Undated lectures and broadcasts

Title

Undated lectures and broadcasts

Shelfmark

MS. Abraham 138/E.46-E.63

Summary

E.46: Contents of a file entitled 'Lectures - Biochemistry'. Includes Manuscript notes for 2 lectures entitled 'Sequence of Amino Acids in Proteins' and 'Hypertension', n.d.

E.47: 'The Chemistry of the Penicillins'. 24pp copy of typescript with manuscript diagrams, n.d.

E.48-E.51: Contents of a file inscribed 'Ceph-Pen structures photographs, n.d. E.48 contains an incomplete, untitled 11pp manuscript draft with 4pp manuscript diagrams and notes, and an incomplete, untitled 8pp manuscript draft.E.49-E.51 contain figures for slides, etc., (mostly photographs).

E.52: Invitations declined, 1988, 1991.

E.53: BBC interview (Abraham and Guy Newton) on the subject of Cephalosporin for a television programme. Includes Correspondence re arrangements and arising, November 1962-January 1963.

E.54: 4pp copy of a transcription (probably incomplete) of a monologue by Abraham on Howard Florey and the development of penicillin from a BBC radio programme, 17 December 1968.

E.55: Correspondence regarding Abraham's assistance in research for a BBC Open University chemistry programme, June 1977.

E.56: 'Antibiotics - a Failing Weapon?', BBC World Service, 21 September 1977. Abraham spoke about Brötzu's discovery of cephalosporium. 10pp typescript of the programme script and a copy of the contract.

E.57: Correspondence regarding a proposed BBC radio programme on the discovery of penicillin. October 1979.

E.58: 'Breakthrough' No. 4: Howard Florey, broadcast in 1983. A film in a documentary series on great medical figures. Abraham made a brief (non-speaking) appearance in the film and assisted in checking the script and in filming at the Sir William Dunn School of Pathology. Brief correspondence regarding preparation and a draft script with manuscript revisions and annotations by Abraham, August-December 1982.

E.59: Horizon TV documentary about penicillin: 'The Mould, the Myth and the Microbe', 27 January 1986.

E.60: Letters in connection with an interview Abraham gave to Radio Oxford, n.d.

E.61-E.62: 'The Cephalosporins', an educational film apparently made by E.R. Squibb & Sons Ltd. to increase understanding of the cephalosporin group of antibiotics.Abraham assisted in the making of the film and contributed a historical introduction to it. E.61 contains correspondence regarding preparations and arising, with 2 typescript draft scripts of Abraham's introduction and amended version, November 1974-January 1975.

E.63: Brief correspondence regarding arrangements for an interview which Abraham agreed to give to Fulcrum Productions Ltd., April-May 1991.

Date

1962-1991, n.d.

Language

English

Physical extent

18 folders