File 24 - General Correspondence: T-U

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Mainly comprises correspondence with, and on, individuals including: Gordon Rattray Taylor on his book 'The Biological Time Bomb'; Dr H S Thayer (Department of Philosophy, The City College of The City University of New York) on the work of George Herbert Mead and A M Liberman on language, Thayer's book 'Meaning and Action' and contribution to a [Salk Institute] conference in New York on 'The Entry of Biology into Humanistic Studies'; letters to Jean Thompson on the subject of communication and arrangements to visit the Salk Institute; Alan Thompson on a proposal to found an institute for research into the nature and causes of war; Professor W H (Bill) Thorpe (University of Cambridge, Department of Zoology and Jesus College) on John Myhill, papers and books by Bronowski, sending Bronowski various reprints and discussion of ideas in Bronowski's 'Nature and Knowledge'; Professor Niko Tinbergen (Zoology, University of Oxford) on the content of Bronowski's 'The Creative Process'; Dr John H Todd (Department of Zoology, San Diego State College) on shared academic interests around ecology; Bernard Towers (Jesus College Cambridge) on Bronowski's article 'Technology and Culture in Evolution', sending his curriculum vitae and publication details (both included), and on his visiting professorship at the University of California at Los Angeles; Thaddus Tren, mainly relating to Bronowski helping him make contact with academics including Professor Jerzy Neyman, Dr [Paul] Feyerabend, Dr [Derek J de Solla] Price and Lord Vivian Bowden (copies of letters to some of these individuals are included); Eric and Beulah Trist on moving to Philadelphia; Dr Archie R Tunturi (University of Oregon Medical School) mainly about his work on the nervous system; Rosalyn Tureck on a house she rented in La Jolla and inviting the Bronowski's to lunch in New York; Sara Turing on her son's (Alan Turing) collected works being published; a letter from Bronowski to Sara Turnbull about Peter Kaye; Kathleen Tycz on establishing the Polish Library in San Diego; Dr George Urban on sending Bronowski a copy of his book, a possible radio programme and looking for an academic post in the Salk Institute and elsewhere; Dr Donald Bremner Urquhart, and others including Sir Frederick Brundett, on Bronowski acting as a referee for Urquhart.

Also includes: research material on Charles H Talbot (visiting professor of Medical History, Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies) with a press release for a public lecture on Shakespeare by Dr Maynard Mack; a memo on 'T V Facts of La Jolla' magazine; a curriculum vitae for George C Theodoridis with a covering letter from Dr Lawrence Stark (Professor of Physiological Optics, University of California, Berkeley); a copy of a letter from Bronowski to the Editor of 'The Times' [newspaper] about his speech to the Educational Section of the British Association (1955); curriculum vitae of Chandler Tinkham with a covering letter; correspondence with Jesus Perez of Tolan about a bracelet that Bronowski bought for one of his daughters; a report to the Ad Hoc Committee on General Education at Michigan State University entitled 'General Education: a means to acquired meaning' by James E Trosko; a newsletter from the University of Oregon Medical School (summer 1967); a reprint of 'Statistical analysis of afferent potential in the auditory cortex' by Archie R Tunturi; and correspondence with the University of London Institute of Education on founding a Chair in Education for International Understanding, Co-operation and Peace.

The signatures have been cut out of letters from Professor W H Thorpe (6 Aug 1966), Bernard Towers (19 Feb 1970) & Rosalyn Tureck (4 Mar 1969).

'Statistical analysis of afferent potential in the auditory cortex' by Archie R Tunturi was published in American Journal of Physiology, Vol. 213, No. 3, Sep 1967.