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- 3 June 1974-29 June 1974 (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: an article for TV Guide on the making of 'The Ascent of Man'; restoration of a painting ('Conversation in Corfu') by Ruth Abrams; Bronowski recommending recent publications about biochemical evolution; invitations for speaking engagements; a [filmed] interview of Jacob and Rita Bronowski, made by George Noordhof (London); Bronowski's comments on 4 chapters of a book by Theodore Rabb (Department of History, Princeton University) in a letter to Rabb; Bronowski's comments on 'The Idea of Evil in the Poetry of Blake and Shelley' by Melanie Bandy (Department of English, Lamar University, Texas) in a letter to Bandy; Miami-Dade Community College preparing a course based on 'The Ascent of Man'; and 'The Ascent of Man' films including plans for them to be shown on Netherlands Television.
Also includes photocopies of handwritten letters by Bronowski to: Alan Sleath (BBC) thanking him for hospitality when Bronowski visited London; Dr John Shotter (Department of Psychology, University Park, Nottingham, United Kingdom) commenting on papers by Shotter; and Larned Bradford (Little Brown publishers) criticising [a book] by Edward Keating about evolution.