Papers of M H F Wilkins: drafts of James Watson’s book, ‘Honest Jim’, subsequently published as 'The double helix'
- Date:
- 1966-1967
- Reference:
- K/PP178/3/39/2/1-3
- Part of:
- Wilkins, Maurice Hugh Frederick (1916-2004)
- Archives and manuscripts
Collection contents
About this work
Description
Two photocopies of the typescript draft text of James Watson’s book ‘Honest Jim’, subsequently published as The double helix: a personal account of the discovery of the structure of DNA (Weidenfeld & Nicholson, London, 1968), dated Aug 1966. Bound copy of the typescript draft text of the amended version, dated 1967.
Publication/Creation
1966-1967
Physical description
3 files
Terms of use
Available at King’s College London, Archives and Special Collections, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.
Location of duplicates
A digitised copy is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics. Not all items within this subsubsection have been digitised.
Where to find it
Location of original
The original material is held at King’s College London, Archives and Special Collections. This catalogue is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.