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Letter and report by Charles M. Bidwell, giving the value and condition of the lands at Swavesey and at Preston, Suffolk, with suggestions for improvement. These include the extraction and sale of gravel from the Vicarage Close and the building of a new Vicarage. There follows a case asking for a legal opinion as to whether the College can use funds from the Proby Trust to build a new vicarage, the answer was favorable.

NB for an exchange of land between the livings of Swavesey and Harlton in 1865, involving the Preston estate, see under Harlton, LIV 9, files 15 and 16.

Several valuations, 1909, 1914, 1920 and discussion (1934) of a loan from Queen Anne's Bounty for installing electricity, and a pump for the water supply. Also letter of 1947 about the price for the sale of the Rectory 1947.

Several summaries of income and expenditure for the parish, from 1912 to 1914. A letter from G.D. Shenton, 1 Feb. 1912, asks if an exchange is possible "I would give my eyes almost for a London parish". The 1914 form is signed by Anthony Hammond, Vicar.

Valuation of the houses - for each property it gives the name of the lessee, name of the tenant, a description of the rooms in the property, the presumed gross annual value, the repair and maintenance costs and the net value

Valuation of the benefice, and appeals for money for repairs.

A six-page report (typescript) by Charles Bidwell, of Bidwell & Sons, land agents and surveyors, with comments on the state of the land and its use. Also two handwritten notes, unsigned and undated, giving details of income, NB. W.O. Cleave was Rector until his death in August 1904.

Correspondence with the Ecclesiastical Commission on the augmentation of the benefice.

Consists of a reprint (annotated "J Bronowski 1953"), with an envelope listing the article.

Correspondence between the College and the Misses Fry about using the house as a school.

Comprises correspondence on Bronowski judging articles contributed to 'Borborygmi: The University of Southern California Medical School Journal'. Also includes numbers 1 to 8 of volume 1 of the journal.

Comprises correspondence relating to Bronowski visiting the United States Air Force (USAF) Academy at Colorado Springs to deliver 2 lectures on 'Science and the Future' (the 1st on 'The Rise of Technology' and the 2nd on 'Problems and Prospects'), 13-16 Jan 1967.

Also includes: a copy of a press cutting about Bronowski's lectures (The Free Press, Colorado Springs, 6 Jan 1967); timetables for Bronowski's visit; a press cutting about Colonel Posvar of the Air Force Academy being made Chancellor of the University of Pittsburgh; and a "speaking engagement" information sheet [made for the file].

Comprises: annotated lists of books and reprints on languages and animal communication; lists of books to order; letters from Polly Whalen (librarian) on finding books; and a copy of an article from 'Nature'.

Consists of typescript drafts of three papers by Bellugi: 'Language in a Different Mode' with Edward Klima (Oct 1971); 'Remembering with and without words' with Patricia Siple (Dec 1971); and 'Studies in Sign Language' (Nov 1971).

Comprises documents relating to Ursula Bellugi's employment as a research associate at the Salk Institute (specialising in the acquisition of language by children), with some correspondence.

Includes: curriculum vitae; memos from Bronowski to other employees of the Salk Institute about Bellugi; terms of employment; a bibliography on psycholinguistics and language acquisition by Bellugi; notices of seminars; a letter of reference for Bellugi (Jul 1972); correspondence on a joint paper between Bronowski and Bellugi.

Comprises correspondence on Bronowski delivering the inaugural George and Lorna Aagaard lecture on Medicine and Society on 'The Impact of New Biology' (8 Nov 1965) at the University of Washington, School of Medicine (Seattle). Correspondents include Dr Ralph Wedgwood.

Also includes: an invitation to a meeting of the National Academy of Sciences held at the University of Washington (declined); a timetable for Bronowski's visit to Seattle (7-10 Nov 1965); an invitation for Bronowski's lecture; a copy of an article about Bronowski's lecture ('The Genetic Age' by Robert Willkens, 'Bulletin of the King County Medical Society', Dec 1965); and a "speaking engagement" information sheet [made for the file].

Comprises correspondence relating to Bronowski visiting the University of Tennessee (Knoxville) and delivering a lecture on 'The Growth of the Imagination' (9 Apr 1968) as part of a series on 'Man and His Environment'. Also includes correspondence with Alvin M Weinberg (director of Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee) on having met at Oak Ridge, and a "speaking engagement" information sheet [made for the file].

Comprises correspondence with the University of Southern California (Los Angeles) relating to Bronowski speaking at an academic convocation on 'Science as Our Culture' (20 Oct 1964). Correspondents include Professor Paul Saltman (department of Biological Sciences).

Comprises correspondence, mainly with John Vaughan (Eastman Memorial Visiting Professorship Committee, The University of Rochester, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York), relating to Bronowski being the first Eastman Memorial Visiting Professor (26 Apr - 1 May 1965) and giving a lecture on 'The New Direction of Science' (27 Apr 1965).

Also includes a "speaking engagement" information sheet [made for the file].

Comprises correspondence on arrangements for Bronowski to give a lecture at the University on 'Science and Imagination' (20 Feb 1963).

Consists of a survey on British migrant scientists with a covering letter, and a reprint of 'The Emigration of British Scientists' by James A Wilson.

Comprises correspondence relating to Bronowski visiting Oregon (18 Feb - 4 Mar 1967) and delivering the Condon Lectures on 'The Philosophy of Contemporary Science' (20-28 Feb 1967). Bronowski gave 2 lectures (one on 'The Physical Sciences' and one on 'The Biological Sciences') and both lectures were delivered at the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon State University in Corvallis and Portland State College in Portland.

Also includes: a press release from the News Bureau of the University of Oregon; itineraries for Bronowski's visit; press cuttings about the lectures; an 'OU News Bulletin' announcing the lectures (17 Feb 1967); a photocopy of an annotated copy of 'The Logic of Nature' by Bronowski (from 'The Political Quarterly', Jul-Sep 1955, vol. XXVI, no. 3); letters from people that Bronowski met in Oregon including Andries [Deinum] who interviewed Bronowski after the Condon lectures; correspondence relating to tape recordings of Bronowski's Condon lectures and films of the interviews conducted by Andries Denium; correspondence with James H Austin (Professor of Neurology, University of Oregon Medical School) on the subject of serendipity in biology; photocopies of Bronowski's handwritten notes for the lectures; promotional leaflets for seminars associated with Portland division of Continuing Education; a "speaking engagement" information sheet [made for the file].

Comprises correspondence, mainly with Professor F J Reithal (Department of Chemistry, College of Liberal Arts, University of Oregon at Eugene), on Bronowski addressing an Honors College colloquium on 'Science and Imagination' (12 May 1966).

Comprises correspondence, with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, mainly relating to Bronowski being visiting Professor of Biomedical Sciences and delivering 2 lectures for the McNair lecture series on 'Man's appraisal of himself' (2-3 Apr 1968). Correspondence also relates to the possible publication of the lectures but Bronowski withdrew his offer for the University press to publish them.

Correspondents include Walter Hollander Jr. (Associate Professor of Medicine, Assistant to the Dean), Isaac M Taylor (Dean) and Lambert Davis (Director, University of North Carolina Press).

The file also includes: earlier correspondence inviting Bronowski to speak at the fourth national conference of the National Council of the Arts in Education (Philadelphia, Aug-Sep 1965) and to address the 1966 Carolina Symposium (both declined); a University notice announcing that Bronowski would be delivering the McNair lectures; itineraries for Bronowski's visit (1-6 Apr 1968); and a "speaking engagement" information sheet [made for the file].

Additionally includes an annotated typescript and annotated proofs of 'Protest and Prospect' (May 1970 & 1971), a list of books [nominated for the National Book Awards which Bronowski was acting as a judge for], and photocopies of pages from 'The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell' marked as for the McNair lectures.

Comprises correspondence, mainly with Joye Patterson (assistant Professor, School of Journalism, University of Missouri at Columbia), relating to Bronowski visiting the University to give a lecture on 'The Impact of New Science' and to meet with staff and students (26-27 Feb 1968).

Also includes correspondence with Joye Patterson on Loik Le Floch visiting the Salk Institute (Apr 1968) and reporting back to his class at the University of Missouri, and a "speaking engagement" information sheet [made for the file].

Comprises correspondence relating to arrangements for Bronowski to give a lecture on 'Science and Human Values - an introduction to the problem' as part of a course on the 'Legal, Ethical, Philosophical Aspects of Medicine' (30 Sep 1969), and to make a public address to University of Minnesota students (1 Oct 1969).

Also includes a press cutting about Bronowski's lecture and a "speaking engagement" information sheet [made for the file].

Comprises correspondence with the University of Minnesota relating to Bronowski visiting the University (18-20 May 1966). Bronowski's visit was to include: a lecture on 'The Philosophy of Biology' at the Medical school (18 May); lunch with the Humanities department staff, a colloquium on 'The Status of the Creative Act' and a Humanities and Philosophy department dinner (19 May); and a lunchtime talk for College of Liberal Arts honors students on 'What are the ethics of Science?' (20 May).

Also includes a "speaking engagement" information sheet [made for the file].

Comprises correspondence and other material relating to Bronowski giving a lecture on 'Science as a Humanistic Discipline' (1 Dec 1967) as part of a symposium on 'Science and the Human Condition' held at the University of Illinois to celebrate the centennial year of the University (29 Nov - 2 Dec 1967).

Includes: tentative programmes for the symposium; correspondence with David Pines (Committee for the Centennial Year, University of Illinois) on asking Bronowski to visit the Center for Advanced Study; information on working groups for the symposium; a list of participants in symposium from the University of Illinois; a Salk Institute press release on the outcomes of the symposium ("symposium advises more Science for College students"); an annotated [by Bronowski] outline of Bronowski's lecture on 'Science as a Humanistic Discipline'; correspondence on plans to publish 'Science as a Humanistic Discipline' in 'The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists'; a copy of a letter to Professor Daniel Slotnick (department of Computer Sciences, University of Illinois) sending a reference to 'The Computer and the Brain' by John von Neumann; a letter from Harriet Zuckerman (Assistant Professor of Sociology, Columbia University, New York) sending Bronowski papers on values and norms of contemporary science after meeting him at the symposium; a letter from T Gordon Scott (department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois) thanking Bronowski for joining a lunchtime discussion; correspondence with Dr Sidney Rosen (Professor of Physical Sciences, University of Illinois) on Rosen sending Bronowski copies of biographies he had written on Galileo, Paracelsus and Kepler; and a "speaking engagement" information sheet [made for the file].

Comprises correspondence, mainly with Professor Sol Tax (department of Anthropology, The University of Chicago), on attempting to arrange for Bronowski to give a lecture in the Monday Lecture series.

Bronowski's planned lecture in Jan 1967 had to be cancelled.

Comprises correspondence on Bronowski visiting Santa Cruz to give a lecture on 'The Origins of Vision and Imagination' and to take part in discussions on art education (14-15 Nov 1968). Includes a letter about a video of a discussion with Bronowski at Santa Cruz.

Also includes a "speaking engagement" information sheet [made for the file].

Comprises correspondence relating to Bronowski giving a lecture on 'Science and Imagination', with a "speaking engagement" information sheet [made for the file].

Comprises correspondence with Paul Saltman (Vice Chancellor-Academic Affairs, University of California at San Diego) on plans for Bronowski to speak to students of a Revelle College interdisciplinary course on the subject of 'Science and Technology - their Impact on Human Values' (8 May 1973). This was cancelled due to illness.

Also includes a "speaking engagement" information sheet [made for the file].

Consists of correspondence relating to Bronowski agreeing to speak during a presentation of the proposed constitution for the University of California at San Diego to the students (at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 20 Nov 1964). Also includes a copy of a letter sending information about Bronowski's lectures on 'The Identity of Man'.

Scrapbook containing newspapers cutings relating to Universitates Vagantes

Union of Hinxton Parish with Ickleton; disagreements over sale of Hinxton Vicarage and its proposed purpose.

Several different discussions, also discussing various sales.

Correspondence about the union of Gravely and Yelling and its consequences, financialproblems etc.

Comprises correspondence relating to a chapter written by Bronowski on 'The New Scientific Thought and its Impact', in volume 6 of UNESCO's 'History of Mankind' (originally written in 1958).

Also includes: a copy of [corrections/additions] to be made to the chapter by Bronowski; a copy of a chapter about 'Methods and Models' by Raymond Boudon from a UNESCO 'International study on the main trends of research in human sciences' (in French); a list of participants for a meeting of the 'International study on the main trends of research in human sciences' (3 Jul 1967, Paris).

Comprises correspondence, with UNESCO, about the UNESCO 'The Diversity of Cultures as Against the Universality of Science and Technology' project. Subjects include asking Bronowski to write a study (declined), Bronowski writing the 'Review of Eight Studies', and invitations to further meetings and discussions.

Also includes: a report of the preliminary meeting on 'The Diversity of Cultures as Against the Universality of Science and Technology' (Paris, 19 Jul 1969); an annotated typescript of Bronowski's 'Review of Eight Studies'; and correspondence about Bronowski's chapter on 'The New Scientific Thought and its Impact', in volume 6 of UNESCO's 'History of Mankind'.

Some correspondence in French.

Comprises correspondence relating to plans for Bronowski to attend a meeting of the International Council for Philosophy and Humanistic Studies (CIPSH) of UNESCO and give a paper on 'The Experience of Creation'. Bronowski cancelled his attendance due to illness.

Also includes: a typescript of Bronowski's paper on 'The Experience of Creation' prepared to present in Rio de Janeiro (12 Sep 1973); correspondence on publishing the paper in 'Diogenes' (journal of the Council for Philosophy and Humanistic Studies); and a "speaking engagement" information sheet [made for the file].

Some correspondence is in French.

Audio recording for the first programme in the '20th Century Man' television series. 55 minutes long.

Contains addresses of undergraduates

Humourous cricket team list. Two notecards from Littlewood at Trinity. Letter from someone at King's College

(1) An Informal Concert in the hall of Jesus College on Sunday 26th July at 9pm. Works performed: Sonata No. 3 for 2 violins and bass (Purcell); Pieces for the virginals (Byrd); Suite in C major for 2 violins and cello (Matthew Locke); String quartet in B flat major (K. 458) (Mozart). Performers: Andre Mangeot (violin), Betty Oglethorp (violin), Charles Wilson (viola), Rose Miller (cello) Laurence Picken (spinet)

(2) The Organ, Jesus College, Cambridge [no day or date given for the performance]

(3) Photocopy of a handwritten programme. No title or dates given. Works performed: Sonata No. 4 in F sharp, opus 30 (Scriabin); Six songs from 'A Shropshire Lad' (Butterworth); Romance (Elgar); 3 Romances (Schumann); North Country Ballads; Sonata (Poulenc)

(4) 'The Winter's Tale' by William Shakespeare performed in the Cloisters on Tuesday at 7.30pm. List of performers included [2 copies]

(5) 'Sweet and Low'. Works performed: 'Crazy Tutors'; 'Clouds'; 'departure for Mr Everest'; 'Sweet and low'; 'Twenty Years hence'; 'High and Low'; 'Prometheus Gated (A Greek Play)'; 'Il Trova Rovore (An Italian Opera)'; 'Lattin' Unseen (Not a Latin Unseen)'; and 'Jesus Ball 1900'. Initials of the cast are given, c.1940s

(6) c. 1910s. Works performed:
'Marche Militaire' (Schubert) and 'The Lord Chancellor's Nightmare' from Iolanthe (Sullivan0 performed on the piano by G. G. Webster
'The Yeoman's Wedding Song' (Prince Poniatowski) sung by D. Smythe
Character sketch performed by H. D. Barnard
'Come Let's be Merry' (Lane Wilson) sung by H. B. Salmon
'Mr Moon' (Alan Murray) sung by C. Meyer (Pembroke)
Selected works for the piano performed by T. V. Norman
Selected songs performed by E. G. Snaith (Magdalen)
'Natural History' (Hillaire Belloc) sung by G. P. Tregelles (Caius)
The Footlights Quartette in Repertoire

(7) The Magisterial Election: Operetta by E. A. 1945
Handwritten script

Unattributed papers, proposals, reports, etc.

Comprises a series of typescripts with spacing that is different from other typescripts of chapters in the collection.

Comprises correspondence on the arrangement, success, and taped recordings of Bronowski giving a series of 3 lectures on 'The Prophetic Eye' for the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) Art Council Lectures (20-22 Oct 1968). The lectures were on Leonardo da Vinci, William Blake and the Surrealists.

Also includes: a poster for Bronowski's lectures; a brochure about UCLA; lists of slides for the lectures; a photocopy of Bronowski's handwritten notes for his third lecture on 'Surrealism: the Daydream Image'; press cuttings announcing the lectures; and a "speaking engagement" information sheet [made for the file].