[Letters to Crick from Maurice Wilkins]

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Letters (all colour photocopies, with the exception of letter no. 9) from Maurice Wilkins to Crick, as follows:

1. Wilkins to Crick (n.d.), beginning: "So glad to hear you are coming up. I would be very glad if you & Odile would come to dinner on Sat..."

2. Wilkins to Crick (postcard, n.d.), beginning: "You will be relieved (I am) that all is safe in the hands of Gale who may be able to get it in April 25..."

3. Note to Crick (n.d.), headed "Suggested modification to your MSS" (this is the tail section of the famous letter of 18 March 1953 from Maurice Wilkins to Crick which begins: “I think you’re a couple of old rogues but you may well have something.” For a b/w photocopy of this opening section of the letter see Robert Olby's research papers in file PP/CRI/D/2/29)

4. Letter from Wilkins to Crick (n.d.), beginning: "Thank you for your letter on the polypeptides. I think you will be interested to know that our dark lady leaves us next week & much of the 3 dimensional data is already in our hands..."

5. Letter from Wilkins to Crick (n.d.), beginning: "Thank you for your shoal of daily letters..."

6. Postcard from Wilkins to Crick (n.d.) posted from Brazil

7. Letter from Wilkins to Crick (n.d.), headed "on train Innsbruck-Zurich" and including the remark (accompanied by a sketch): "I have got much better X-ray pictures of the sperm Squid which show very nicely a whole series of helical layer lines & one inter micelle spacing..."

8. Letter from Wilkins to Crick (3 February, 1948), beginning: "Very sorry to hear about your father..."

9. Letter from Wilkins to Crick (n.d.) beginning: "How is Cambridge? Is the cold wind blowing across the Fens....?" This letter is present in the file as both the original letter and as a photocopy of it.

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