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- February 1970-21 August 1974 (Creation)
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1 file
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Scope and content
Comprises correspondence including letters to Bronowski and carbon copies of his replies, and copies of letters to Harry Boardman (Secretary General of the Council) and Boardman's replies. Subjects include: the establishment of the Council; a study on the military use of herbicides on the land and people of Vietnam commissioned by the American Association for the Advancement of Science; speculative applications for jobs on the Council; support for Regional Primate Centers (United States); funding and finances of the Council for Biology in Human Affairs; immediate priorities of the Council (Feb 1972); and grant applications.
Also includes papers on: 'Organisation of Social and Humanistic Programs and The Council for Biology in Human Affairs' (as approved by Salk Institute Board of Trustees, 13 Feb 1970); 'Fiscal crisis facing national program for Primate Research Centers presently before Congress' [c. May 1970]; 'Behavioural Science, Engineering and Poetry' by Daniel S. Lehrman, Institute of Animal Behaviour, Rutgers University (photocopy of a pre-publication typescript); and 'Working draft of a core budget for the program of biology in human affairs to accompany foundation application' (by Harry Boardman, 7 Feb 1972).
Additionally includes: a copy of a letter from Joseph Slater (President, Salk Institute) to William Evers (The Camilla and Henry Dreyfus Foundation) applying for a grant to help fund a role at the Salk Institute, and in the Council, for Professor Paul M. Doty; photocopies of press articles about a conference on technology sponsored by the Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies (President Joseph Slater) ending in "chaos" (Sep 1970); a press cutting about the National Endowment for the Humanities (San Diego Evening Tribune, 16 Aug 1974); and 2 volumes of 'Science & Government Report: The Independent Bulletin of Science Policy' (Feb and Apr 1973).
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
A report entitled 'The Entry of Biology into Humanistic Studies' was removed from this file as it was a duplicate of the report in Bronowski 10/7/1/3.
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System of arrangement
Broadly chronological.