File 14 - Correspondence relating to an art exhibition at the Salk Institute which was closed after controversy

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JCPP/Bronowski/Bronowski/10/2/12/14

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Correspondence relating to an art exhibition at the Salk Institute which was closed after controversy

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  • May 1967 (Creation)

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

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Correspondence relates to Augustus Kinzel (President) ordering the removal of some works of art featuring the United States flag, unhappiness of some of the Fellows at being overruled, requests to the Board of Trustees to give the Fellows authority over decisions of intellectual expression in the Institute, and the closure of the exhibition.

Includes a copy of a letter from Melvin Cohn to Leslie Orgel, explaining his resignation from the Committee of Fellows based on the fact that the Board of Trustees had not given the Fellows the power or responsibility they had asked for.

Also includes a press release about the exhibition opening without some of the original intended art works, and a press cutting about the closure of the art show.

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      Box 99:3

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