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- 14 May 1965-1973 (Creation)
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Comprises: photocopies, reprints and press cuttings of articles by others (some annotated); typed research notes for programme 4; handwritten notes for programme 4 and specifically on Paracelsus; a one-page outline for programme 4 entitled "The Alchemists: The Hidden Combinations"; and a list of relevant verse and prose.
Also includes: a typescript on alchemy by Allen G Debus; quotations and extracts from 'Methods of Discovery and Communication in the writing of Francis Bacon' by Lisa Jardine (1970); a copy of a letter to Josephine Marquand (BBC) from Joseph Needham (Master of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge) on subjects including filming in China and alchemy (30 Jun 1970); and a copy of a letter to Dr W Bray (Institute of Archaeology, University of London) from C C Patterson (California Institute of Technology) about metals in Peru (1 Dec 1972).
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This file was originally in a ring binder.