File 3 - "Four Volume: Little, Brown and Company, The Ascent of Man - publication"

Identity area

Reference code

JCPP/Bronowski/Bronowski/6/8/3

Title

"Four Volume: Little, Brown and Company, The Ascent of Man - publication"

Date(s)

  • 29 January 1970-19 November 1973 (Creation)

Level of description

File

Extent and medium

1 file

Context area

Name of creator

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

Archival history

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Comprises correspondence, mainly between Sylvia Fitzgerald and Larned Bradford of Little, Brown and Company publishers, on a proposed 4 volume edition of 'The Ascent of Man' book, the book contract for 'The Ascent of Man' publication in the United States and plans for a college textbook edition.

Also includes: letters from Sylvia Fitzgerald to Bronowski updating him on negotiations with Little, Brown and Company, and informing him she had spoken to Ursula [Bellugi-Klima] regarding the publication of a paper on language; and a letter from Bronowski to Sylvia on subjects including a dinner meeting with Larned Bradford and Jo Marquand about contract terms and a proposal for an expanded book or educational edition of 'The Ascent of Man'.

Additionally includes notes on advances and royalties paid for various books written by Bronowski, and notes on the proposed 4 volume edition of 'The Ascent of Man'.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Conditions governing reproduction

Language of material

    Script of material

      Language and script notes

      Physical characteristics and technical requirements

      Finding aids

      Allied materials area

      Existence and location of originals

      Existence and location of copies

      Related units of description

      Related descriptions

      Notes area

      Alternative identifier(s)

      former reference

      Box 4:4

      Access points

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Name access points

      Genre access points

      Description control area

      Description identifier

      Institution identifier

      Rules and/or conventions used

      Status

      Level of detail

      Dates of creation revision deletion

      Language(s)

        Script(s)

          Sources

          Accession area