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Consists of carbon copies of letters sent by Bronowski, Sylvia Hodgson (Editorial Assistant to Bronowski) and Audrey Drake (Secretary to Bronowski). Subjects include: books to purchase for the Szilard collection; invitations to attend a symposium and for speaking engagements; Bronowski reviewing 'The Art of Memory' by Francis A. Yates; publications by Bronowski including permission for a braille version of 'The Identity of Man'; plans for Bronowski to attend the International Design Conference in Aspen; Bronowski's visit to the United States Air Force Academy (Colorado); Karl Popper delivering a seminar on 'Three Idols of Empiricism: precision, definition, senses and their data' at the Salk Institute; the philosophy of Helmuth Plessner; Erich Fromm planning to visit La Jolla and Bronowski helping him to find a house to rent; arrangements for Bronowski to visit Oregon to deliver the Condon lectures; the impact of technology on society, and interactions between the two; and discussions about determinism.

Includes a copy of a letter of recommendation for Miller Jones' application for the post of Director of the University of East Anglia's Television Centre.

Consists of carbon copies of letters sent by Bronowski, Sylvia Hodgson (Editorial Assistant to Bronowski) and Kathleen Murray (Secretary to Bronowski).

Subjects include: arrangements for Bronowski to give the first Damon Educational Foundation lecture on 'Science in the New Humanism' [later called 'Science and the New Humanism'] at a National Science Teachers Association convention (Mar-Apr 1968); buying books for the Szilard collection at the Salk Institute; arrangements for Bronowski's visit to the University of Tennessee (Apr 1968) including plans to lecture on 'The Growth of Imagination'; publications by Bronowski; a meeting of the Study Group on the Unity of Knowledge; invitations for speaking engagements; arrangements for Bronowski to deliver a lecture to a joint meeting of senior school pupils in honor classes and the Delta Kappa Gamma Society (8 Feb 1968); arrangements for seminars by Richard L. Sodman and Melvin J. Cohen at the Salk Institute; John Lucas (Merton College, Oxford) making changes to 'The Freedom of the Will'; and suggestions for Bronowski to be involved with further television programmes for the BBC, particularly on William Blake (letter to Adrian Malone).

Also includes a photocopy of a handwritten letter from Bronowski to Gilbert Seldes on subjects including postponing a planned visit by Seldes to the Salk Institute to advise on the library.

Consists of carbon copies of letters sent by Bronowski, Sylvia Hodgson (Editorial Assistant to Bronowski), Kathleen Murray (Secretary to Bronowski) and Gerry Likens (Secretary to Bronowski).

Subjects include: publications by Bronowski; meetings on 'The Biological Foundations of Language' at the Salk Institute; developments relating to the Archive of Contemporary Biology at the Salk Institute; and the National Book Award Committee [of which Bronowski was a member].

Also includes a letter of reference for Roy Ascott for the post of Professor of Art in the Open University (United Kingdom), and a list of people that had visited Bronowski at the Salk Institute in 1968.

Consists of carbon copies of letters sent by Bronowski, Sylvia Hodgson (Editorial Associate to Bronowski), Kathleen Murray and Lee Lacy (Secretaries to Bronowski).

Subjects include: Commissions of the Council for Biology in Human Affairs at the Salk Institute; Bronowski acting as an examiner for a Ph.D. thesis on William Blake (University of Edinburgh); publications by Bronowski; negotiations and plans for work on 'The Ascent of Man' television series; and invitations for speaking engagements.

Also includes carbon copies of letters of reference by Bronowski for: Peter Reynolds sent to the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (Washington D. C.); and for Dean Morse sent to Columbia University (New York).

Additionally includes carbon copies of a memorandum and addendum to a letter sent to Bronowski by David Pines, about a proposed joint Fellowship of the Salk Institute and Center for Advanced Study at the University of Illinois.

Consists of carbon copies of letters sent by Bronowski, Sylvia Fitzgerald (Editorial Associate to Bronowski and Secretary for Science Horizons Inc.) and Kathleen Murray (Secretary to Bronowski).

Subjects include: publications by Bronowski; research and other preparatory work for 'The Ascent of Man'; KPBS television filming Bronowski [for 'Jacob Bronowski: 20th Century Man']; and Bronowski's thoughts about a paper on 'Potential Consequences of Experimentation with Human Eggs' by James Watson (letter to Watson, Harvard University).

Consists of carbon copies of letters sent by Bronowski, Sylvia Fitzgerald (Editorial Associate to Bronowski and Secretary for Science Horizons Inc.) and Kathleen Verlander (Secretary to Bronowski).

Subjects include: publications by Bronowski; invitations for speaking engagements and to review books; 'Jacob Bronowski: 20th Century Man' being shown on television; and Andrew Robertson's (University of Sussex, Science Policy Research Unit) account of the development of smokeless fuels at the National Coal Board.

Consists of carbon copies of letters sent by Bronowski, Sylvia Fitzgerald (Editorial Associate to Bronowski and Secretary for Science Horizons Inc.) and Kathleen Verlander (Secretary to Bronowski).

Subjects include: work on 'The Ascent of Man' book including compiling lists of locations, quotations and illustrations; other publications by Bronowski; comments on 'Methods of Discovery and Communications in the Writings of Francis Bacon' by Lisa Jardine (letter to Lisa); invitations for speaking engagements; plans for Bronowski to deliver a lecture on Copernicus at the Smithsonian Institution (Washington D C); and plans for Bronowski to visit Carleton College (Minnesota) in February.

Includes a carbon copy of a letter to Leo Baron (Bronowski's brother) on having missed him whilst filming for 'The Ascent of Man' in Zambia, on Adrian Malone possibly visiting Zambia for a different project and the Bronowski's possibly travelling to Africa in 1974.

Also includes: a photocopy of a letter to Nicole [Plett, Bronowski's daughter] from Sylvia about a book on accounting; and a carbon copy of a letter from Salvador E. Luria [Non-Resident Fellow] to Francis Schmitt (Neurosciences Research Program, Massachusetts Institute of Technology) endorsing the nomination of Ephraim Katchalski.

Consists of carbon copies of letters sent by Bronowski, Sylvia Fitzgerald (Editorial Associate to Bronowski) and Kathleen Verlander (Secretary to Bronowski).

Subjects include: 'The Ways of Man' series of books which Bronowski was providing editorial assistance for; plans for Bronowski to attend the annual meeting of the Royal Society of Canada (June 1974) and deliver a paper on 'The Principle of Tolerance [based on chapter 11 of 'The Ascent of Man']; invitations for speaking engagements; plans for a symposium on 'Renaissance Medicine' in May 1974, jointly sponsored by the Salk Institute and the University of California at San Diego; and plans for Bronowski to visit Wellesley College (Massachusetts) in April and deliver a lecture.

Includes a letter to Gustav Born from Bronowski about discussing Max Born in 'The Ascent of Man' and about a photograph of Bronowski with Max Born, Arthur Compton and Rita Bronowski.

Consists of carbon copies of letters sent by Bronowski and Sylvia Hodgson (Secretary to Bronowski). Subjects include: publications by Bronowski, including proposals for foreign editions; historical records of colour blindness; invitations for Bronowski to give lectures, address a conference, attend a meeting and take part in a symposium; Bronowski having visited the National Coal Board (United Kingdom) to give advice [during Jun 1965] and the resulting report on 'Use of By-Products from the Char Process'; a quote by William Blake (letter to Sir Geoffrey Keynes); Bronowski writing a letter of introduction for a student to Lord Bowden; Bronowski's plans to visit the University of Minnesota (in May 1966); Bronowski having met Karl Popper in London (Jun 1965) and inviting Karl Popper to visit the Salk Institute; the San Diego Board of Education's programme for very gifted children; the Van Leer Foundation for the Advancement of Human Culture (Israel); Roman Jakobson's plans to visit the Salk Institute as a Visiting Fellow; and Bronowski supporting the election of Professor Norman Cohn to the Athenaeum Club (London).

Also includes Deputy Director's weekly summary reports listing correspondence sent to and from the Salk Institute, as well as internal correspondence.

Additionally includes copies of letters sent by Rita Bronowski to Union Bank of Switzerland about her bank balance, and to Earl Grant about how he could help an Association to support the Actors Quarter Theatre in San Diego.

Consists of carbon copies of letters sent by Bronowski and Sylvia Hodgson (Secretary to Bronowski). Subjects include: an invitation to write a book in a series entitled 'Twentieth Century Studies'; invitations to review a book, take part in a seminar series, give the Silliman Memorial lectures for 1967, and for other speaking engagements; publications by Bronowski; inviting Dr Brian Gluss of the Rand Corporation (Santa Monica, California) to visit the Salk Institute for discussions with Fellows; purchasing books for the Salk Institute library; a proposed Canadian Broadcasting Corporation television programme to feature the Salk Institute; research projects being undertaken by Cox, Langford and Brown (centred around technology and computing); and Bronowski's support for San Diego Board of Education programmes for gifted children.

Includes a copy of a letter to the editors [for publication] of The New York Review in response to an article about Bronowski's 'The Identity of Man'.

Also includes photocopies of handwritten letters from Bronowski to John Burchard, Marshall Baron (about Bronowski's brother, Leo Baron), and Ned O'Gorman (about a proposed volume or series on 'Revolution and Prophecy').

Consists of carbon copies of letters sent by Bronowski and Sylvia Hodgson (Editorial Assistant to Bronowski).

Subjects include: books to purchase for the Szilard collection; publications by Bronowski; arrangements to visit Italy to film ['Tell me if anything was ever done'] BBC television film about Leonardo da Vinci; invitations for speaking engagements; and tracing a quote by Albert Einstein.

Also includes a photocopy of a handwritten letter from Bronowski to Adrian Malone (BBC television) about the script for ['Tell me if anything was ever done'].

Consists of carbon copies of letters sent by Bronowski, Sylvia Hodgson (Editorial Assistant to Bronowski) and Gerry Likens (Secretary to Bronowski).

Subjects include: Bronowski wishing to present Jesus College (Cambridge) with copies of his books; publications by Bronowski, including publication of lectures; an invitation to write an article about violence; Bronowski's comments on 'The Freedom of the Will' by John R Lucas (Merton College, Oxford); Bronowski's thoughts on the philosophy of physics (letter to Professor Pete A. Gunter, Department of Philosophy, University of Tennessee); discussion of philosophical issues including Bronowski's interest in "the logical character of systems of natural laws" (letter to Hilary Putnam, Department of Philosophy, Harvard University); plans for Bronowski to give the Bampton lectures at Columbia University, New York (Spring, 1969); Sir Edward Bullard visiting the Salk Institute; books to purchase for the Szilard collection at the Salk Institute; and ordering prints of photographs from the National Foundation.

Consists of carbon copies of letters sent by Bronowski, Sylvia Hodgson (Editorial Associate to Bronowski) and Kathleen Murray (Secretary to Bronowski).

Subjects include: publications by Bronowski; recommending the work of Professor Emanuel Epstein [on plants growing in salt water] for a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation; invitations for speaking engagements; results of a meeting with Robert Reid (BBC) in Paris [beginnings of negotiations about 'The Ascent of Man']; and books to purchase for the Szilard Collection at the Salk Institute.

Consists of carbon copies of letters sent by Bronowski and Sylvia Fitzgerald (Editorial Associate to Bronowski).

Subjects include: publications by Bronowski, and discussion of ideas in them; a series of seminars on cognitive studies at the Salk Institute which had been organised by Eugene Galanter (Department of Psychology, Columbia University, New York); books to purchase for the Szilard collection at the Salk Institute; the Council for Biology in Human Affairs at the Salk Institute agreeing to co-sponsor a meeting of the British Society for Social Responsibility in Science; research and work on 'The Ascent of Man'; invitations to write articles and attend conferences and seminars; and Bronowski's belief that 'The New York Review of Books' had become anti-technological.

Consists of carbon copies of letters sent by Sylvia Fitzgerald (Editorial Associate to Bronowski and Secretary for Science Horizons Inc.) and Kathleen Verlander (Secretary to Bronowski), whilst Bronowski was away from the Salk Institute.

Subjects include payment of expenses from the BBC for Bronowski's travel in Europe, and publications by Bronowski.

Consists of carbon copies of letters sent by Bronowski, Sylvia Fitzgerald (Editorial Associate to Bronowski and Secretary for Science Horizons Inc.) and Kathleen Verlander (Secretary to Bronowski).

Subjects include: Bronowski supporting Ursula Bellugi's application to the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation; Jacob and Rita's plans to set up a trust to buy a house for Hester Coblentz [Rita's sister], and Bronowski's house in London, The Hexagon (letter to Lisa Jardine); publications by Bronowski including 'The Ascent of Man' book; work on editing 'The Ascent of Man' films and preparing the book; details of Bronowski's chess games for a biography to appear in [a United Kingdom chess magazine]; and Bronowski's thoughts about a paper on 'Chimpanzees and Language Evolution' by Steklis and Raleigh (Department of Anthropology, University of California at Berkeley).

Comprises photocopies of handwritten letters from Bronowski, and carbon copies of letters from Bronowski, Kathleen Verlander (Secretary to Bronowski) and Sylvia Fitzgerald (Editorial Associate to Bronowski).

Subjects include: the success of 'The Ascent of Man' television series in the United Kingdom and the series being sold for television in the United States; delays to the production schedule and work done for 'The Ascent of Man' book; invitations for speaking engagements; Bronowski's plans to travel to the United Kingdom in October; and cancelling attending a meeting of the UNESCO Conseil International de la Philosophie et des Sciences Humaines in Rio de Janiero, which Bronowski had prepared a paper for.

Includes replies to 'The Ascent of Man' viewers letters about subjects covered in the programmes.

Also includes a carbon copy of a letter to the Radio Times from Bronowski, replying to comments from [viewers of 'The Ascent of Man'].

Consists of carbon copies of letters sent by Bronowski, Sylvia Fitzgerald (Editorial Associate to Bronowski and Secretary for Science Horizons Inc.) and Kathleen Verlander (Secretary to Bronowski).

Subjects include: 'The Ascent of Man' book; purchasing video tapes of 2 interviews of Bronowski by James Day [for 'Day at Night'] for the Salk Institute Archives; a seminar programme at the Salk Institute [part of the work of the Council for Biology in Human Affairs]; a proposed article by Bronowski about 'The Ascent of Man' for the New York Times; invitations for speaking engagements and arrangements to deliver lectures; 'The Ascent of Man' films being shown at Central Piedmont Community College (Charlotte, North Carolina); and Bronowski having visit Miami-Dade [Community College which was preparing a course based on 'The Ascent of Man'].

Also includes a carbon copy of a letter of reference for James Malley by Bronowski.

Consists of carbon copies of letters sent by Bronowski, Sylvia Hodgson (Secretary to Bronowski) and William Glazier (Assistant for Fellows' Affairs). Subjects include: invitations for Bronowski to address conferences, attend a meeting, give lectures and participate in a visiting scholars programme; Bronowski being away from the Salk Institute and in Europe; permissions requests to quote or reprint articles and books by Bronowski and for a Japanese edition of 'Science and Human Values'; publications by Bronowski; and audio recordings of 'The Face of Violence' (letter to Douglas Cleverdon).

Also includes Deputy Director's weekly summary reports listing correspondence sent to and from the Salk Institute, as well as internal correspondence.

Consists of carbon copies of letters sent by Bronowski and Sylvia Hodgson (Secretary to Bronowski). Subjects include: invitations for speaking engagements; a request from the Universities Committee for Soviet Jewry (London) for Bronowski to sign a letter to The Times newspaper about Jewish affairs in the Soviet Union; publications by Bronowski including the planned publication of papers from a colloquium featuring Bronowski, Michael Polanyi and Carl Rogers; establishment of the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (Trieste, Italy); Bronowski supporting Roy Ascott as a candidate for the Chair of Art at the University of Essex; Bronowski reading and commenting on articles by other authors which related to his interests; and the postponement of Leo Baron's (Bronowski's brother) hearing in Rhodesia.

Also includes memoranda from William Glazier about Salk Institute Library Weekly Meetings, and a copy of a letter from Bronowski to Professor S L Washburn (Department of Anthropology, University of California at Berkeley) asking if he could come to Berkeley to discuss australopithecines and related subjects.

Consists of carbon copies of letters sent by Bronowski, Sylvia Hodgson (Editorial Assistant to Bronowski) and Carolyn Wardell (Secretary to Bronowski).

Subjects include: plans for Bronowski to attend the Salzburg Seminar in American Studies (Aug-Sep 1968); publications by Bronowski; books to purchase for the Szilard collection; and Bronowski visiting New Mexico with his wife and 2 younger daughters (Nicole and Clare).

Also includes photocopies of handwritten letters by Bronowski to L. Frank Mann (Consultant, Bureau of Secondary Education) about a report, and to Arthur Shapiro (Downtown Medical Centre, New York) about whether dogs dream.

Consists of carbon copies of letters sent by Bronowski, Sylvia Hodgson (Editorial Assistant to Bronowski) and Kathleen Murray (Secretary to Bronowski).

Subjects include: Bronowski recording some of his lectures for broadcast by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation; publications by Bronowski and plans for 'A Sense of the Future: Selected Essays in Art and Science' by Bronowski; Bronowski's brother, Leo Baron, getting a job [in the United Kingdom]; Bronowski introducing Arnold Pickar (associate professor of physics, Portland State College) to Imre Lakatos (London School of Economics and Political Science); the San Diego school system programme for gifted children, and the positive effect on Bronowski's own children; books to purchase for the Szilard collection at the Salk Institute; an appeal to fund a memorial for John Moore who was a friend of Bronowski's (United Kingdom); invitations for speaking engagements; and a report on the Salk Institute by Loik Le Floch (School of Journalism, University of Missouri).

Consists of carbon copies of letters sent by Bronowski, Sylvia Hodgson (Editorial Associate to Bronowski) and Kathleen Murray (Secretary to Bronowski).

Subjects include: publications by Bronowski; Sylvia Hodgson having visited archives in Washington D C, New York and London [to get advice on the Archive of Contemporary Biology at the Salk Institute]; and papers from a conference on language and biology ['The Biological Foundation of Language'] at the Salk Institute.

Consists of carbon copies of letters sent by Bronowski, Sylvia Fitzgerald (Editorial Associate to Bronowski) and Kathleen Murray (Secretary to Bronowski).

Subjects include: support for Regional Primate Research Centers in the United States; publications by Bronowski; and rental of the Bronowski's house in London (1 The Hexagon).

Consists of carbon copies of letters sent by Bronowski, Sylvia Fitzgerald (Editorial Associate to Bronowski and Secretary for Science Horizons Inc.) and Lee Lacy (Assistant Secretary to Bronowski).

Subjects include: plans for archives at the Salk Institute; research and filming for 'The Ascent of Man'; publications by Bronowski; and Renaissance symposia jointly sponsored by the Salk Institute and the University of California at San Diego.

Also includes photocopies of handwritten letters by Bronowski to: Wilfrid Le Gros Clark (Department of Human Anatomy, University of Oxford); [Niko] Tinbergen (Oxford); Christoph Brozek (Center for Urban Studies, Wayne State University, Michigan); [Theodosius] Dobzhansky (Rockefeller University, New York); Andrew Robertson (about a draft account of the development of smokeless fuels at the National Coal Board); C H Rolph (Bronowski agreeing to write a letter about "Kingsley"); Jane Allen (Rockefeller Foundation) giving his opinion of a proposal by Donald Michie; Donald [McCullough] on Bronowski's recollections of appearing on the 'Brains Trust' together; and Carey McWilliams.

Additionally includes a photocopy of a National Science Foundation rating sheet filled in by Bronowski about a proposal for a programme to explore 'Computer Simulation of Human Semantic Memory and Cognition'.

Consists of carbon copies of letters sent by Sylvia Fitzgerald (Editorial Associate to Bronowski and Secretary for Science Horizons Inc.) and Kathleen Verlander (Secretary to Bronowski) whilst Bronowski was away from the Salk Institute.

Subjects include: publications by Bronowski; a paper by Bronowski on 'Stratified Stability and the Evolution of Complexity' being prepared for a conference in Italy; and literary rights in transcripts, and the network release of, 'Jacob Bronowski: 20th Century Man' television series.

Comprises photocopies of handwritten letters from Bronowski, and carbon copies of letters from Bronowski and Sylvia Fitzgerald (Editorial Associate to Bronowski).

Subjects include: Bronowski's illness and regret at not having attended the launch of 'The Ascent of Man' in London; success of 'The Ascent of Man'; Bronowski's good wishes for Donald Barham's retirement from Willesden College of Technology, London (they had been friends at school); a suggestion (by Tony Jay) that 'The Ascent of Man' should be turned into a series of teaching aids; Bronowski's thoughts on proposals for a Center for Advanced Study in Religion and Science (letter to Ralph Burhoe); invitations for speaking engagements; and a proposed BBC television programme about the Salk Institute.

Includes letters to Margaret Dorrell, Eirlys Roberts, Nicholas Jardine, and Terry Durham, and a letter of reference for Elaine Lenchuk (was a secretary in the New Programs Office, Salk Institute).

Additionally includes carbon copies of memoranda from Sylvia Fitzgerald about Bronowski's life insurance, retirement plans, payments from the Salk Institute and medical insurance.

Consists of carbon copies of letters sent by Bronowski, Sylvia Fitzgerald (Editorial Associate to Bronowski and Secretary for Science Horizons Inc.) and Kathleen Verlander (Secretary to Bronowski).

Subjects include: an article for TV Guide on the making of 'The Ascent of Man'; restoration of a painting ('Conversation in Corfu') by Ruth Abrams; Bronowski recommending recent publications about biochemical evolution; invitations for speaking engagements; a [filmed] interview of Jacob and Rita Bronowski, made by George Noordhof (London); Bronowski's comments on 4 chapters of a book by Theodore Rabb (Department of History, Princeton University) in a letter to Rabb; Bronowski's comments on 'The Idea of Evil in the Poetry of Blake and Shelley' by Melanie Bandy (Department of English, Lamar University, Texas) in a letter to Bandy; Miami-Dade Community College preparing a course based on 'The Ascent of Man'; and 'The Ascent of Man' films including plans for them to be shown on Netherlands Television.

Also includes photocopies of handwritten letters by Bronowski to: Alan Sleath (BBC) thanking him for hospitality when Bronowski visited London; Dr John Shotter (Department of Psychology, University Park, Nottingham, United Kingdom) commenting on papers by Shotter; and Larned Bradford (Little Brown publishers) criticising [a book] by Edward Keating about evolution.

Consists of carbon copies of letters sent by Bronowski, Rita Bronowski and Sylvia Hodgson (Secretary to Bronowski). Subjects include Bronowski's 'The Identity of Man' lectures and itinerary whilst in New York, a discussion group about 'The Abacus and the Rose', publications by Bronowski, other authors sending their work to Bronowski (including Aaron Klug), the BBC proposing to make a film about the Salk Institute and television coverage of 'The Identity of Man' lectures, experimental work by the National Coal Board, arrangements for Bronowski to attend a conference and speak at a convention, and the proposed appointment of additional Non-Resident Fellows at the Salk Institute. Includes a copy of a letter from Bronowski to Bruce Mazlish regarding the philosophical concept of "verstehen"/self-knowledge and an article on the Lunar Society.

Also includes Deputy Director's weekly summary reports listing correspondence sent to and from the Salk Institute, as well as internal correspondence.

Consists of carbon copies of letters sent by Bronowski and Sylvia Hodgson (Secretary to Bronowski). Subjects include: invitations for speaking engagements; publications by Bronowski including 'The Biography of an Atom' winning the Thomas Alva Edison Foundation Mass Media Award for "The Best Children's Science Book"; arrangements for Judith Bronowski to travel to New York and Mexico City; arrangements for Bronowski visiting Mexico City with Rita and Judith Bronowski; Bronowski having given 'The Identity of Man' lectures at Berkeley, California; Bronowski giving a lecture on 'The Values of Science' as part of a course on 'Great Issues' at Dartmouth College (Hanover, New Hampshire); Bronowski making selections from 'The Face of Violence' for a Canadian Broadcasting Corporation radio programme; and a bronze sculpture ('Mazehead') by Michael Ayrton being shipped to Bronowski.

Consists of carbon copies of letters sent by Bronowski, Sylvia Hodgson (Editorial Assistant to Bronowski) and Audrey Drake (Secretary to Bronowski), and photocopies of handwritten letters from Bronowski.

Subjects include: thanking individuals that Bronowski met during his visit to Oregon to deliver the Condon lectures; arrangements for Bronowski to give the Korzybski Memorial Lecture on 'Towards a Philosophy of Biology' (New York, Apr 1967) and other lectures in the New York area [as the Sigma Xi-RESA National Lecturer]; publications by Bronowski; the Szilard Collection of books at the Salk Institute; Pacifica Radio (Hollywood, California) broadcasting a talk by Bronowski on Leonardo da Vinci; 'The Discovery of Self' being broadcast by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation; Bronowski giving advice for a program on Robert Oppenheimer; [portrait] photographs of Bronowski by David Farrell; concern for Bronowski's brother (Leo Baron) in Rhodesia (letter to Gerard Piel); invitations for speaking engagements; the death of J L Montrose; and support for the Western Behavioral Sciences Institute to develop a Policy Research Center being established by the United States Office of Education.

Includes: a copy of a letter from Bronowski to Karl Popper on subjects including thanking him for sending a signed copy of 'Art and Illusion' by Ernst Gombrich (signed by Popper and Gombrich) and re-reading 'The Logic of Scientific Discovery' by Popper; a copy of a letter from Bronowski to Indira Ghandi congratulating her on winning the Indian election, and on scientific education in schools and universities in India; and a copy of a letter from Bronowski to Charles Snow [C P Snow] on reading Snow's account of [Thomas] Hardy in the 'Atlantic' [magazine].

Consists of carbon copies of letters sent by Bronowski and Sylvia Hodgson (Editorial Assistant to Bronowski).

Subjects include: Bronowski giving the first Damon Educational Foundation lecture on 'Science in the New Humanism' [later called 'Science and the New Humanism'] at a National Science Teachers Association convention (30 Mar); publications by Bronowski; ['Tell me if anything was ever done'] BBC television film about Leonardo da Vinci presented by Bronowski; inviting Professor Robert A. Hinde (St John's College, Cambridge University) to be a Visiting Fellow at the Salk Institute; discussion of ideas of "imagination and creation in science and in the arts" (letter to Sir Peter Medawar, National Institute for Medical Research, United Kingdom); plans to travel to Cambridge, United Kingdom in September (letter to Alan Pars, Jesus College); and invitations for speaking engagements.

Consists of carbon copies of letters sent by Bronowski, Sylvia Hodgson (Editorial Associate to Bronowski) and Kathleen Murray (Secretary to Bronowski).

Subjects include: lectures by Bronowski; travel arrangements and Bronowski's itinerary whilst on the east coast of the United States; Bronowski's absence from the Salk Institute; Bronowski inviting Linus Pauling to participate in an oral history interview for the Archive of Contemporary Biology at the Salk Institute; plans for the 1969 Renaissance symposium (jointly sponsored by the Salk Institute and the University of California at San Diego); and sending a copy of 'A Happy New Year' (film) to the National Film Archive (London, United Kingdom).

Also includes a carbon copy of a letter from Bronowski to [Ernst] Gombrich replying to Gombrich's comments about a paper by Bronowski.

Additionally includes carbon copies of letters from Rita Bronowski to Axe Science Corporation about shares in the company, to the British Consulate General about applying for British passports, and to Design Center Interiors (San Diego).

Consists of carbon copies of letters sent by Bronowski, Sylvia Hodgson/Fitzgerald (Editorial Associate to Bronowski), Kathleen Murray and Lee Lacy (Secretaries to Bronowski).

Subjects include: Bronowski's thoughts on a book about William Blake by Donald Ault and an article by Fred Sommers entitled 'Logical Arithmetic'; invitations for speaking engagements; publications by Bronowski; the Council for Biology in Human Affairs, including inviting members; books to purchase for the Szilard collection at the Salk Institute; and establishing Science Horizons Inc. (corporation for handling Bronowski's earnings from 'The Ascent of Man').

Consists of carbon copies of letters sent by Bronowski, Sylvia Fitzgerald (Editorial Associate to Bronowski and Secretary for Science Horizons Inc.), Kathleen Murray (Secretary to Bronowski) and Lee Lacy (Assistant Secretary to Bronowski).

Subjects include: publications by Bronowski; research and filming for 'The Ascent of Man'; plans to take sabbatical leave from Jul 1971; invitations for speaking engagements; and Bronowski being ill and having a medical report sent to the BBC Insurance Manager.

Also includes photocopies of handwritten letters from Bronowski to Jerome Wiesner (congratulating him on being elected as President of Massachusetts Institute of Technology), and to Dr Ivor A Richards (thanking him for a letter and intending to see Richards whilst in Cambridge, United Kingdom, in Autumn 1971).

Consists of carbon copies of letters sent by Sylvia Fitzgerald (Editorial Associate to Bronowski) and Kathleen Verlander (Secretary to Bronowski) whilst Bronowski was away from the Salk Institute.

Subjects include: publications by Bronowski including 'The Ascent of Man' book; occasions that Bronowski and A H Maslow had met; and a film of "outs" of 'The Face of Violence' production at the Old Globe Theatre (San Diego) from KPBS television.

Consists of carbon copies of letters sent by Bronowski, Sylvia Fitzgerald (Editorial Associate to Bronowski and Secretary for Science Horizons Inc.) and Kathleen Verlander (Secretary to Bronowski).

Subjects include: a joint meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia on 'Science and Man in the Americas' (Mexico City, June-July 1973) which Bronowski was due to give a lecture at and show a film from 'The Ascent of Man'; work on 'The Ascent of Man' book; the Renaissance symposium jointly sponsored by the Salk Institute and the University of California at San Diego (May); invitations for speaking engagements; discussion of [Noam] Chomsky's work on grammatical structure (letter to Nobuaki Kozaki, Japan); discussion of evolution (letter to Calvin Fuller, Florida); a proposed 1 hour long BBC television programme about the Salk Institute; arrangements for showing 'The Ascent of Man' films at the National Academy of Sciences and the Smithsonian Institution during the Copernicus symposium (Washington D C, Apr 1973); and books to purchase for the Szilard collection at the Salk Institute.

Also includes photocopies of handwritten letters from Bronowski to Gerry [Piel, 'Scientific American'] about an article by Charles Brainerd, and to Tony Kingsford [BBC] about ['The Ascent of Man' book].

Consists of carbon copies of letters sent by Bronowski, Sylvia Fitzgerald (Editorial Associate to Bronowski and Secretary for Science Horizons Inc.) and Kathleen Verlander (Secretary to Bronowski).

Subjects include: the showings of 'The Ascent of Man' films at the Smithsonian Institution (Washington D.C.) and plans for Bronowski to address the Smithsonian Associates; corrections for a reprint of 'The Ascent of Man' book; appreciation of 'The Ascent of Man' and discussion of the contents; invitations for speaking engagements and to attend symposia; plans for Jacob and Rita Bronowski to attend the annual meeting of the Royal Society of Canada in Toronto (Jun 1974); plans for a symposium on 'Renaissance Medicine' in May 1974, jointly sponsored by the Salk Institute and the University of California at San Diego; Bronowski's plans to travel to the east coast of the United States in Apr-Jun for various engagements including lecturing and promotional activities for 'The Ascent of Man'; and plans for the Franklin Institute (Philadelphia) to show 'The Ascent of Man' films.

Consists of carbon copies of letters sent by Bronowski and Sylvia Hodgson (Secretary to Bronowski). Subjects include: publications by Bronowski and foreign language editions of Bronowski's publications; invitations for Bronowski to attend meetings, symposia or conferences and write articles; plans for Bronowski to travel to Rice University (Texas); an inquiry about a William Blake quote (letter to Douglas Cleverdon); an invitation to Victor Weisskopf to become a Non-Resident Fellow of the Salk Institute; Bronowski planning to visit England and wishing to see Charles Snow, Julian Huxley, Prime Minister Harold Wilson and others; Bronowski advising the National Coal Board; laws of conservation in physics; other authors sending copies of their articles to Bronowski; and Bronowski being invited to visit India as the guest of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations.

Also includes Deputy Director's weekly summary reports listing correspondence sent to and from the Salk Institute, as well as internal correspondence.

Consists of carbon copies of letters sent by Bronowski and Sylvia Hodgson (Secretary to Bronowski). Subjects include: Bronowski's travel plans for various engagements in the United States; invitations for speaking engagements and to take part in a conference; a proposed feature story about the Salk Institute by Time magazine; publications by Bronowski including negotiations for Spanish language right for 'Science and Human Values, and the Abacus and the Rose'; plans for Professor Roman Jakobson to be a Visiting Fellow at the Salk Institute in June and July 1966; Bronowski delivering the Blashfield address on 'The Reach of the Imagination' at the joint Ceremonial of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the National Institute of Arts and Letters; Bronowski becoming a sponsor for the New Sarum Plan (to build a museum at Salisbury, United Kingdom); and books to be purchased for the Szilard Collection at the Salk Institute.

Consists of carbon copies of letters sent by Bronowski, Sylvia Hodgson (Editorial Assistant to Bronowski) and Carolyn Wardell (Secretary to Bronowski).

Subjects include: publications by Bronowski; the Plan of the Salk Institute (document); books for the Szilard collection; speaking engagements at Smith College (opening Clark Science Center) and Davidson College (as the Reynolds Distinguished Lecturer); arrangements for Bronowski to attend the International Design conference in Aspen (Jun); Bronowski making an audio recording for a BBC Home Service radio programme for Julian Huxley's 80th birthday; the idea of serendipity in biology (letter to James H Austin, Professor of Neurology, University of Oregon Medical School); invitations for speaking engagements; Bronowski recording 'The Reach of the Imagination' for Canadian Broadcasting Corporation radio; Bronowski organising for William Clark to advise Leo Baron (Bronowski's brother) on organisations to work for; and discussion of ideas in Abe Maslow's paper on 'A Theory of Metamotivation' and 'Science and Human Values' by Bronowski.

Also includes handwritten letters from Bronowski to [people he had met at the opening of the Clark Science Center, Smith College] and to John Danby (Department of English, Bangor University, Wales) on Bronowski wanting to send Danby a copy of 'The Identity of Man' as it contained material on "Lear" [by Shakespeare].

Consists of carbon copies of letters sent by Bronowski, Sylvia Hodgson (Editorial Assistant to Bronowski) and Kathleen Murray (Secretary to Bronowski).

Subjects include: discussion of Jacques Monod's criticism of a paper by Bronowski (letter to Monod); plans for 'Man and Nature in the Renaissance' symposium jointly sponsored by the University of California at San Diego and the Salk Institute; useful contacts to provide background material for a planned BBC television programme on William Blake [to be presented by Bronowski]; invitations for speaking engagements; publications by Bronowski; Bronowski recording some of his lectures for broadcast by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation; a planned brochure about the Salk Institute; Bronowski recommending Daniel Rose (New York) as a trustee for the Salk Institute; discussion of ideas in 'Satan Stultified' and 'The Freedom of the Will' by John R Lucas, Merton College, Oxford (letter to Lucas); and inviting Professor Karl Pribram to give a seminar at the Salk Institute, and to have discussions with Bronowski and Roman Jakobson there.

Consists of carbon copies of letters sent by Bronowski, Sylvia Hodgson (Editorial Associate to Bronowski) and Kathleen Murray (Secretary to Bronowski).

Subjects include: Bronowski recording talks for Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) radio; a proposed television series on 'The New Biology' to be produced by CBC; books to purchase for the Szilard Collection at the Salk Institute; Bronowski agreeing to take part in a BBC documentary television programme about Humphrey Jennings; invitations for speaking engagements; the Archive of Contemporary Biology at the Salk Institute; and Bronowski's thoughts on essays by Robert P. Burress entitled 'The Origins of Creativity' and John Julian Ryan entitled 'Science or Literature or Both?'.

Consists of carbon copies of letters sent by Bronowski, Sylvia Fitzgerald (Editorial Associate to Bronowski) and Kathleen Murray (Secretary to Bronowski).

Subjects include: requests for information on topics in 'The Ascent of Man', initial research and scripts; invitations for speaking engagements; publications by Bronowski; Bronowski recommending publication of a thesis by Sabri-Tabrizi about William Blake (for which he had been an examiner); Bronowski's thoughts on 'The Concept of Probability' by John Lucas (letter to Lucas); and offering to write an article about technology for 'The New York Review of Books'.

Also includes a carbon copy of a memorandum from Rita Bronowski to Robert Mang (Salk Institute) about library furniture.

Consists of carbon copies of letters sent by Bronowski, Sylvia Fitzgerald (Editorial Associate to Bronowski and Secretary for Science Horizons Inc.) and Lee Lacy (Assistant Secretary to Bronowski).

Subjects include: research, payments, medical tests (of Bronowski for insurance purposes) and filming for 'The Ascent of Man'; and publications by Bronowski.

Consists of carbon copies of letters sent by Sylvia Fitzgerald (Editorial Associate to Bronowski and Secretary for Science Horizons Inc.) and Kathleen Verlander (Secretary to Bronowski) whilst Bronowski was away from the Salk Institute.

Subjects include: publications by Bronowski; books to purchase for the Szilard collection at the Salk Institute; plans for Lisa Jardine to give seminars at the Salk Institute and the University of California at San Diego; and travel expenses for filming for 'The Ascent of Man'.

Consists of carbon copies of letters sent by Bronowski, Sylvia Fitzgerald (Editorial Associate to Bronowski and Secretary for Science Horizons Inc.) and Kathleen Verlander (Secretary to Bronowski).

Subjects include: the Renaissance symposium celebrating the 500th anniversary of Copernicus' birth, jointly sponsored by the Salk Institute and the University of California at San Diego; 'The Ascent of Man' book; 'The Ascent of Man' articles to be published in 'The Listener' BBC magazine; cancelling engagements due to illness; publications by Bronowski; and Salvador Luria giving books to the Szilard Collection at the Salk Institute.

Also includes photocopies of handwritten letters from Bronowski to Virginia White, Professor Niko Tinbergen, Ann Kaplan, Julie Lawson, Sir Michael Swann (Chairman, BBC), Jerome Wiesner, Nest Cleverdon and others, mainly about Bronowski's illness and 'The Ascent of Man'.

Consists of carbon copies of letters sent by Bronowski, Sylvia Fitzgerald (Editorial Associate to Bronowski and Secretary for Science Horizons Inc.) and Kathleen Verlander (Secretary to Bronowski).

Subjects include: the symposium on 'Renaissance Medicine' jointly sponsored by the Salk Institute and the University of California at San Diego; arrangements for Bronowski to appear on the Mike Douglas Show [television show] in Philadelphia, and the James Day television show 'Day at Night'; invitations for speaking engagements; Jacob and Rita Bronowski travelling to Washington, New York, London and Toronto; Bronowski's comments on an article by Skolimowski which examined Bronowski's ideas on the 'Evolution of Complexity'; and appreciation of 'The Ascent of Man' and discussion of the contents.

Consists of carbon copies of letters sent by Bronowski and Sylvia Hodgson (Secretary to Bronowski). Subjects include: arrangements for Rita and Jacob Bronowski's visit to Seattle; Bronowski's publications including foreign language versions; invitations to write biographies of Charles Darwin and Rene Descartes (declined); plans for Bronowski visiting London including meeting C P Snow and hoping to see the Prime Minister [relating to work of the committee of British Scientists in the United States]; arrangements for Bronowski to visit Berkeley to deliver a lecture on 'The Logic of the Mind'; invitations for Bronowski to visit a school, address a conference and speak at a colloquium; a presentation that Bronowski gave at the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions (Santa Barbara); a request for references to the work of Buytendijk on memory and conceptualisation in animals; plans for Bronowski to visit India in 1966; arrangements for the Sigma XI - RESA National Lectureship Metropolitan tour, planned for Apr 1967; and an order for cigars.

Consists of carbon copies of letters sent by Bronowski, Sylvia Hodgson (Editorial Assistant to Bronowski) and Audrey Drake (Secretary to Bronowski). Subjects include: publications by Bronowski; arrangements for Karl Popper's Visiting Fellowship at the Salk Institute; Jacob and Rita Bronowski's visit to India; arrangements for Bronowski to travel to New York to attend meetings of the National Foundation and deliver an address about the Salk Institute; arrangements for Bronowski to visit San Francisco State College; plans for Bronowski to deliver a lecture on 'The Impact of new Science' to a seminar of the Institute of Marketing Communications (New York, Jun 1967); and invitations to visit Universities and Colleges and deliver lectures.

Also includes a photocopy of a handwritten letter from Bronowski to Professor Noam Chomsky about Chomsky visiting La Jolla at Christmas.