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Offprint of the three articles announcing the discovery of the structure of DNA, published in Nature, 25 Apr 1953: Francis Harry Compton Crick and James Dewey Watson, ‘Molecular structure of nucleic acids: a structure for deoxyribose nucleic acid’; Wilkins, Alexander Rawson (‘Alec’) Stokes and Herbert Rees Wilson, ‘Molecular structure of deoxypentose nucleic acids’; Rosalind Elsie Franklin and Raymond George Gosling, ‘Molecular Configuration in Sodium Thymonucleate’

Typescript texts of Wilkins’ lectures given during his tour of Japan, 1982, with manuscript annotations: ‘Violence in science and the problem of nuclear war’; ‘Science and the future of mankind’; ‘Social responsibility of scientists’

Typescript texts of talks given by David Bohm: ‘Insight, knowledge, science and human values’, 1980; ‘A series of talks given at SyracuseUniversity, September 1982: 1: The implicate order: a new approach to the nature of reality. 2: Insight, imagination, reason and the nature of knowledge. 3: Consciousness, the limits of knowledge – and what may lie beyond’, with programme for the series, Sep-Oct 1982; ‘The post-modern physics and the post-modern world’ no date; ‘Insight into measure, in the East and in the West’, no date. Also photocopy chapter by Bohm and Basil Hiley, ‘Einstein and non-locality in the quantum theory’, published in Einstein: the first hundred years, edited by Maurice Goldsmith (Elsevier, 1980)

Bound typescript text of Wilkins’ PhD thesis, ‘Phosphorescence decay laws and electronic processes in solids’, University of Birmingham, Oct 1940, including manuscript diagrams and graphs. Two copies

Manuscript draft text, ‘The relation of war and starvation’, given by Wilkins at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 9 Mar 1988

Copies of the text of a speech by Wilkins on the social implications of science, given at a conference, ‘De la physique théorique a la biologie’, held by the Institut de la Vie, Versailles, France, 1971, with correspondence relating to Wilkins’ attendance and the preparation of his text for subsequent publication

Typescript text of a talk given by Watson Fuller, Jan 1972, ‘Symmetry in biology and art’

Typescript drafts of a lecture by Wilkins, ‘Science and spirituality’, given at the Sathya Sai Symposium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Nov 1985, with related notes. Also correspondence relating to Wilkins’ attendance

Typescript text by Dr Philip Sabin, Department of War Studies, King’s College London, ‘Consensus and controversy’, subsequently published as part of a chapter, ‘Society, state and defence’, in French and British foreign policies in transition (edited by Francoise de la Serre, Jacques Leruez and Helen Wallace, Berg, New York, 1990). Text has manuscript annotations by Wilkins. Also related notes, photocopy background information and press cuttings, 1982-1988, on French defence and nuclear policy

Manuscript and typescript teaching notes and lecture texts for the social impact of the biosciences course, by Robin Monro, Colin McClare and Wilkins, on topics including: the philosophy of science; ecology; evolution and intelligence; molecular biology

Annotated cartoons drawn by Wilkins to illustrate his King’s College London lectures on ‘The social impact of the biosciences’, 1972-2000, and his Eddington lecture series on the history of science, 1978, given at Cambridge University. Images include Francis Crick and James Watson contemplating the divisions in Western culture; uncorking the bottle of the secrets of life with a DNA helix-shaped corkscrew; devils of various social pressures hampering the scientist on his ascent to knowledge; the real and apparent differences between medieval and modern world views

Typescript handouts for students on the social impact of the biosciences course, on topics including social responsibility in science, world hunger, science education and genetics

Handouts for students on the social impact of the biosciences courses, with related notes and timetables, outlining the rationale for the course and its intended coverage

Essays by named undergraduates on cell and molecular biology, chiefly relating to symmetry in living systems.  With Wilkins’ comments, CLOSED for review 2062

Speeches by scientific advisor to the UK government Solly Zuckerman, Baron Zuckerman of Burnham Thorpe, published in The Times Literary Supplement, 1971, on ‘Scientific expectations and disappointments’, ‘Government needs and expectations’, and ‘Public knowledge, hopes and fears’

Speech texts by Wilkins and others, with related correspondence and notes, concerning a statement signed by 53 Nobel Prize winners (including Wilkins) on the urgent need for governments to work together to prevent starvation around the world, and the subsequent endorsement of the statement by the European Parliament. File includes: statements issued by the new international pressure group, Food and Disarmament International (FDI), draft speeches by Wilkins (undated), statement by Wilkins for the European Parliament, Strasbourg, Nov 1981; speech by Bradford Morse, United Nations Development Programme, to the European Parliament, Oct 1981; speech by Edouard Saouma, Director General of the Food and Agriculture Organisation, United Nations, Oct 1981; speech by Willy Brandt, Chairman, Independent Commission on International Development Issues, Oct 1981

Draft texts of a speech made by Wilkins, Tavistock Square, London, Feb 1981, on nuclear disarmament and the forthcoming visit by Pope John Paul II to Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. Also draft text of speech by Bishop Basil Christopher Butler, Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster, on Christian opposition to nuclear arms, and the Oct 1978 issue of Environmental Book Center’s Report: an overview from Japan.  Original file title ‘Tavistock Square’

Slides chiefly used for teaching in the Department of Biophysics, King’s College London, including images of DNA, RNA, crystallisation, bacteriophages, proteins, symmetry and spirals in nature

Mounted slides relating to nerve membrane research, including data tables and charts. Original box title, ‘MW’

Mounted slides of x-ray diffraction images, diagrams, data tables and a molecular model, relating to Wilkins’ research on membrane structure