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- June 1976-January 2000 (Creation)
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1 file
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Comprises material relating to the Bronowski Collection being given to the University of Toronto and associated events. Includes letters sent to Rita Bronowski (and copies of some replies) relating to negotiations about depositing the Bronowski Collection, 'The Legacy of Jacob Bronowski' symposium and exhibition at University of Toronto (Oct 1977), and the Bronowski memorial lectures held at the University of Toronto, New College.
Also includes: a photocopy of 'On Being an Intellectual' by Bronowski (Aug 1967); a box list of the Bronowski Collection; a booklet about 'The Legacy of Jacob Bronowski' exhibition in the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library at the University of Toronto; a brief guide to the collection at the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library; a poster for the 1992 Jacob Bronowski Memorial Lecture on 'Pathways to the Global Village' by Charles Kuen Kao; and a booklet about the John P. Roberts Library at the University of Toronto.
Additionally includes: a letter from Roy MacLeod (Reader in History and Social Studies in Science, The University of Sussex) on the University of Sussex offering to house the Bronowski Collection, with a copy of a reply from Rita Bronowski; a letter from the Education Centre Library (Board of Education for the City of Toronto) requesting information about the publication of Bronowski's Mellon Lectures with a copy of a reply from Rita Bronowski; and letters between John Burrows (Dawson College, Westmount, Quebec, Canada) about Burrow's interest in Jacob Bronowski's published works.