The visit was arranged, through the Britain-China Friendship Association, for Hodgkin to join a delegation to attend celebrations of the tenth anniversary of the People's Republic of China. This was the first of Hodgkin's visits to China. She lectured in Beijing on vitamin B12 and travelled with the delegation round the country. She also renewed acquaintance with Liao Hongying, who had read chemistry at Somerville in the 1930s, and helped her gain permission to visit her family. See also MS....

Comprises small block of manuscript notes of travel, excursions, notes on Hongying, 5 Sept.-3 Oct. The writing is very uncertain and the notes may have been compiled at a late date.

Brief correspondence only. Hodgkin arranged to visit China as a guest of Academia Sinica, after a lecture tour in Japan. See also MS. Eng. c. 5670/25-26 in the main Hodgkin papers; Ferry pp. 340-341.

Correspondence with colleagues arranging visits, and about suitable gifts. Hodgkin was invited by the Soviet Academy of Sciences for celebrations of the 80th birthday of N.V. Belov. See also MS. Eng. c. 5671/33 in the main Hodgkin papers.

Correspondence, arrangements. Hodgkin lectured on 'Some reflections on metals in biological systems' at a Symposium on Crystal Structure and Bonding of Metal Complexes (a post-Congress Symposium of the Eleventh IUCr Congress in Warsaw).

Correspondence and arrangements (by Thomas), offical invitation from the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Hodgkin visited Bulgaria with Thomas, after the Wroclaw conference (MS. Eng. c. 7950/18) and before the Pugwash Conference in Varna. See also MS. Eng. c. 5680/9 in the main Hodgkin papers.

Brief correspondence re possible visit to Hyderabad.

Correspondence. Hodgkin lectured on water molecules at an International Conference on Water and Ions in Biological Systems. See also MS. Eng. c. 5674/21 in the main Hodgkin papesr.

Invitation and programme (ticked to indicate attendance).

Letter only.

Invitation to attend and lecture on structure of insulin (ticked to indicate attendance).

Invitation to attend and contribute, with manuscript note 'Yes, provisionally'.

Hodgkin attended. Printed report only.

Letter only (ticked and with manuscript note 'autumn 1982').

Hodgkin lectured on 'The chemistry of stereoregularity'. Correspondence 1984, programme, letter of thanks 1987.

Report (author not known) on a visit to Romania under British Council auspices, with special reference to research and collaboration in chemistry, 1979.

Travel and visa arrangements. One letter only from colleagues in Japan. Hodgkin travelled with her daughter Elizabeth and Peter Carter (partner). See also MS. Eng. c. 5675/12 in the main Hodgkin papers.

Invitation, ticked with manuscript note '?B12'.

Correspondence, information, participants, programme, with a few manuscript notes by Hodgkin. Hodgkin lectured on 'The development and scientific advances I have taken part in during my life'. See also MS. Eng. c. 5676/14 in the main Hodgkin papers.