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- 1 February 1967-28 February 1967 (Creation)
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Consists of carbon copies of letters sent by Bronowski, Sylvia Hodgson (Editorial Assistant to Bronowski) and Audrey Drake (Secretary to Bronowski). Subjects include: images to illustrate Bronowski's lecture on Leonardo da Vinci for the Committee to Rescue Italian Art; Bronowski nominating Dr Robert C Olby (Botany School, Oxford, United Kingdom) as a candidate for the Rockefeller Foundation's programme in imaginative writing and literary scholarship; preparatory work for Bronowski's Silliman Memorial lectures; publications by Bronowski; arrangements for Bronowski to deliver the Condon lectures in Oregon; arrangements for Bronowski to attend and speak at the International Design Conference in Aspen; recording of the lecture 'Discovery of Self' by Bronowski for radio broadcast by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation; invitations for speaking engagements and to visit educational establishments; Bronowski supporting Roy Ascott as a candidate for the post of Lecturer in Fine Art or History of Art at the University of Southampton; Bronowski's thoughts on papers by Dr R Narasimhan (Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, India) on subjects including intelligence and artificial intelligence; books to purchase for the Szilard collection; Bronowski sending an audio tape of extracts from 'My Brother Died' to Saul Bass (Los Angeles); Journal of the Salk Institute; and Bronowski's role in the development of smokeless fuels at the National Coal Board.
Also includes a list of postdoctoral staff at the Salk Institute.