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Written by Sir Anthony for the Royal Society's Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. Includes a microfiche

Original notice of Denis Burkitt's first talk outside of Africa on lymphoma. Sir Anthony notes that the document was taken from the notice board immediately after the lecture.

Sir Anthony was appointed public orator for the award of Honorary Degrees to Denis Burkitt and George Palade. Includes correspondence with Burkitt and Palade.

Includes signatures of Denis Burkitt, Gertrude and Werner Henle, and Nobel laureates George Palade, Renato Dulbecco, and Peter Medawar

Includes correspondence with Denis Burkitt

Includes lectures and articles about the history and discovery of the Epstein-Barr virus: Oxford Virology Symposium, 2010; Lectures in Oxford, Birmingham, and Bristol; Burkitt Symposium, Dublin, 2011; Wolfson College on the 50th Annivesary of the discovery on 24 February 2014. Includes CDs.

This material comprises preliminary working material, original work, and data. Contents include: reprints, prints of electron micrographs (mainly used as plates for illustrations), annotated manuscript and typescript drafts, write-ups of experimental results, tables, figures, and proofs.

Also included is correspondence with: editors, reviewers, and referees, including George Palade, Werner Henle, Denis Burkitt; conference organizers about the submissions, content, and drafts of papers, arrangements, programmes, and other related matters; copies of published proceedings.

There are also requests by others for the loan of electron micrographs for use in their papers. Some content is on a more personal level in letters. Prints in envelopes labelled 'spares' and 'spare figs' are usually spares of those used in the final publication. Conference papers were mostly published. These documents show the process of preparation of scientific papers, from draft to publication.

The original order by papers, chronologically, was retained. In most cases, original file descriptions were transcribed exactly.

Includes: correspondence with medical doctors; updates on progress of research; supply of research material; publications; requests for information and images; correspondence with Denis Burkitt and the Henles with reference to the Epstein-Barr virus vaccine and infectious mononucleosis (IM).

Photocopies of illustrations of Epstein-Barr virus, pages from laboratory notebooks and notice of Burkitt's talk, probably used to illustrate Historical Background: Burkitt's Lymphoma and Epstein-Barr Virus

Includes: correspondence with medical doctors; updates on progress of research; supply of research material; publications; requests for information and images; correspondence with Denis Burkitt and the Henles about infectious mononucleosis (IM).
Part 1 deals with the Lymph Nodes Project

Includes: correspondence with medical doctors; updates on progress of research; supply of research material; publications; requests for information and images; correspondence with Denis Burkitt and the Henles regarding proof of the Epstein-Barr virus causing infectious mononucleosis (IM); electron micrograph prints

Box 1:
'Plates for tables of IF Expts'
'Reversals for IF JNCI papers'
'Rauscher pellet negs. - unused'
'Immunoelectrophoresis and cell-spinner washer and slide - plates for IF JNCI paper'
'Plates for Pike and Williams drift maps'
Box 2:
'Plate of teased K45 cells made from Burkitt Monograph'
'Happi' [see E4/8 for additional 'Happi' plates]
'Plate for table of effects of Epstein-Barr Virus on cells in vitro'
'Plate for tables of ... Herpes'
'Elaine Hut [?]'
'Meléudez, et al'
'Biolog. Props of H. Salmini [sic]'

'Plates for RSM demonstration'
'Neg. Plates of Pfizer PTA slides of EB Virus'
'Passport photo neg.' cross reference personal and photographs in D
'Diagrams of cell organelles and cell centrifugation for cell biology course'
'Tough Xsome Plate for Burkitt chapter 3' 1968
'Ordered mitochondria for students cell biology course'

50th Anniversary of the Discovery of Burkitt's Lymphoma and Related Lymphoproliferative Disorders, 25–27 February 2008, Kampala, Uganda. Sir Anthony gave a talk titled 'Burkitt The Man: An Appreciation'. Includes two CDs of PowerPoint talk and illustrations.

Includes: correspondence with Dr Denis Burkitt

Includes: correspondence with Dr Denis Burkitt; discussions include successful growth of lymphomas in vitro; research visits; copies of reports; mention of virus particles resembling herpes simplex when viewed in electron microscope and work of the Henles

Includes: out copy of early letter to Dr Denis Burkitt requesting supply of tumour material and suggesting collaborative working, 30 Mar. 1961, and subsequent correspondences; Sir Anthony's first research visit to Uganda on behalf of the British Empire Cancer Campaign and subsequent research visits; copies of reports

Royal College of Physicians and Oxford Brookes University Medical Sciences. VTR Archive

Includes name, address, and number of publication sent, including Burkitt, Henle, and George Palade.

Five papers relevant to virus research, including the discovery of Burkitt's lymphoma by Denis Burkitt and a paper written by Peyton Rous, with a dedication to Sir Anthony written and signed by Rous. The original arrangement by Sir Anthony was retained.