1940
1955
1940-43
1943
1944-45
1946
1939-4]
1942-43
1944-46
1948-56
Bairati, Angelo
Py
A.
Bailey, Kenneth
4 folders:
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1939-56
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E.12
E.13
E.14
Eos
E.16
E.17
Bate-Smith, E.
Gi,
Bear, Richard S.
Bernal, John.Desmond
Bisset, Kenneth A.
Blackett, Patrick Maynard Stuart (Baron Blackett of
:
Chelsea)
Block, Richard J.
Bragg, Sir William &
Bragg, Sir (William) Lawrence
E.18-E.20
British Celanese (Astbury was a consultant 1942-56)
3 folders:
E.18
E.19
E.20
1941-42
1943-45
1946-56
British Cotton Industry Research Association
British Leather Manufacturers’ Research Association
British Pottery Research Association
Brother, George H.
Burgers, W.
GS.
17
1940
1951-56
1941-54
1950-53
1946
1941-46
1940-54
1941-56
1943-46
_ 1940-48
1940-46
1940-51
1945-51
Carter, D.
Cary-Gilson, F.
Cornu, Ch.
Corran, J.
Cragg, J.
Crook; Gi
B.
M.
Ww.
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Corey, Robert B.
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Clark, Sir Wilfrid Le Gros
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re assessment of Cox's work using Paul Instrument Fund
grant (1955-56))
Cox, Sir (Ernest) Gordon (George)
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Davenport, Charles B.
Day, 33
Dickinson, Sylvia
Dmochowski, Leontyn Ludomir
D.
de Navarre, M.
G.
Dougherty, Ellsworth C.
Durrans, Thomas H.
Dainton, Sir Frederick Sydney
Dalgleish, Charles E.
Darlington, Cyril Dean (includes correspondence and
photographs in Dec. 1939 on nucleic acids quoted only
in part in
1974, p.111)
R. Olby, The path to the double helix,
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Dillon, J.
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Dingle, Herbert
Dohrn, Peter
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Eaves, George
Edsall, John T.
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Dowson, W.
J,
Dunlop Rubber Co. Ltd.
Elton, Sir Arthur Hallam Rice (see also Imperial Chemical
Ellis, Frank
Engsir’m, Arne
'Espinasse, Paul G.
Evans, G.
Evans, R.
1945-56
Fearon, William
Fenton; W.-C.
Fonbrune, P. de
‘Forman, Jan
Foster, John
Frazer, Alastair Campbell
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1940
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correspondence with Martin A, Rushton)
Fish,
Sir (Eric) Wilfred (also includes W.T.A.'s
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George, William H.
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Ghosh, B.
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Goldie, A.
Gotte, Lorenzo
Graham, M.
Green, H.
Gross, Jerome
Gullard, J.
Gutfreund, Herbert
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Hamacher, Howard F.
Harvey, P.
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Hellier, F.
Helveg-Larsen, H.
Heppleston, A.
Hermans, J.
Hermans, P.
Hetherington, A.
Hinshelwood, Cyril Norman
Holness, Ry
Hopwood, F.
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Happey, Frank
Halle, Friedrich
Haddow, Sir Alexander
Hanes, Charles Samuel
Harington, Sir Charles (Robert)
1941-52
Hirst, Sir Edmund (Langley)
Heidelberger, Michael
Hill, Archibald Vivian
Harry, Ralph G.
Haworth, W.
Heringa, G.
Harvey, A.
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Hodge, Alan J.
Hodgkin, Dorothy Crowfoot (includes one letter from
Thomas Hodgkin 1944)
Hoyle, Lester
Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd.
Astbury undertook research work for 1.C.1. (Research Project
491 on Synthetic Resins) in 1940 and was made a consultant
to the Dyestuffs Group in 1943, the consultancy being
His book ‘Textile fibres under the
terminated in 1956.
X-rays’ (1940) was prepared for and published by I.C.1.
The Company made financial contributions to the work of
Astbury's Department of Biomolecular Structure, 1946-56.
The 1.C.1. subsidiaries, divisions or offices involved are:
Explosives Group (Nobel House, Stevenston, Ayrshire),
1.C.1. (Alkali) Ltd. (Northwich, Cheshire)
Imperial Chemical House, Millbank, London
1.C.1. (Dyestuffs Division) (Hexagon House, Blackley,
Manchester)
Plastics Division (Black Fan Road, Welwyn Garden City)
Nobel House, Buckingham Gate, London
Billingham Division (Billingham, Co. Durham)
Paints Division, Slough
Dumfries Factory, Drungans, Dumfries
'Terylene' Council, Welwyn
The correspondence deals with: arrangements for meetings
reports,
and discussions, with memos. and Minutes thereof;
purchase,
analyses and discussions of research in progress;
applications for
installation and functioning of equipment;
lectures
research grants, fees for work undertaken, etc.;
demonsirations, film shows, conferences; publication and
distribution of 'Textile Fibres under The X-rays', and
misc. articles on research by Astbury and colleagues.
(See also D.30-D.31.)
1949-56
1940-42
1943
1944
1945
1946
1948 (one letter 1947)
(Aug. ) 1949-50
1951-52
1953
1954-56
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E.S3
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E.85
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E.87
E.88
E.89
E.90
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Janssen, L.
Johnson, Paley
W.
Ingram, John Thornton
Iterson, G. van
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Kendrew, John Cowdery
Kodak Ltd.
Lachman, F.
Laki, Koloman
va
Lane, E.
Lave, Max von
Laves, Wolfgang
Lee, Sir Kenneth
Lendrum, F.
Lessing, R.
Life Wave Comb
Little, Kitty
Loofbourow, John R.
Lovecy, A.
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Kalmus, Hans
Kaye, Maurice A.
Keilin, David
Kenner, James
Ketelaar, J.
Kirkwood, S.
Vv.
Knibbs, N.
Koch, William J.
Koffler, Henry
Kolkmeyer, N.
Koller, P.
Koprowski, Hilary
Kornreich, E.
Kratky, O.
H.
Kellgren, Jonas Henrik
Kellner, Lotte (see also Dingle, H.)
:
3
of Leeds)
Lewin, Ralph A.
Lennard-Jones, Sir John
Lonsdale, Dame Kathleen
Li, Chao Hao (see also Nuffield Foundation, University
Lipson, Henry Solomon (see also Institute of Physics)
1956
McLaughlin, George D.
MacLennan, John D.
DY
MacLeod, J.
Manley, E.
Marriott, Robert H.
Marsh, J.
Lorand, Laszlo (includes correspondence re Lorand's
early career (with R.G. McFarlane, R.A. Kekwick))
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Maslem, E.
Martin, A.
Mercer, E.
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Middlebrook, W.
Miller, Michael D.
Mitchell, Robert L.
Mommodtis, Geo"
Monaghan, Edward J.
Mongar, J.
Moore, Dan H.
Moore, Harry
Morales, Manuel
Murphy, Frank
Les
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Marsden, Sir Ernest
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Martin, Sir Charles
Marwick, Thora Cuthbert (Mrs. K.C. Roberts)
Mathieu, M.
Medawar, Sir Peter
Melland, Amicia M.
Melnick, Joseph L.
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D.
Morgan, Walter J.
W.
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Neurath, Hans
Nier, H.
a
. Nowacki, W.
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1951-52
1952
1945-48
Mott, Sir Nevill Francis
North British Rayon Ltd.
Needham, Joseph & Needham, Dorothy
Oldershaw, A.
Onions, W.
Ormondts, Van
Orowan, E.
1943
Pacsu, Eugene
Padoa, E.
Parkin, Thomas
Parry, Gwen I.
Paterson, Edith
Patterson, A. — Lindo
Poutard, Frederick G.
Peirce, F.
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Peterkin, G.
Philpot, D.
Philpot, J.
Pijper, Adrianus
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Pirie, Norman Wingate
Pitelka, Dorothy R.
Palmer, Kenneth J.
Passey, R.
D.
(includes committee papers of
the Yorkshire Council of the British Empire Cancer
Campaign of which Astbury was Acting Chairman and
Passey Hon. Secretary) —
Painaik, Brajabihari
Pauling, Linus (includes corréspondence re US State
Department's refusal to grant passport to Pauling in
copy of Pauling's letter to President Truman,
1952:
copy of statements by Pauling dated 14 Nov. 1950
and 29 April 1952)
Pepper, K.
W.
Perry, S.
Ve
Perutz, Max Ferdinand
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Picken, L.
Preston,
G.
1943
1944
Pringsheim, E.
Polanyi, Michael
Dz
Pratt, D.
1941-53
Ramachandran, G.
Ramsey, Robert W.
Reed, R.
Ritchie, P.
Roberts, N.
Robinow, C.
Roe, Edna M.
Rogers, G.
Rogers, H.
Rook, A.
Rowlands, Stanley
Russell, Frederick Stratten
1956
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1953
1945
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Randall, Sir John (Turton)
Rawlins, F.
Radley, J.
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E. 150
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E.152-E.154
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1939-56
Monteath
Rideal, Sir Eric
Riley, Dennis
Robertson, J.°
The Rockefeller Foundation
The Foundation was the chief single source of financial
support for Astbury's work, its first grant being made in
1934.
Reports and discussions of research in progress and
programmes for future work, especially on protein structure,
collagen, nucleic acids.
Research grants for Astbury and colleagues.
Installation of first electron microscope af Leeds University
(1943).
Establishment of Department of Biomolecular Structure at
Leeds University.
Conferences and meetings, travel arrangements, etc.
Many letters give an attractive insight into Astbury's
personality, in addition to the scientific information
they contain.
3 folders:
E.152
E.153
E.154
1939-45
1946-50 (1
(1
1951-56
letter only Dec. 1947)
letter only March 1949)
Rothschild, Lord Victor
1953
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R.
K.
R.
H.
Mee
be
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B.
1951-54
Ruskin, Simon
1948
1941, 1943
1940-41
1944
1953
1951
1955
1945
1952
1947-52
Sanger, F.
Saville, W.
Saxl, Erwin J.
Schmidt, Gerhard (to Rudall)
Schwarz, Peter
Sen, J;
Sen, M._
Senti, F.
Seville, R.
Sheffield, F.
Simons, Lewis
Smith, James H.
c.
Smith, J.
Spearman, Richard
Spence, David
Te
Steer, Ay
Sternberg, J.
Stevenson, Margaret F.
Stora, C.
Straub, F.
Straub, Ir.
Sadron, Charles
1945
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E.163
E.164
Saha, Narendra Nath
Savill, Agnes
Schmidt, W.
J;
Schmitt, Francis O.
Seifriz, William
E.165, £.166
Shell Refining and Marketing Co. Lid.
(especially Lubricating Oil Laboratory, Thornton-le-
Moors, Chester, later Thornton Research Centre)
2 folders:
E.165
E.166
1945-55
Reports
Singleton, Leslie
Sisson, Wayne A.
Slater, Sir William (re W.T.A.'s unsuccessful application
to Agricultural Research Council for grant)
Speakman, J.
Springall, H.
Stacey, M.
B.
D.
Stanley, W.
M.
of 13 Oct. 1939)
(photocopy of Astbury's letter
Sutherland, Gordon (Brims Black Mclvor)
Szent-Gyérgyi, Albert (includes correspondence with
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Taylor, C.
Taylor, F.
V.
Sherwood
_ Taylor, Hugh S.
Taylor, W.
Ms
(much of the file consists of corres-
Thompson, Sir Harold Warris
Trepka, E.
Tristram, G.
Trueman, E.
Turner, A.
R.
R.
a
1940
1943
1949
1949
1948
1954-55
1948
1943-44
George Rozsa, Clara W. Mayer, Andrew Szent-
Gy&rgyi)
1945-51
pondence and committee papers of the Manchester
Branch of the Institute of Physics of which W.H. Taylor
was Hon. Sec. and W.T.A. a member)
Todd, Alexander Robertus (Baron Todd of Trumpington)
Thompson, Sir D'Arcy Wentworth
to
1940-48
1945
1948-52
Taylor, Charles A.
Tiselius, Arne
W.T.A.
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Astbury undertook
Tootal Broadhurst Lee Co. Ltd.
(Research Dept. , Manchester).
investigations one experimental work for this firm from
1940.
Correspondence on analyses of natural and synthetic
fibres.
Equipment (including electron microscope), visits and
meetings, publications, lectures and demonstrations.
4 folders:
E.182
E.183
E.184
E.185
1940-42
1943-44
1945-46 (1947 missing)
1948-52
Troensegaard,
N.
Truter, M.
R.
Tsdo, T.
Tyndall, Arthur Mannering
ii
Vickery, H.
Virtanen, Artturi |.
B.
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Vickers, A.
ute. J:
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H.
Waddington, C.
Warburg, Otto
Wassermann, Albert
Watkins, Kathleen E.
WatsonzJones, K.
Weber, Hans H.
Weidinger, A.
Weiler, G.
Whinfield, J.
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1943
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Remit
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(from Astbury)
White, Michael J.
Wildschut, A.
Wilkins, M.
e,
Williams, E.
See Robley C.
Wilson, D.
Wolf, ing. Kurt
Wolken, Jerome J.
HH.
Woodger, J.
Woodward, F.
Worden, Alastair N.
Wrinch, Dorothy
Wynne-Jones, William Francis Kenrick
1954-56
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1953
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1945
1939
1953
1946, 1948
1945
1952
1950
1941
Wool Textile Research Council
Weissenberg, Karl
Weibull, Claes
Williams, J.
Ww.
Weiss, Henri
1948-56
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E.200,E.201
E.203-E.206
Wormall, A.
Wyckoff, Ralph Walter Greystone (includes much editorial
correspondence for BBA:
indexed), forwarding of Mss for publication, etc.)
letters from contributors (not
2 folders:
E.200
E.201
1945-52
1953-55
Yorke, Allan
Young, John
Zwick, Karl G.
Requests for information, references to published work,
etc.
(not indexed)
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1944, 1945
1940
1939-56
4 folders:
1939-43
E.203
1944-48
E.204
1949-51
E.205...
E.206, . 1952-26
E.207-E.209
Requests for reprints, copies of published articles, exchange
of reprints, acknowledgements (not indexed)
1939-56
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E.210,E.211
Eozle
3 folders:
E.207
E.208
E.209
1939-43
1944-48
1949-56
Misc. references (not indexed) 2 folders
Examinations and Theses (not indexed)
1940-54
;
Conferences
Pole= Fold
1945-48
Association of
Correspondence re:
'The structural proteins of the cell’, Biochemical Society
discussion, London, 10 Nov. 1945
Conference on ‘Science and Education’
Scientific Workers, June 1945
Symposium on Shrinkage and Cracking of Cementive
Material, London 1946 (invitation declined)
British Institute of Radiology Conference, 1946
Vile Congrés de Chimie Biologique, 1946 (invitation
declined)
High Polymer Forum, 1948 (invitation declined)
High Polymer Conference, 1948 (invitation declined)
International Rheological Congress, 1948
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Correspondence re conferences and symposia:
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1949-51
- Colloquium on ‘Nature et Réle des Virus dans le Cancer',
during 5th International Cancer Congress, 1950
Electron Microscopy Congress, 1950
Congrés des Sciences Appliquées 4 I'Indusirie Textile,
1951 (invitation declined)
Division 15, Plant Cell-Wall Constituents, XIIIth
International Congress of Pure and Applied Chemisiry,
1951 (invitation declined)
Discussion on the comparative biology of natural fibres,
Royal Society of Medicine, 1950
1950-51
Astbury corresponded with the Rockefeller Foundation,
Visit to USA to attend American Crystallographic Association
meeting (21-25 Aug.), Gordon Research Conference (28 Aug.-
"1 Sept.), International Congress for Cell Biology (4-8 Sept.),
Connective Tissue Conference (6-7 Oct.) 1950,
The correspondence includes orrangements for travel to US,
discussion of Astbury's contribution to The Gordon Conference
'X-ray Diffraction Studies on Proteins and Nucleic Acids',
programme of Crystallogrophic meeting, plans to visit various
individuals and laboratories (RCA, A.L. Patterson, Ray Pepinsky,
See also Item D.20 re
Maurice Huggins, Milton Harris).
the Harvey Lecture which Astbury delivered in New York on
29 Sept.
F.O. Schmitt, A. Szent-Gyérgyi, R. Wyckoff, W. Sisson, and
M., Heidelberger re his visit;
Section E.
Conference on 'Submicroscopic structure of protoplasm’,
Naples Zoological Station, 22-25 May 1951.
Correspondence with A. Monroy re conference arrangements,
with P. and R. Dohrn re publication of conference proceedings,
with Silvio Ranzi re Astbury's lecture in Milan, with H.G.
Callan re. payment of travelling expenses.
Typescript of Astbury's reconstruction of his remarks during
discussion of papers by Wilkins, Chantrenne, and Buchthal
with note 'I (Astbury) think these remarks correspond at least
to the sense of what | said at the actual symposium, but with
probably a little additional matter.'
(See also correspondence with A. Bairati.)
(See also R. Olby, The path to the double helix, Macmillan
1974, pp.338-340. )
Invitations and related correspondence re Astbury's proposed trip to
the USA to attend the XIIth International Conference of Pure and
Applied Chemistry (visit was cancelled).
Detroit Institute of Cancer Research, American CyanamidCo.,
Chemistry Dept. McGill University, National Dairy Research
Laboratory, Division of Cellulose Chemistry, American Chemical
Society.
1951
Invitations from
see the appropriate files in
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(invitation declined)
British Plastics Convention, 1951
Jubilee Meeting of the Bunsengesselschaft from
K. Bonhoeffer, 1951 (invitation declined)
International Congress of Clinical Pathology, 1951
joint
(Astbury did not attend, but R. Reed presented a
poper on ‘Studies of the Collagen Diseases by Electron
Microscopy and X-ray Analysis', abstract included)
Northern Cancer Group Meeting, 1951 (declined)
Anglo-German summer school, Berlin, 17-26 July
1952 (invitation declined)
list
Lecture in the Istituto Chimico della Universita di Torino,
21 March 1952 'Recent Progress in the Siructure of the
Fibrous Proteins'
Correspondence with A. Nasini re programme for visit,
of lantern slides, summary of lecture (sent ahead for translation),
notes on ‘use of reflecting microscope with an infra-red
spectrometer’.
Royal Society Discussion on the Structure of Protein, 1 May
The correspondence includes
1952 (organised by Astbury).
a copy of Sir Edward Salisbury's letter to A.C. Chibnall
suggesting that such a discussion should be held in early 1952,
Astbury's reply to the proposal, arrangements for a grant for
travelling expenses for a visiting speaker, Astbury's corres~
pondence with Sir David Martin re the programme and the
printing of the Mss of the Discussions, invitations to partici-
pants.
and institutions re the Protein Discussion will be found in the
appropriate file in Sections E and G:
A.C. Chibnall, J. Edsall, R. Corey, D. Hodgkin, E.N. Andrade,
R. Bailey, L. Bragg, J.D. Bernal, J.T. Randall, D.P. Riley,
Royal Institution, Courtaulds, Society for Visiting Scientists.
Astbury's correspondence with the following individuals
A. Haddow, L. Pauling,
Conference of British Gelatine and Glue Research
Association, 1953
'Radiations et Macromolecules', International Union
of Chemisiry Colloquim, Strasbourg, 9-11 June 1953
(correspondence with V.E. Cossleti, programme)
Indian Science Congress, 1954 (invitation declined)
Industrial Welfare Society Conference, 1954 (invitation
declined)
Council for British Archaeology Conference, 1954
(invitation declined)
International Conference on Electron Microscopy, 1954
International Biochemical Congress, 1953 (with programme)
(invitation declined)
Northern Cancer Research Workers Group, 1953
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