File 25 - General Correspondence: V-Wi

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Comprises correspondence with, and about, individuals including: Willis van Devanter on a set of designs by William Blake to illustrate [Thomas] Gray's poems; Dr Fredric V Vencl (Department of Cellular and Comparative Biology, State University of New York at Stony Brook) on issues relating to the study of animal and human behaviour; Larry Vinson (Industrial Design Society of America) on Bronowski speaking at the Industrial Design department at Auburn University and his relevant writings; a letter from Bronowski to Dr Matthijs B H Visser (The Foundation of Life Science and Society, Netherlands) thanking him for sending his book on transplant with a summary in English (included); Professor C H Waddington (Department of Genetics and MRC , Institute of Animal Genetics, University of Edinburgh) mainly relating to his work on ethics and Bronowski's criticisms of it; Brian Wall on a sculpture by him which Bronowski had; Richard J Walsh (The John Day Company, publishers) on 'Mathematics and Mental Growth' by Dr Irving Adler; Albert Michael Weber (Blake College, Oregon) on obtaining a copy of Bronowski's television programme on William Blake (called 'The World of William Blake' in the United States and 'As a Man Is - So He Sees' in the United Kingdom); Dr Ralph Wedgwood on a visit by Bronowski [to the University of Washington, Seattle]; Dr Robert Weiman (Berlin) about his books on Shakespeare, theatre and literature, including Bronowski's appreciation of these and trying to get an English translation published in the United States; Dr Norman Weinstein (Copenhagen) sending his curriculum vitae (included) and attempting to arrange to meet Bronowski; Dr George E Weinwurm (Systems Development Corporation) on Bronowski's Condon lectures [on 'The Philosophy of Contemporary Science']; George Whalley (Queens University, Ontario, Canada) on a radio programme about Dr Oppenheimer; Alan B Wheelis on reading each other's books and essays; Ben Whitaker on being elected to the House of Commons, helping Leo Baron (Bronowski's brother) when he was in prison in Rhodesia, and writing a book on philanthropic foundations; Beverly White on ideas in Bronowski's 'The Identity of Man' and Lynn White's article 'The Historical Roots of Our Ecological Crisis'; Richard White on Lloyds Bank chess club; Virginia White (Graduate School and University Center of City University of New York) on subjects including 'Language, Name and Concept' by Bronowski and Ursula Bellugi, the Warburg Institute at the University of London, 'The Ascent of Man' television series and possibilities for educational use, and Bronowski's 'Day at Night' television interview; Professor Martin Wierschin (Department of Literature, University of California at San Diego) on a concert by Karl Wolfram; Professor Lady Gertrude Williams on trying to visit Bronowski when in the United States; and Harold Wilson MP (House of Commons) thanking Bronowski for a Christmas card and hoping to meet again.

Also includes: an outline of a course at Ashland College, Ohio, entitled 'Science as a Cultural Force'; reprints of 'Relationship of Language to the Thinking Process', 'Prelingual Deafness' and 'Language in Cognitive and Affective Processes' by McCay Vernon; a leaflet celebrating 20 years of the Humanities lecture series at the University of Kansas (1947-1967); correspondence with the University of Waterloo (Canada) on Bronowski providing a reference for Laurence Moody; a copy of 'Tying Gulliver Down' by Bryant Wedge and Vivian Rohr L Wedge; a leaflet for The Present Question Conference on 'Freedom and Responsibility' which Bronowski took part in (Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, Aug 1951) with letters from Dr H Westman; and a copy of 'The Study of Complex Systems' by M B Wilk which was the keynote address to 'Computer Science and Statistics: Seventh Annual Symposium on the Interface' (18 Oct 1973, Iowa State University).

'Relationship of Language to the Thinking Process' by McCay Vernon was published in Archives of General Psychiatry, vol. 16, Mar 1967.

'Prelingual Deafness' by McCay Vernon and David Rothstein was published in Archives of General Psychiatry, Vol. 19, Sep 1968.

'Language in Cognitive and Affective Processes' by McCay Vernon and William Gene Miller was published in 'Psychoanalysis and Contemporary Science' (1972).

'Tying Gulliver Down' by Bryant Wedge and Vivian Rohr L Wedge was published in Attitude, Vol. 1, No. 6, Sep-Oct 1970.