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- 4 December 1973-28 December 1973 (Creation)
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1 file
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Consists of carbon copies of letters sent by Bronowski, Sylvia Fitzgerald (Editorial Associate to Bronowski and Secretary for Science Horizons Inc.) and Kathleen Verlander (Secretary to Bronowski).
Subjects include: the Smithsonian Institution (Washington D. C.) showing 'The Ascent of Man' films; comments on work by Ervin Laszlo (Editor, The Philosophy Forum, State University of New York) in a letter to Laszlo; a translation of a poem by Karl Kraus; Bronowski having lived in 22 Commercial Street, London; Bronowski providing editorial assistance for a series of books on 'The Ways of Man'; publications by Bronowski; comments on chapter 11 from 'The Ascent of Man' as published in The Atlantic (magazine); a Christmas concert at the Salk Institute; and Bronowski being given a drawing by Feliks Topolski with signatures [of those that worked on 'The Ascent of Man'] by the BBC.
Also includes carbon copies of: a letter from Bronowski recommending Roy Ascott for the role of Dean of the Herron School of Art at Indiana University-Purdue University; and a letter of reference for Stuart A. Ross (formerly Programs Officer at the Salk Institute).