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- 1 December 1967-28 December 1967 (Creation)
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1 file
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Consists of carbon copies of letters sent by Bronowski, Sylvia Hodgson (Editorial Assistant to Bronowski) and Kathleen Murray (Secretary to Bronowski).
Subjects include: Bronowski serving on the Honorary Committee for the 1968 Man and Nature lecture series at the American Museum of Natural History (New York); editing Bronowski's contribution to the International Design Conference in Aspen; ordering books for the Szilard collection at the Salk Institute; publications by Bronowski including his poem 'Man take your gun' being published in an anthology of war poets; invitations to attend a conference and symposia and for speaking engagements; Bronowski's thoughts on a lecture by Jacques Monod which discussed the connection between evolution of man and his language (letter to Monod); and ordering tickets for the 1968 Salzburg music festival.
Also includes a photocopy of a handwritten letter from Bronowski to Leo Baron (his brother) about an invitation for Baron to visit the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions (Santa Barbara, California) to discuss the possibility of Baron working with the centre.