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Recorded interview with Dame Cicely Saunders, in St Christopher's Hospice, conducted for the Second World War Experience Centre, Leeds, on subjects including: Saunders' nursing training, St Thomas' Hospital, 1940-1944; her family background; education; Oxford University; Christian beliefs; work as an almoner; David Tasma. Duration: 30 mins.

Recorded interview with Dame Cicely Saunders conducted in her office at St Christopher's Hospice by American psychologist John Liebeskind, of the University of California, Los Angeles, for an oral history project on the history of pain. Subjects include: Saunders' family background and education; her early work with the terminally ill; the establishment and expansion of St Christopher's Hospice; palliative care as a medical discipline in the UK and worldwide; current issues in end of life care.

One 7 ½ IPS 2 Track reel to reel tape of Radio 9, CJVI, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, interview with Mayhew as Minister of Defence (RN), Jan 1965.

Audio recording of a discussion, led by Stephen Rose and Hilary Rose, British Society for Social Responsibility in Science (BSSRS), on the role of science in society

Duration: 60 mins

Audio recording of the discussion following a talk by Wilkins on social responsibility in science, given at Glasgow University to the British Society for Social Responsibility in Science (BSSRS).  

Duration: 38 mins

Sound quality: slightly distorted and speeded up at start of recording, otherwise good

One audio cassette recording Ambassador Pickering, US Permanent Representative to the United Nations, 1989-1992, being interviewed by Brian Lapping. For content see transcript 4/9

One audio cassette recording of Richard B (Dick) Cheney, US Secretary of Defense, 1989-1993, being interviewed by Richard Perle, 4 Dec 1991. For content see transcript 4/1 Previous Ref: Roll 1-3

One audio cassette recording of Gen Brent Scowcroft, National Security Advisor, 1989-1993, being interviewed by Brian Lapping, 10 Dec 1991. For content see transcript 4/4 Previous Ref: Roll 26-28

One audio cassette recording Gen Colin Powell, Chairman US Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1989-1993 being interviewed by Brian Lapping, 15 Dec 1991, Part 2, and Thomas Stephen Foley, Democrat member of US Congress, 1965-1995, being interviewed by Brian Lapping, [1991]. Note: audio recording incomplete. For content see transcript 4/7 and 4/8 Previous Ref: Roll 37-38, and Roll 39

One audio cassette recording Gen Colin Powell, Chairman US Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1989-1993, being interviewed by Brian Lapping, 15 Dec 1991, Part 1. For content see transcript 4/7 Previous Ref: Roll 35-36

One audio cassette recording of James Addison Baker III, US Secretary of State, 1989-1992, being interviewed by Brian Lapping, 9 Dec 1991. For content see transcript 4/3 Previous Ref: Roll 24, 25

One audio cassette recording of Robert M Gates, Assistant to US President and Deputy National Security Advisor, 1989-1991, being interviewed by Brian Lapping, 9 Dec 1991. For content see transcript 4/2 Previous Ref: Roll 22, 23

One audio cassette recording of Stephen Joshua Solarz, Democrat member of US Congress, 1975-1993, being interviewed by Brian Lapping 14 Dec 1991. For content see transcript 4/6 Previous Ref: Roll 33, 34

One audio cassette recording of James Danforth Quayle, US Vice President, 1989-1993, being interviewed by Brian Lapping, 10 Dec 1991. For content see transcript 4/5 Previous Ref: Roll 30-32

Audio recording of lecture by Wilkins giving an introduction to the philosophy of science, given at King’s College London (and subsequently given as part 1 of a series of Eddington Memorial Lectures, Cambridge University, Apr-May 1978), with reference to Neolithic prehistory and ancient Egyptian science

Duration 23 mins

Audio recording of lecture by Wilkins, given at a science conference, Brockwood Park School, Hampshire, on the impact of science on society, with reference to the development of science since the ancient Greeks, and the writings of Socrates and of Karl Marx.  Recording includes an 18 minute question and answer session

Duration: approx 60 mins

Audio recording of a lecture by Wilkins on the macromolecular basis for biological form, given at King’s College London.  Part of a series of lectures for an undergraduate biophysics course, ‘Macromolecular Assemblies’

Duration: approx 58 mins

Audio recording of a lecture by Wilkins, ‘Historical approach to Man’s view of himself, of nature and society’, giving a historical overview of social assumptions and expectations from the ancient Greeks to the twentieth century, following by 60 minutes of discussion

Duration: each file is approx 60 mins

Sound quality: Wilkins’ voice is faint

Audio recording of a lecture by Wilkins, ‘Science and morality’, given to the Chemical Society, Reading University, including reference to the contemporary role of science in society, and the need for scientific ethics

Duration: 49 mins

Audio recording of speech by Wilkins, ‘Science and socialism’, given as an opening conference address, British Society for Social Responsibility in Science (BSSRS)

Duration: 20 mins