Record

RefNoCOR/1/1/38
LevelFile
TitleSir John W Cornforth's correspondence - labelled as 'miscellaneous correspondence'
Date1963 - 2003
DescriptionOriginally housed in two ringbinders labelled as 'miscellaneous science: specific subjects and individual names' and ' Miscellaneous science: general correspondence 1974 - present'. A note in the file states that these were weeded in 2007 by Sir John Cornforth. The subjects and individuals covered in the two folders are as follows: 1.) Abscisic acid - correspondence with Dr R Schoenthal; Aldehyde groups; Anti-knock additives; Barron, L Glasgow; Barrow, Dr KD; Brewing industry research foundation; Carcinogenic compounds; Carrington; Cashew-nut shell liquid; 2-Chlorophenazine; Coates; Equilin; Fusicoccin; Henry, Dr AJ; Leonard, NJ; Masamune; Porphyrins; Raman optical activity; Rubber, fresh; 5s-mevalonic acid; Sharpless, K Barry; Shrivastava, RK/Saugor MP; Spacelab; Thorneley, RNF; Technology Foresight Programme - corresapondence with Cabinet Office; Chromatography 1900-2000; 2.) general; Prof G Lucido; M Mehrdad; Japanese science foundation; Professor K C Nicolauo; Professor R Thomas; B Koppenhofer; Professor Zen-ichi Yoshida (Kyoto); Professor Antonio Ballarin Denti; The Society of Syntheitc Organic Chemistry, Japan; Office of Fair Trading; Dr Juha Hakala; Dr Joseph Goldberg; Professor Zvi Rappoport; Heinz Floss; British Association for the Advancement of Science; Dr T H Black; Science Policy Research Consultants; MHA Hassan [Third World Academy of Sciences]; Professor Ch Tamm; Monsanto USA; Professor SJ Benkovic; Theo Martens [Foundation Scientific Europe]; Tetsuji Kametani [Japan Institute of Heterocyclic Chemistry]; H E Huppert; Professor Tagliavini; Dr M Lederer; Professor S Shinkai; W J Gottstein's work on Dehydro Pencillin; Proposed centre for 3[superscript]H nmr; Professor Howard Dalton; Professor D R Curtain; Dr Arie L Gutman; IUPAC; Sir Ronald Mason; Professor JM Thomas; Professor ML Bender; Professor JID Cadogan; Dr Martin Buck; Professor Stanley Yachnin; Dr RV Pitt-Rivers; Dr Roland Schoder; Professor Z Jedlinski; Sir George Porter; IC Gunsalus; Dr G L Asherson; Dr Ted R Knous; Professor Emilio Cardemil; Professor E Conn; Professor R N Haszeldine; Professor M Vanghelovici; J A Champion [National Physical Laboratory].
Extent8 folders
FormatTypescript and manuscript
NotesFolders could be broken down to individual subjects or individuals at a later date for more detailed cataloguing. Contents have been placed in folders in same order as original ring binder.
File is physically split between two boxes.
AccessStatusOpen
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