Includes details of employment and correspondence with employers at St. Paul's School, 1950-9; Royal Commercial Travellers School, 1951-5; Raines Foundation Grammar School, 1954; Wymondham College, Norfolk, 1959-68; Sheffield City Poly, 1969-75; City of London school, 1984-5; Highgate School, 1985-7; Blackheath High School, 1987. Also contains file of papers and correspondence with Ministry of Labour and National Service concerning intended career as a teacher, 1951; file of testimonials and CVs, 1951 - 2005
Papers relating to time served in the army as part of National Service
This series includes a few items providing an insight into Bawden's personal interests. Included are correspondence and related papers concerning attendance on archaeological digs, 1950s; Short course on Chinese history, 1973; Associated Board Grade 1 pass certificate for piano, 1936; day diaries, 1956 & 1958; Italian Course in Perugia, 1948-9; Amateur boxing, 1950s-70s;
Papers relating to Bawden's family. Includes papers relating to the death of his sister, 2007; Papers and correspondence with his sister and solicitors concerning the administration of his parents estate when they had died, 1971-1994; Miscellaneous items including copies of brother's and sister's wills, retirement cards, certificates of his freedom of the city of London, 2nd June 1995 and 28th February 1996, father's certificate proving qualified teacher with related correspondence, 1913-15, miscellaneous family letters, 1920s and 30s;
Includes papers relating to Bawden's volunteering at St. Paul's Cathedral
Letters to and replies from Prime Ministers with regard to various complaints. Includes letter from Margaret Thatcher, 1970
Papers and correspondence relating to Bawden's bequest to the College including correspondence relating to a watercolour painting of the chimney by Hugh Casson.
One folder containing correspondence with College staff and invitations to reunion dinners in 1967 and 1984 and an annual dinner in 2011.
These diaries cover Frederick Brittain's life from 1910 when he was 16/17 years old and still at school,through WWI when he served on the hospital ship H.M. Egypt, to his career at Jesus College until his death in 1969. The entries give a detailed account of his work, reading, friends and colleagues, and his many hobbies including The Rooster Society, rowing, cycling, attedance at church services and amateur dramatics.
Brittain, Frederick (1893-1969), Fellow and Keeper of Records of Jesus CollegeA small selection consisting of three photographs and 1 album showing Frederick Brittain as Proctor, an album of photographs of his rooms in college, a photograph of his portrait and a photograph of the memorial doors
A large bulk of this collection are letters written to Frederick Brittain. They came into the Archive in boxes following the death of Muriel Brittain. There appeared to be no original order so it was decided to put them in chronological order and list them in groups of decades. Amongst he various boxes in the accession were loose letters but only very few written by F.B. himself. These have been listed individually
There are a number of scrapbooks and individual articles that were kept by Frederick Brittain. Some of the scrapbooks contain newspaper cuttings of articles he had written himself, some are reviews of his published work and some were on topics of interest to him
A collection of miscellaneous items listed individually
Also includes some material on later work at the Salk Institute.
Comprises files of outgoing correspondence organised chronologically, with a record of some early incoming correspondence.
Also includes some files containing carbon copies of letter sent out by academics visiting the Salk Institute [typed up by Bronowski's secretaries].
Contains material relating interviews of Warren Weaver [Non-Resident Fellow and founding Chairman of the Board, Salk Institute] conducted by John F. Henahan [of the Council for Biology in Human Affairs], and Gunther Stent conducted by Sylvia Fitzgerald [Editorial Associate to Bronowski].
Bronowski delivered a series of 3 lectures titled 'The Prophetic Eye' for the UCLA (University of California at Los Angeles) Art Council Lectures on the 20th, 21st and 22nd of October 1968. These lectures were on 'Leonardo da Vinci and the Articulation of Nature', 'The Minute Particulars of William Blake' and 'Surrealism: the Daydream Image'.
Comprises audio recordings and transcripts of lectures given whilst Bronowski was Carnegie visiting professor of History.
[These lectures were originally titled 'Science and Civilised Man'].
Comprises audio recordings of a series of 6 lectures that Bronowski delivered for the Silliman Memorial lectures at Yale University (in Kline Geology Lecture Hall).
Comprises audio recordings of a lecture that Bronowski gave for the Damon lecture series at the National Science Teachers Association convention in Washington D C [broadcast on WGBH-FM radio].
Comprises audio recordings made for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in 1968 of lectures that were first given at York University (Canada) as part of the Frank Gerstein Lectures (York University Invitation series) for 1963 on the theme Imagination and the University.
Comprises audio recordings of 3 lectures that Bronowski gave on Leonardo da Vinci, William Blake and Surrealism for the UCLA (University of California Los Angeles) Art Council Lectures in October 1968. The lectures were delivered in Schoenberg Hall, UCLA.
Comprises audio recordings of a series of 6 lectures that Bronowski gave for the A W Mellon lectures in Fine Arts (1969) at the National Gallery of Art, Washington D C.
Comprises audio recordings of a series of 4 lectures that Bronowski gave for the Bampton lectures in America (1969) at Columbia University, New York.
Comprises recordings of broadcasts made by Bronowski which were based on his articles and lectures.
Includes recordings of 'My Brother Died' which was a melodrama for radio written by Bronowski, produced by Douglas Cleverdon, and broadcast on the BBC Third Programme. 'My Brother Died' was entered into the Italia Prize for radio drama in 1954.
Comprises recordings of a dialogue written by Bronowski in response to the 'Two Cultures Debate' which followed his lectures on 'Science and Human Values' given at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1953.
Bronowski's dialogue was inspired by Galileo's 'Dialogue on the Great World Systems' (published 1632).