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  • /1 Holograph note appears in photo of Owens medical students 1896/7 [see MMC/5/9/4/10].
  • /2 MD entry 1927
  • /3 Cutting Manchester Medical Students Gazette Sep 1902, resignation as demonstrator in anatomy at Owens.
  • /4 Cutting Manchester Medical Students Gazette April 1903, article on Needham, includes photo.
  • /5 Letter from Needham to 'Platt' 6 May 1904, discusses his experiences in India to date, including dealing with plague and smallpox; discusses a library book which has not been returned to the University library; discusses work with unidentified regiment [Pioneers?], and discusses his social life in India.
  • /6 Cutting photo of Needham Manchester Medical Students Gazette November 1909.
  • /7 Cutting Manchester University Magazine June 1915 brief note on Needham's war service, mentioned in despatches for action in Dardanelles.
  • /8 notice of marriage. n.d.
  • /9 Cutting re. appointment as official inspector of Indian Universities and Colleges.
  • /10 Cutting Manchester University Medical Students Gazette Mid Vac. 1932, Needham's knighthood.
  • /11 Cutting Manchester Guardian 4 June 1932, Needham's knighthood.
  • /12 Letter from Needham to EBL 5 May 1938, regrets being unable to meet him due to a misunderstanding, and praises Leech's work with the Manchester Medical Library.
  • /13 autograph signature of Needham
  • /14 MD entry 1943 and notice of death 1949.
  • /15 Obit. BMJ 5 November 1949.
  • /16 Cutting Manchester Guardian 3 February 1950, re. bequest to the University of Manchester for library and research fellowships in anatomy.
  • /17-18 Photographic prints of Needham, as shown in /6 and /7.