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- 4 October 1965-1 November 1965 (Creation)
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1 file
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Consists of carbon copies of letters sent by Bronowski and Sylvia Hodgson (Secretary to Bronowski). Subjects include: Bronowski and Rita Bronowski visiting Bennington (Vermont) where Bronowski delivered an inauguration address; invitations to give lectures and participate in a seminar; publications by Bronowski; plans for Bronowski to visit India in 1966 (letter to Indira Gandhi, Minister for Information and Broadcasting); arrangements for Bronowski visiting Santa Barbara (California) to visit the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions and deliver a lecture and a seminar; plans for Bronowski to lecture at the opening of an exhibition about William Blake at the Huntington Library (San Marino); renting out Bronowski's house in London; Bronowski having visited Denver, Colorado; Bronowski acting as an advisor for the National Coal Board; a proposal for the BBC to broadcast 'The Identity of Man' lectures; arrangements for Roman Jakobson to work at the Salk Institute; discussion of the philosophy of science (letter to Marjorie Grene, Department of Philosophy, University of California at Davis); and the education of gifted children.
Also includes Deputy Director's weekly summary reports listing correspondence sent to and from the Salk Institute, as well as internal correspondence.
Additionally includes a list of Bronowski's speaking engagements for May - Dec 1965.