File 1 - Collected documents relating to Bronowski's early life and potential academic or professional appointments in the United States

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JCPP/Bronowski/Bronowski/1/1/1

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Collected documents relating to Bronowski's early life and potential academic or professional appointments in the United States

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  • 1920-November 1961 (Creation)

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1 file

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Bronowski, Jacob (1908-1974), scientist
(1908 - 1974)

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Consists of a school report (22 Dec 1920); a letter from Bronowski to his mother about his travels through France and Spain, sent from Mallorca (8 Jul 1932); a poem 'The Dejected Artist' written for Rita Coblentz (later Bronowski) by Jacob Bronowski (30 Dec 1939) with notes and sketches for sculpture on the reverse; a letter from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology confirming payment for visiting professorship (May 1953); correspondence with Robert Oppenheimer, Professor [David] Mitrany and Julian Huxley mainly on a failed application to the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton (Sep 1956-Feb 1957); correspondence with Warren Weaver and John Marshall regarding a motor bike accident that Bronowski was in and a proposed fellowship at the Rockefeller Foundation, New York (Jan 1958-Jun 1959); Christmas and New Year cards (1950s-1960s); Tac Tix mathematical problem from 'Scientific American' solved by Bronowski (22 Jun 1958); certificate of membership to the Athenaeum club, London (19 Feb 1962); correspondence with the University of Pennsylvania regarding a cancelled appointment as visiting professor of Philosophy (Oct 1958-Apr 1959); correspondence with Ward Howell Associates regarding a proposed job as a Vice President in a manufacturing company, United States (Apr-Jul 1957); press cutting about 'interferon' (Nov 1961).

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      Box 132

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