Comprises: correspondence relating to meetings of the Salk Institute Board of Trustees, letters sent to all Trustees, an agenda and minutes of meetings, and lists of trustees. Correspondence includes: memoranda by Joseph Slater (President) on developments at the Salk Institute during his first month, new appointments and reassignments of staff, and the annual meeting of Members and Trustees; a letter from Basil O'Conner (President, The National Foundation) about a grant from the Gildred Foundation; a memorandum on Joseph Slater being appointed as President of the Salk Institute; and memoranda about the finances of the Salk Institute.
Also includes: minutes of a special meeting of the Members of the Salk Institute (9 Nov 1967) and minutes of a special meeting of the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees (25 Oct 1967); a copy of the Annual Report of the Director; handwritten notes by Bronowski for meetings; a motion presented by Bronowski and Renato Dulbecco to the Trustees that the administrative arrangements at the Salk Institute needed reform; and a proposal for the re-nomination of Francis Crick, Jacques Monod and Warren Weaver as Non-Resident Fellows.