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Bills from the estate of John Carter, Cambridge. Includes printed notice from the executors of John Carter, Cambridge, Grocer and China-man, deceased describing that the business was taken on by Moses Brown, Carter's nephew on 16th July 1828 and so on settling Carter's will, debts are being recalled. Payments to be made to Mr. Joseph Gee and Mr. Elliot Smith, executors or directly to Moses Brown. On back of this notice is a list of items with money outstanding by Jefferson including total amount of earlier bill plus sugar, ginger, candles, water and bottle, hearth brush, clay, paper and twine, mop, top, sand and dust, oil all totalling £23 5s 1d all bought between 1815 and 1816; Also, itemised bill of the earlier amount listing candles, cut decanters, wine glasses, corkscrew, beaker, tea, candles, mop, furniture oil, rushlights, sugar, sperm oil, cotton, biscuits, cards, eggs, nuts, coffee, strainer, taper, matches, stick, paper and twine, carpet whisk, honey and pot, oil and vial, clay, nutmegs, snuff, clothes brush, sago. This was on his tutors account. Further items listed include ginger, cocoa, salt, mop, soap and sand, water bottle, hearth brush, candles, oil, sugar, paper, furniture oil, oil and vial, sand and dish, paper and twine, clay. All bought between 1812 and 1816; Small receipt signed by Elliot Smith acknowledging settlement of the bill for £23 5s 1d.

Bills produced by Mr White

William Thatcher £2.5.6
Blinkhorn Labourer £0.12.1
Beaumont Glazier £0.9.0
Jibbitt Carpenter £1.17.4
Blinkhorn Labourer £1.10.5
Whittlesey Blacksmith £0.5.3
Eau Brink Taxes £0.8.6
Land Tax £2.16.0

£10.4.1

Bills relating to Whittlesey House:
Land tax for half a year, £0 14s 0d
£2 1 s 6d to J. Shoody for work done
£2 12s 11 1/2d to H. Beaumont for glass and paint
£0 5s 8d in tax
£27 10s 2d for carpentry work

January 8th: Bill for £7 10s, the Revd Master & Fellows of Jesus College to the Cambridge Gas-Light & Coke Company for one quarter's rent from September 29th to December 24th for the Argand and Batswing Burners.
Signed Edward Grafton (?)

April 18th: Bill for £7 10s, the Revd Master & Fellows of Jesus College to the Cambridge Gas-Light & Coke Company for one quarter's rent from December 24th to March 25th for the Argand and Batswing Burners.
Signed Edward Grafton (?)

July 4th: Bill for £7 10s, the Revd Master & Fellows of Jesus College to the Cambridge Gas-Light & Coke Company for one quarter's rent from March 25th to June 24th for the Argand and Batswing Burners.
Signed Edward Tweed

November 14th: Bill for £7 10s, the Revd Master & Fellows of Jesus College to the Cambridge Gas-Light & Coke Company for one quarter's rent from June 24th to September 29th for 10 Argand and 6 Batswing Burners.
Signed E.J. Tweed

A number of bills to be paid to J. Webster for word done in the college, including: repairing the gate to the Master's Lodge, trimming trees on Christ's pieces etc.
For the following sums:
£7 17s 4d
£2 9s 4d
£5 4s 3d
£12 15s 2d.

Bills to James Webster detailing payments made for workmen to install shelves in rooms, to install shelves in gyp rooms, 6 brass knobs, 6 escutcheons, one hook, for making of coal bins, for 2 inch butts and screws, nails, screws, clunch brought from Cherry Hinton used at the bottom of the foundation of the building, new deal cupboards for the gyp rooms, old plain tiles, ridge tiles, clunch and carriage from Cherry Hinton to "fill up the deep cavities at the bottom of the foundation", one coat extra of floating plaster to the wall of the keeping room, Roman cement to the arches, extra lathing under the windows in the attics, rough stucco, plaster to the niche over the staircase instead of plain ceiling, cornice, extra plastering behind skirting boards of keeping rooms, deep moulded skirting, 36 mortice locks instead of iron rim locks, 6 patent French latches instead of common latches, battening out the old wall in the attic, deals for making wine bins, furring out the old wall and installing wine bins, wall hooks, for cutting away brick work at the end of the old building, moulding for the coal bins, for door frame under the staircase, architraves for new doors, Also receipts for payments to Webster by the College, 1822-3 and note from Webster relating to the construction of the new building, on the reverse of which are pencil drawings of profiles of unidentified individuals, c.1822.

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Printed biographical leaflets of Peter Hurford.

Comprises: two letters that sent Bronowski sent to Rita Bronowski from Iceland whilst filming for 'The Ascent of Man' (Apr 1972); a letter to Jacob and Rita Bronowski from Yosl and Aubrey [Bergner] sending New Year's wishes, thanking them for their Christmas card, and about 'The Identity of Man' book and an album of paintings by Yosl (Jan 1970); and a Christmas card by Jacob and Rita Bronowski (1973).

Also includes: a copy of a letter from Kathleen Verlander (then secretary to Harry Boardman, Salk Institute) to the National Association of Educational Broadcasters sending copies of letters to Bronowski (Jul 1975); a letter to Sylvia Fitzgerald from Field Enterprises Educational Corporation about photographs of Bronowski (Jul 1975); a copy of a letter from Sylvia Fitzgerald to the National Gallery of Art (Washington D C) on publishing Bronowski's Mellon lectures which were given at the gallery (Jul 1975); and copies of letters from Sylvia Fitzgerald to Naohiko Fukada (Kyoto, Japan) and Jim Lawburg (Nebraska, United States) thanking them for letters about 'The Ascent of Man' and informing them of Bronowski's death (Feb 1975).

Comprises: a copy of a statement that Bronowski gave to the Los Angeles correspondent of the Daily Express about the development of smokeless fuel (Feb 1967); a photocopy from 'The National Union Catalogue, Pre-1956 Imprints' showing Bronowski's publications; a mailing list (Feb 1971); and press cuttings and reprints of 'J B S Haldane's Self Obituary' (The Listener, 10 Dec 1964), 'Molecular Biology in the Year 2000' (reprinted from Nature, 14 Nov 1970) sent to Bronowski by Francis Crick, and 'Louis Rose Left His Name, Heritage' (San Diego Union, 14 Jul 1969).

Comprises: a list of Bronowski's publications (Feb 1973) with an additional page listing posthumous publications (to 1978); a list of Bronowski's Christmas poems with notes of where they were published (to 20 Dec 1973); and a typescript biography of Bronowski (Apr 1974).

Fax copies of Peter Hurford's biography for the Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart (MGG).

Papers regarding the entry with Peter Hurford's biography in the book Who's Who (2002-2005).
It contains letters from and to Peter Hurford from different editors of biographical dictionaries, photocopies of entries, etc.

Material providing biographical information about members of the College, of which the majority of the general information (JCHR/1/1-12) was compiled and collected by Freddy Brittain and, after him, by his widow Muriel Brittain.

Biographical details of members of the college in a single alphabetical list (pp. 5-314), with a scattering of press cuttings pasted or clipped in. At the back (from p. 315) are pasted-in press obituaries and similar biographical material on H. R. Creswick, A. W. Lawrence, D.J.V. Fisher, Major Alexander Cheyne, Orlando Oldham, John Woodforde, the Rev. Christopher Gardner, Dr Frederick Raby, George Beasley-Murray, Prof. David Balme, Stanley E. Thomas, Eric Miller, Prof. John Gould, Jeremy Bray M.P., Lieut.-General Sir Peter Hudson, H.P. Wortham, Geoffrey Tucker and John Havard.

Biographical details of members of the college in a single alphabetical list (pp. 5-314), with a scattering of press cuttings pasted or clipped in. At the back (from p. 311) are pasted-in press obituaries and similar biographical material on Sir Moses Finley, Prof. Lloyd James Austin, Prof. Glanville Llewellyn Williams, John Kirk, Prof. Tony Tanner, Sir Robin Renwick, Derek Davies and John Hunter Durran. The dates given here are those of the information covered.

Biographical details of members of the college in a single alphabetical list (pp. 5-314), with a scattering of press cuttings pasted or clipped in. At the back (from p. 336) are pasted-in press obituaries and similar biographical material on David Kelley, Arnold Cooke, Terry Eagleton and John Lecky.

Alphabetical list of members with brief biographical details (preceded by a note about its composition and guide to abbreviations used); in Freddy Brittain's hand but with later additions by Muriel Brittain. There follow lists of those who matriculated in 1849 or 1859, and of those from before 1849 who were in residence later. The volume also contains: copies of the Statutes of 1841 and 1861; names of incumbents of College livings since 1849; extracts from Cooper's Annals of Cambridge for 1850-56; extracts from the Report of the Royal Commission of 1852; biographies of Jesus men who were Fellows in 1849, ex-Fellows in 1849, and those otherwise especially notable from the second half of the 19C; and finally brief notes about rowing, covering 1849-70. On p. 231 is a pasted-in Who's Who entry for historian Herbert G. Wood, with a note about his death in 1963; at p. 240 are two newscuttings of obituaries for Sir Owen Beasley and Col. B. C. Hartley (both d. 1960). There is a flyleaf contents list.

Preliminary pages ii-viii contain statisticsof admissions, a list of abbreviations used for authorities cited in entries, and notes about the content of entries. The list that follows runs alphabetically through the whole volume. There are numerous newscuttings and other supplementary notes, some pasted in and others paper-clipped.

Contains lists arranged by date of admission and then alphabetically within each date. Thus entries for people who arrived at different times of year appear outside the main lists of those who matriculated in October. At the end of the volume (pp. 370-463), are obituary newscuttings and other papers relating to a selection of old members: Sir Morris Sugden; Sir Victor Goddard; Lt-Col. F. J. T. Mew; O.F. Tucker; E.P.H. Drake; Brig. Joe Parker; Mr Henry Barnes (Fellow); Sir William Walker; Major T. Anstey; Henry Snell; Geoffrey Gorer; Brian Melland; Angus Ward; Sir Jack Longland; Lord (Humphrey) Trevelyan; Lord (J. J. Saville) Garner; Bernard Mills; Aubrey Morgan; Edward Schur; P. N. Carpmael; the Rev. Dr Eric Abbott; the Ven. Sidney Harvey-Clark; Geoffrey Salmon; Col. Robert Greenhalgh; Allan B. Swan; Canon Joseph Poole; Dr Morvyn Williams; George F. Raper; Dr Roland D. Holloway; John C. Bane; F.M. G. Stammers; Brig. H. E. C. de Chassiron; Dr Mason Welch Gross; Derek Parker Bowles; Judge Alan Stewart Trapnell; the Rev. Canon J. N. Duckworth; Martin B. Hewitt; Sir David Trench; Terence R. Tiller; William M. Cowley; Bernard van Cutsem; the Rev. Dr Marcus Ward; Victor F. Stiebel; David Campbell (poet); Prof. A. H. Armstrong; H. E. Maude; W.B.B. (Basil)Rees; Edward G. Robey; David E. Fairbairn; Dr Charles Gilbert; Thomas Langton; Esmond Drury; Canon Mark Ruston; Sir Geoffrey Peacock; Alasdair Tainsh; Edward de Sautoy; the Rt Rev. John A. T. Robinson; Basil C. Aldis; Robert N. Jackson; Sir Philip Oppenheimer; General Sir John Sharp; Sir Geoffrey Gilbertson; Terence O. Kelly; Ronald Howard; Sir John Newson-Smith; David Craig; Wing Cdr Innes Westmacott; the Rev. Chandos Morgan; Ray Bevan; Dr Peter D. Mitchell; A. U. Payne; Alan Wyndham Green; Dr Kenneth Lumsden; Sir Norman Costar; J. H. C. Phillips; Owen S. Masefield; Douglas Lamb; Bryan Bevan; the Rev. William Howard Melish; Sir James Cobban; the Rt Rev. Cyril Bowles; Sir Clifford Cornford; Timothy Renold; Ian Robert Menzies; F. P. Wiltshire; Alistair Cooke; Dr Jacob Bronowski; Canon Noel Boston; Greville Poke; Leonard Hancock; Alistair Crombie; Lord (Robert) Lowry; Dennis Curry; Anthony Hordern; F. S. Hasland; Sam Benady; Richard B. Beare; George C. Thew; D. G. James; Major A. L. Symonds; Maurice Sinkin; Claude Pike; J. Noel Duckworth; the Very Rev. Ivan Neill; Canon Francis Longworth-Dames; Alan Burrough; Sir Edgar Beck; Major Stephen Mitchell; Lt-Col. Rex Hamer; Ellis Birk; Tom Lewis; Derek Taunt; Tom Manning.

In three volumes: 1) Abbiss to Hyde (190 pp.); 2) Iles to Tyrrall; 3) U to z [Unsworth to Zytkiewicz]. Each contains biographical details of members of the college in a single alphabetical list, with a scattering of press cuttings and small portrait photographs pasted or clipped in. At the back is a photocopy of a press obituary for Professor Michael Brawne (Braun), 16 Aug. 2002. The dates given here are those of the information covered.

With a final programme script (columns for "shot", "vision", "footage" and "sound") for programme 1 with some annotations.

Comprises: typescript biographies (1964, Apr 1965, Jul 1965, Oct 1965, Jul 1966, Apr 1967, Jun 1967, Dec 1967, Jan 1969); draft typescript biographies (c. 1965, c, 1969, 1970); notes on Bronowski's work relating to Leonardo Da Vinci (1967); various lists and notes on Bronowski's publications; completed questionnaires and draft biographical entries for publication in biographical directories such as 'Who's Who'; copies of published biographies from directories; correspondence with biographical directories; and some copies of letters summarising Bronowski's work or giving biographical details.

Also includes: an extract from a memorandum prepared for the Commonwealth Foundation by Renato Dulbecco about Bronowski and his work at the Salk Institute (16 Dec 1964); and a copy of a letter to Gerard Piel from Warren Weaver asking him to accept the position of chairman for fundraising activity at the Salk Institute and informing Piel that Bronowski had been made Deputy Director for scientific and academic affairs at the Salk Institute (2 Mar 1964).

Comprises: typescript biographies (Jan 1969, Jul 1971, Jul 1973); completed questionnaires and draft biographical entries for publication in biographical directories such as 'Who's Who'; letters from biographical directories and copies of published biographies.

Comprises typescript biographies of Bronowski [official, written by his secretaries].

Mainly comprises correspondence relating to a children's science book, an article and a proposed film based on an original article by Bronowski entitled 'The Amazing Biography of the Atom' (New York Times Magazine, 13 Oct 1963).

Comprises correspondence with Charles Cahill and Associates, Inc. (Hollywood, California) on a proposal to make an educational film based on Bronowski's article 'The Amazing Biography of an Atom'.

Comprises correspondence relating to a children's science book ('Biography of an Atom', published 1965), co-authored by Millicent Seslam and produced by Harper and Row (publishers), based on Bronowski's article 'The Amazing Biography of an Atom'.

Also includes correspondence on permissions for: 'The Amazing Biography of an Atom' to be reprinted in 'Unified English Composition' (Sanders, Jordan and Magoon, 1966) and an anthology of readings for an English course at the University of the Philippines (1970); Spanish language rights for 'Biography of an Atom'; Japanese language rights for 'Biography of an Atom'; and rights to make an educational film based on 'The Amazing Biography of the Atom'.

Additionally includes press cuttings and extracts of book reviews of 'Biography of an Atom'.

Comprises: correspondence with readers of Reader's Digest about Bronowski's article on 'The Amazing Biography of an Atom' that appeared in the magazine (Jan 1964, condensed from New York Times Magazine); correspondence with Reader's Digest on producing reprints of 'The Amazing Biography of the Atom'; permission requests to reprint 'Biography of an Atom' in 'A Magazine Reader' for adults learning English (Collier-Macmillian International publishers, 1968) and in a textbook on 'Using Prose' (Donald Lee and William Moynihan, 1967).

Also includes a paper on 'Atom Building and Photosynthesis' by Grandison Gardner sent to the Reader's Digest in response to Bronowski's article, and a reprint of 'The Amazing Biography of an Atom' from the Reader's Digest.

Comprises notes, copies of parts of Bronowski's 'William Blake and the Age of Revolution', and draft and final typescripts for Bronowski's biography of William Blake (1970).

Consists of a copy of Salk Institute Biohazard Procedures, with copies of memoranda referring to the procedures.

Comprises a programme for a conference at the Salk Institute with conference papers by Roman Jakobson ('The Fundamental and Specific Characteristics of Human Language'), Karl H Pribham, Stanford University ('Brain and Language'), Peter Carlton Reynolds, Stanford University ('Possible Preadaptations for Language in the Behavior of Monkeys and Apes'), Ursula Bellugi-Klima ('The Capacity for Language'), and Bronowski ('The Biological Foundations of Language').

Also includes papers [possibly given at an earlier conference or used for background research] on: 'Teaching Sign Language to a Chimpanzee' (R Allen Gardner and Beatrice T Gardner, University of Nevada, Reno, 15 Jul 1968); 'The Study of Human Evolution' (Washburn, 1968); 'Primate Communication Systems and the Emergence of Human Language' (Lancaster, 1968); 'Disconnexion syndromes in Animals and Man' (Norman Geschwind); 'Explaining Linguistic Universals' (David McNeill, Harvard University, Apr 1969); 'A Review of theory in Physiological Psychology' (Karl H Pribham, Stanford University, 1960); 'Language, Name and Concept' (Bronowski and Ursula Bellugi-Klima, Jun 1969); and 'The Human Revolution' (Charles F Hockett and Robert Ascher, 1964).

Comprises programmes and correspondence relating to two symposia held at the Salk Institute (Dec 1968 & Jul 1969), and plans to publish papers from the symposia. Includes notes on 'The Biological Basis of Language' by Bronowski (Jun 1967 & Jul 1968).

Comprises correspondence with Professor Samir K Ghosh (Max Planck Institute, Germany) relating to Bronowski preparing a paper on the evolution of language to be included in a volume on 'Biology and Language' which Ghosh was editing. After Bronowski's death 'Language in a Biological Frame' (previously published in 'Current Trends in Linguistics') was to be included instead.

Also includes a page of notes by Bronowski on "The characterization of human language" (c. 10 Feb 1972).

Includes a transcript of a discussion between Bronowski and others [part of a seminar about drug abuse], correspondence requesting information from the Council and with Harry Boardman, an extract of a research proposal by Key Dismukes [to work with the Council], and a report on the Council by Boardman (Jan 1972).

Also includes a letter to Bronowski from Ralph Wendell Burhoe (editor, Zygon journal of religion and science) on various subjects including seminars, the Center for Advanced Study in Religion and the Sciences (CASIRAS) and a visit from Harry Boardman (Nov 1972).

Consists of 2 spiral bound volumes (near duplicates) containing material relating to the work of the Council for Biology in Human Affairs at the Salk Institute. The volumes include proposals and agendas for conferences, outlines for a lecture series, a report on Schistosomiasis by a study group of the Commission for 'Biology and Health', a proposal for a workshop about 'Central Influences on American Life', a summary of a meeting of the 'Biology, Ethics and Law' commission, articles written by members of the Commission for 'Biology, Ethics and Law', papers presented at a conference, a table of contents from a book on food additives (the writer was financially supported by the Salk Institute) and a report on an attempt to establish an international registry of chemical compounds.

Consists of a spiral bound volume containing summaries of the work being done at the Salk Institute. As well as information about the Council for Biology in Human Affairs the volume contains sections on: science at the Institute (in Cancer research, on the immune system, the origin of life, neurobiology, and by the Reproductive Biology Council); an outline of Bronowski's research into "Human Specificity"; and information about the Archive for Contemporary Biology, the Szilard Collection and annual Renaissance symposia.

Comprises 2 folders containing information about programme objectives and core funding needed, specific study projects at the Salk Institute, the structure of the research programme, information on uses of the studies, and information about the Council for Biology in Human Affairs.

Also includes copies of a letter and notes from Roger Shattuck to Harry Boardman about Shattuck's research, with a memorandum from Boardman to Bronowski forwarding the notes.

Consists of a special issue of BioScience journal about 'Logic in Biological Investigation' (vol. 16, no. 1), with an envelope listing the issue.

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Comprising an envelope labelled in Bronowski's hand, containing: [Bronowski's birth certificate] in Russian, stamped in Leipzig, Germany, with a negative photocopy; Jacob Bronowski's certificate of naturalization for British citizenship (under British Nationality and Status of Aliens Act, 1914), 18 May 1933; a photocopy of the marriage certificate of Jacob Bronowski and Rita Coblentz in Hampstead Register Office (London), 17 Feb. 1941; certificate of marriage of Jacob Bronowski and Rita Coblentz in Oxford synagogue, 22 Mar. 1944; "My Play Book" by Lisa Bronowski (written whilst a child) [1950-1955]; a telegram to Bronowski (General Hospital, Cheltenham) from the Beverley sisters, wishing him well again soon, 14 Mar. 1958; details of the graves of Celia and Abraham Bronowski (Jacob Bronowski's parents) at Bushey Jewish Cemetery, 30 Nov. 1959 and 10 Oct. 1961; a lease for a property in La Jolla, San Diego, to Jacob Bronowski beginning 25 Jan. 1963; letter from John Hunt (Executive Vice President of the Salk Institute) to Bronowski thanking him for his contribution to the Salk Institute, 17 Jul. 1969; a photocopy of Lisa Bronowski and Nicholas Jardine's marriage certificate, 28 Jul. 1969; 2 passports for Bronowski (lots of stamps), 1955-1974; a note on the Taung Skull and a note of an address for C. Bronowski.

Steel engraving.

The first of two preliminary folios has been mostly cut out. The second bears some Latin notes, including a transcript of Bishop John Alcock's declaration of 17 March 1489 concerning doubts raised at the college of Saint Peter, Cambridge (about the making of decrees by the Master and Dean of that college). A contents list of statute headings follows, verso.

The Statutes (of Bishop Nicholas West) are written in an italic hand with a few later annotations and markings; they are followed by the Statute added by the Royal Visitors of 1559-60, substantially erased and rewritten because of the wish to start a new page.

At the back of the book are: the oath to be taken by a Fellow-commoner; the oath required on admission of a Fellow, the oath required on the admission of a Commoner; and a note in Dr French's hand (in English) about a new statute removing the restrictions imposed by the old statute "De numero sociorum" ["Of the number of fellows"], made on 7 January 1828 and to come into force within 5 years.

Contains copy of biography of Otter by Robert Holtby, 1990; Copy of portrait of Otter at Chichester Cathedral;

Scrapbook containing newspaper cuttings relating to Bishops

[whilst editor of 'The Cambridge Review' 1942-1948 he ran a campaign in the magazine against bogus bishops and His Holiness the Archimandrite of the Western Orthdox Church and Catholics of the West].