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Contains an audio recording (53 minutes and 45 seconds long) of "J Bronowski speaking in Berkeley December 29, 1965 before the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The Society of the Sigma Xi and The United Chapters of Phi Beta Kappa".

Comprises: a programme for the conference; 2 booklets (one inscribed) of conference proceedings (short essays by each speaker) including Bronowski's ideas to summarise the conference; and a folder containing a typescript reporting on Bronowski's closing speech at the conference, Bronowski's handwritten notes for his speech, a Salk Institute press release about Bronowski's speech, biographies of speakers at the conference, a card with 2 black and white photographs of Bronowski delivering his speech at the conference, and a copy of a press cutting reporting on the conference.

Also includes a conference proceedings publication from the 1966 International Design Conference in Aspen on 'Sources and Resources in Twentieth-Century Design'.

Consists of reprints and photocopies of papers by Melvin Cohn, Peter Bretscher, Siddhartha Sarkar, Peter Ralph, K. Horibata, A. W. Harris, A. John Harris and Alan Sher.

All papers are published versions.

Consists of typescripts and reprints of papers by Bronowski, Paul M. Knopf, Garth I. Nicolson and Yong Sung Choi.

All papers are published versions except for 'A Difference in the Topology of Normal and Tumor Cell Membranes…' by Nicolson (typescript), 'Identification of the Terminal Saccharides on Sperm Plasma Membranes using Specific Agglutinins' by Nicolson and Ryuzo Yanagimachi (typescript), 'Current Status of Research on the Immune Response to Parasitic Diseases in Humans' by Knopf (typescript) and 'Protest and Prospect' by Bronowski (annotated typescript).

Consists of typescripts and reprints of papers by Renato Dulbecco, S. Tonegawa, Marguerite Vogt, James J. Champoux and R. Roblin.

All papers are published versions except for a report about work on 'Oncogenic Viruses' by Dulbecco (June 1970, typescript).

Consists of typescripts, abstracts, reprints and photocopies of papers by Robert W. Holley, B. Breier, Dieter Paul, Maureen S. May, W. Thomas Shier, Roger Guillemin, Max Amoss, Wylie Vale, Roger Burgus, Richard E. Blackwell and Norman Fleischer.

All papers are published versions except for abstracts and typescripts of 'Purification, Amino Acid Composition and N-Terminus of the Hypothalamic Luteinizing Hormone Factor…' by Amoss et al., '…A Synthetic Analogue with Specific Activity greater than that of TRF' by Vale et al., 'In Vitro Plasma inactivation of Thyrotropin Releasing Factor (TRF) and related Peptides…' by Vale et al., ' A Double Antibody Radioimmunoassay for Bovine and Ovine Prolactin' by Blackwell and Amoss, 'Pituitary Hormones, Chapter 4: TSH' and 'Pituitary Hormones, Chapter 5: FSH and LH' by Guillemin.

Consists of typescripts and reprints of papers by Ursula Bellugi, Suzanne Bourgeois, David Schubert, Stephen F. Heinemann and Walter Eckhart.

All papers are published versions except for 'Induced Differentiation of a Neuroblastoma' by Schubert et al. (photocopies of proofs), 'Acetylcholine Esterase Induction in a Mouse Neuroblastoma' by Schubert et al. (typescript), and 'Remembering with and without words' by Bellugi and Patricia Siple (draft of paper for a colloquium)

Consists of reprints and photocopies of papers by Jonas Salk, Fred C. Westall, Ann E. Kaplan, Leslie Orgel, H. Schneider-Bernloehr, R. Saffhill, R. Lohrmann, Robert A. Sanchez, Michael J. Dowler, Nancy M. Chung, Edwin S. Lennox, Gunther Dennert, Hansruedi Kiefer, I. S. Trowbirdge and Fritz Melchers.

All papers are published versions.

Comprises Bronowski's copy of the report [prepared for the annual meetings of Fellows and of the Corporation of the Salk Institute]. Includes reports from Fellows of the Institute about their work (including Bronowski's work on "humane studies" and the Council for Biology in Human Affairs).

Consists of a bound volume [prepared for the annual meeting of Salk Institute Fellows]. Contains progress reports by Fellows at the Salk Institute.

Comprises Bronowski's copy of the report [prepared for the annual meetings of Fellows and of the Corporation of the Salk Institute], with the Director's Report to the Fellows and a separate appendix containing reports from Fellows of the Institute about their work (including Bronowski's work on "humane studies" and the Council for Biology in Human Affairs, and Ursula Bellugi's work on language and communication).

Also includes a draft report with a photocopy of a note by Jonas Salk (2 Feb 1971).

Consists of a bound volume [prepared for the annual meeting of Salk Institute Fellows]. Contains progress reports by Fellows at the Salk Institute.

Comprises Bronowski's copy of the report [prepared for the annual meetings of Fellows and of the Corporation of the Salk Institute]. The volume contains the Director's Reports to the Board of Trustees and to the Fellows for 1971 and 1972.

Comprises copies of papers given at the symposium. With a programme, list of participants, poster for a lecture by George A Kubler on 'Renascences in American Antiquity', and a copy of a letter from Roy Harvey Pearce (University of California, San Diego) sending Bronowski the papers and regrets that Bronowski could not attend.

Comprises Bronowski's copy of the report [prepared for the annual meetings of Fellows and of the Corporation of the Salk Institute]. The volume contains the Director's Reports to the Board of Trustees and to the Fellows, and reports of work being done by Fellows and in laboratories across the Salk Institute.

Consists of correspondence with Quadrangle Books, Inc. on reprinting Bronowski's article '1984 Could Be a Good Year' (originally in New York Times Magazine, 15 Jul 1962) in a book on 'Technology and Social Change'.

Consists of correspondence on Bronowski not being able to address the Technology and Culture Seminar at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) as part of a series on 'The Images of Man', and on a possible joint MIT and Salk Institute symposium to celebrate the 21st anniversary of 'Science and Human Values' [talks given at MIT by Bronowski] in Autumn 1973.

Consists of photographs of Bronowski sitting at a table with a book open in front of him, pen in hand, and note paper to write on.

Comprises audio recording of a conference dedicated to the memory of Bronowski (who had been scheduled to be a keynote speaker), held at the University of California in San Diego.

Comprises correspondence with Dr Hsio-Yen Shih (Curator, Royal Ontario Museum) on an invitation for Bronowski to take part in a lecture series to celebrate the museum's 60th anniversary (the invitation was then withdrawn).

Comprises correspondence relating to Bronowski delivering a lecture on 'The Creative Process' for a Nobel conference on 'Creativity' at Gustavus Adolphus College, St Peter, Minnesota (7-8 January 1970), and its subsequent publication.

Also includes: a typescript of Bronowski's lecture; a typescript of 'Philosophy of Creativity: an experimental strategy for institutional self-renewal' by Daniel A Ferber and a letter from Ferber (Vice President for Academic Administration, Gustave Adolphus College) on visiting the Salk Institute and watching 'The Face of Violence' rehearsal at the Globe Theatre; a letter from Rubin Gotesky (editor, 'The Philosophy Forum' journal) criticising Bronowski's paper on 'The Creative Process'; correspondence with Frank R Barth (president, Gustavus Adolphus College) on Bronowski endorsing the Nobel conference programme as they were applying for funding; a conference programme; and a "speaking engagement" information sheet [made for the file].

Contains an audio recording (52.5 minutes long) of "J Bronowski speaking in Berkeley December 29, 1965 before the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The Society of the Sigma Xi and The United Chapters of Phi Beta Kappa".

Comprises: a leaflet containing information on the conference, an inscribed booklet reporting on the conference, and inscribed conference papers with speaker biographies. Includes 'The Evolution of Values' by Bronowski.

Consists of photographs of Bronowski sitting on a sofa and reading books that are on a coffee table in front of him (6), and looking directly at the camera with his hand on his face (3, including 1 smaller).

Consists of an audio recording from a session on 'The New Titans: Science in the Modern Age' at 'The Legacy of Jacob Bronowski' symposium.

Side A is 46 minutes and 10 seconds long. Side B is 17 minutes and 45 seconds long.

Typescript (with annotations) of Laurence Picken's speech to the Fellows of Jesus College on his 90th birthday.

Comprises typescripts (some annotated) and a photocopied publication proof.

Comprises photocopied galley proofs (annotated as edited by Encyclopaedia Britannica and "not acceptable"), and annotated copies of the article and bibliography.

Correspondence of A. H. Baldwin & Sons with Ian Stewart

Consists of a large 2 inch wide reel of video tape of a "television monologue broadcast live on New Year's Day 1968 in Atlanta, Georgia, by WSB-TV. Unscripted."

A label on the reel states that this was a WSB Television entry for distinguished television reporting in the AMA Medical Journalism awards competition.

The video was [returned] to the Salk Institute by WSB-TV on the 9th May 1975.

Consists of a film of a television monologue which was broadcast live on New Year's Day in Atlanta, Georgia (United States) by WSC-TV, labelled as unscripted.

This is a telerecording made from an original colour video.

Bronowski discusses subjects including reminiscences about Cambridge (such as a lecture by Einstein he had attended), physicists turning to biology after the Second World War, Rutherford's announcement on discovering neutrons, the discovery of DNA, attitudes to disease, questions about ageing and cancer, and his own work about the imagination being the difference between human and animals.

27 minutes and 20 seconds long.

The letter to Elsie from Bronowski (sent from Jesus College) and pages from the poem are included.

Comprises correspondence with and about Professor Albert Uttley, relating to him possibly working at the Salk Institute and a reference in Bronowski's 'Science and Human Values'.

Also includes copies of papers by Uttley which were sent to Bronowski: 'The Informon in Classical Conditioning'; 'Factors Affecting the Conductivity of Pathways in the Celebral Cortex' with T. V. P. Bliss and B. Delisle Burns; and 'The Informon: A Network for Adaptive Pattern Recognition'.

A BBC television film labelled as "for California". Presented by Bronowski and produced by Adrian Malone.

48 minutes and 45 seconds long.

Comprises an audio tape recording of 'A Memorable Fancy' by William Blake, performed by the Roy Hart Theatre and broadcast by ORTF [Office de Radiodiffusion-Television Française, in France]. The blurb on the audio reel case references Bronowski's writings on Blake.

20 minutes and 30 seconds long.

Consists of correspondence about Bronowski summarising the goals of his work for 'Who's Who in America' and payment for a volume.

Comprises: correspondence relating to publication of 'A New Dialogue on Two World Systems' [called 'The Abacus and the Rose' when published]; correspondence with C P Snow about the dialogue; notes on the "colour of the setting sun" [for the dialogue]; correspondence with people at the BBC (including with Douglas Cleverdon) relating to production for radio of 'A New Dialogue on Two World Systems'; a copy of an audience research report for the radio production of 'A New Dialogue on Two World Systems' (broadcast on BBC Third Programme, 16 Nov 1962); an annotated script of 'A New Dialogue on Two World Systems'; and notes about Galileo and his 'Dialogue on the Great World Systems'.

Broadcast for CBC [Canadian Broadcasting Company].

Consists of a leaflet containing the programme for the conference which included Bronowski speaking on 'Protest - Past and Present' (2 June 1969).

Consists of a spiral bound volume containing transcripts of the 5 sessions of a seminar organised by the Council for Biology in Human Affairs, and sponsored by the National Commission on Marijuana and Drug Abuse, the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation, the Drug Abuse Council and the Rockefeller Foundation (at the Salk Institute, 21-23 Oct 1972).

As well as transcripts the volume contains a summary of purpose, agenda and list of participants for the seminar.

Comprises an annotated draft typescript prepared for publication with a photocopy of notes by Bronowski on a possible essay selection (1971), notes [by Bronowski] of comments on essays and copies of some poems by Bronowski.

[Annotations appear to be by Sylvia Fitzgerald, with some by Bronowski and in another hand, possibly Piero E Ariotti].

Comprises an annotated draft typescript prepared for publication, with notes [by Bronowski] of comments on essays.

[Annotations appear to be by Sylvia Fitzgerald and Bronowski].

Comprises an annotated draft typescript prepared for publication, with notes [by Bronowski] of comments on essays.

[Annotations appear to be by Sylvia Fitzgerald and Bronowski].

Comprises an annotated draft typescript prepared for publication, with notes [by Bronowski] of comments on essays.

[Annotations appear to be by Sylvia Fitzgerald and Bronowski].

Comprises an annotated draft typescript prepared for publication, with a copy of Bronowski's review of 'The Double Helix' by James D Watson, notes [by Bronowski] of comments on essays, and notes on adjustments to be made to this section (such as including it within chapter 3, rather than as chapter 4).

[Annotations appear to be by Sylvia Fitzgerald and Bronowski].

Comprises an annotated draft typescript prepared for publication, with notes [by Bronowski] of comments on essays. Also includes: a photocopy of the report of the British Mission to Japan on 'The Effects of the Atomic Bombs at Hiroshima and Nagasaki' (1946); photocopies of newspaper articles in The Observer by Bronowski on 'A New Cosmology' (7 May 1950), 'The Icy Secrets of Matter' (8 Feb 1953), 'Messages from Dark Stars' (1 Jun 1952) and 'Mechanisms of Life' (10 Jan 1960); and a photocopy of 'The Beginnings of Life' by Bronowski (British Medical Journal, 5 Jan 1952) which was a review of 'The Physical Basis of Life' by J D Bernal.

[Annotations appear to be by Sylvia Fitzgerald and Bronowski].

Comprises: a draft typescript prepared for publication with a few annotations [by Sylvia Fitzgerald], notes [by Bronowski] of comments on essays, and a note of adjustments to be made to this section. Also includes a typescript of Bronowski's review of 'Death in Life: Survivors of Hiroshima' by Robert Jay Lifton.

Comprises an annotated draft typescript and notes [by Bronowski] of comments on essays.

[Annotations are mainly by Bronowski, with a few by Sylvia Fitzgerald].

Also includes information about publications included in 'A Sense of the Future', a draft outline for the book, and notes on questions and points about the book [annotated by Bronowski].