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- 5 January 1970-29 January 1970 (Creation)
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1 file
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Consists of carbon copies of letters sent by Bronowski, Sylvia Hodgson (Editorial Associate to Bronowski), Kathleen Murray and Lee Lacy (Secretaries to Bronowski).
Subjects include: Commissions of the Council for Biology in Human Affairs at the Salk Institute; Bronowski acting as an examiner for a Ph.D. thesis on William Blake (University of Edinburgh); publications by Bronowski; negotiations and plans for work on 'The Ascent of Man' television series; and invitations for speaking engagements.
Also includes carbon copies of letters of reference by Bronowski for: Peter Reynolds sent to the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (Washington D. C.); and for Dean Morse sent to Columbia University (New York).
Additionally includes carbon copies of a memorandum and addendum to a letter sent to Bronowski by David Pines, about a proposed joint Fellowship of the Salk Institute and Center for Advanced Study at the University of Illinois.