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- 27 May 1964-24 February 1975 (Creation)
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Comprises correspondence with, or about, individuals and some organisations.
Correspondents include: Michael Hathaway on an "autobiographical sketch" of Bronowski being published in 'An Appointment Book and Calendar of Contemporary Saints'; Hiram Haydn (Harcourt, Brace & World Inc.) on asking Bronowski's advice on Michael Mason's writings; Dr C A Hilgartner on shared academic interests and comments on each other's publications; Charles and Nancy Hitch on moving to Berkeley, California, and arranging to see the Bronowski's; Peter E Hodgson (Corpus Christ College, Oxford); Harry Hoff [author with pen name William Cooper]; Professor Gerald Holton (Department of Physics, Harvard University); Barbara Marx Hubbard; John Hunt on mainly family news but includes an outline for an international seminar on 'The Unity of Man' at Abbaye de Royaumont, France (1972) for which Hunt was on the organising committee; H E Huntley and others on Bronowski writing a paragraph about Huntley's book, 'The Divine Proportion', for the publishers (includes a synopsis of chapters); Laura Archera Huxley on a book about Aldous Huxley and Julian Huxley's health; and the Indian Council for Cultural Relations asking Bronowski to make a nomination for the Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding.
Also includes: a copy and reprint of 'Genes, Language and Evolution' and 'Les Racines Biologiques d'une révolte' by Roger D Masters; a reprint of 'A Scaled Ratio of Body Weight as a Comparative Index for Relative Importance of Brain Size in Mammals of Widely Varying Body Mass' by John Herschel; curriculum vitae of Dr William C Hoffman and John D Holmfeld for application to the Salk Institute; Bronowski's review of an article by J C Honey entitled 'Monod, Skinner and the end of the idea of freedom' for 'Science'; and a Human Resources Development newsletter (Jun 1971).
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See Bronowski 3/1/24 for further correspondence with Dr C A Hilgartner.
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'A Scaled Ratio of Body Weight as a Comparative Index for Relative Importance of Brain Size in Mammals of Widely Varying Body Mass' by John Herschel was published in Psychological Reports, 1972, 31.
'Genes, Language and Evolution' by Masters was published in Semiotica, 1970, Vol. 2, No. 4.