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Comprises correspondence with Ralph Wendell Burhoe (Editor of Zygon, journal of Religion and Science) on discussion of "philosophical issues of physical and biological laws" in Zygon, and suggesting that Eugene Wigner, Rene Dubos and Theodosious Dobzhansky contribute. Also includes a volume of Zygon (vol. 6, no. 2, Jun 1971).

Comprises correspondence with Ralph Wendell Burhoe (editor) on: asking Bronowski to write for Zygon; requesting Bronowski's advice on a proposal to establish a Center for Advanced Study in the Religion and Science; and asking for his opinion on 'Problems of rationality in biology' by Henry Skolimowski which challenged Bronowski's article on 'Evolution of Complexity'.

Also includes articles by Burhoe, related reports and a list of essays that had appeared in Zygon (1966-1970).

Glosses on Isaiah (ff. 1-116), Tobit (ff. 117-129) and Ruth (ff. 129-34); M. R. James's no. 50. Parts of two leaves from a large 13C missal are attached to the covers. The gloss on Isaiah is in a different hand from the other two and has "a good rough initial".

Includes photograph of picture

Consists of a reprint of 'The organization of a memory system' by Young (Department of Anatomy, University College London), with an envelope listing the lecture.

(1) Notes from an Audit Meeting, 16 December 1936, concerning the terms on which No. 31 Jesus Lane could be taken on an annual tenancy.

(2) Letter from the Bursar to the Trustees of the Methodist College confirming that the lease dated 23 October 1929 had been terminated at Michaelmas 1936 and by mutual consent would continue on an annual tenancy at a rent of £105 per annum.

(3) Receipt for the sum of £52 10s 0d received from the Bursar of Jesus College for a half year's rent of 32 Jesus Lane, 15 October 1937

Contains photographs, summaries of clubs and society achievements during the year and general notes on College life during the academic year which the yearbook pertains.

Bequest of £500 by Dr Yarborough, to build a Rectory House..

Comprises correspondence with: Professor Arthur Galston and Dr Alan Garen (Department of Biology, Yale University) on Bronowski visiting Yale in 1966; and with Serge Chermayeff (Professor of Architectural Design, Yale University) inviting Bronowski to give a lecture and seminars.

Consists of a report on the activities of the Institute for the Study of Science in Human Affairs (Apr 1966-Mar 1968), Columbia University in the City of New York, with an envelope listing the report.

Comprises correspondence mainly relating to Meridian Books (World Publishing Company) publishing paperback versions of 'The Face of Violence' and 'The Poet's Defence'.

Also includes correspondence with other publishers on the paperback versions; a press release about 'The Face of Violence'; letters asking Bronowski to serve on an editorial board, about Kenneth Douglas leaving Meridian Books and from C J Friedrich (Harvard University) thanking Bronowski for a copy of 'The Face of Violence'.

Contains correspondence on Bronowski becoming a fellow of the Academy (1962), Bronowski supporting a proposal to award the first honorary membership to King Gustaf VI of Sweden, planning for a World University, the 3rd plenary meeting in Rome (1965), the death of Dr Hugo Boyko (was president) and Harold D Lasswell taking over as president.

Includes: circular letters sent to members on the activities of the World Academy of Art and Science (WAAS); membership lists and lists of proposed and newly elected members; a financial report (1963-64); a notice about members who had died (G J P Domagk, W C Leeuw and Leo Szilard); a timetable of the 3rd plenary meeting in Rome; a programme, list of lectures, report and copy of a notice in 'Nature and Resources' UNESCO newsletter about the associated symposium on "Highly Saline and Seawater Irrigation without or in combination with Desalination".

Also includes booklets containing: the Manifesto and statutes of the Academy, 'Environment and Society in Transition: World Priorities' and a 'WAAS-Newsletter' (Jan 1966).

Additionally contains a National Coal Board memo about sick leave, 1963.

Comprises correspondence and other material relating to the Council for Biology in Human Affairs' programme for "Research into the Biology of Aging and Study of its Potential Social and Human Consequences", and particularly a series of workshops on aging to be held at the Salk Institute organised by Bronowski and Harry Boardman.

Includes research and study plans, outlines of plans for 3 workshops [it is possible that only one took place], agendas (some drafts) for the first workshop (6-8 Jul 1974), correspondence between Stephen Fulder (Genetics Division, National Institute for Medical Research, United Kingdom) and Bronowski on Fulder wishing to work with Bronowski on aging.

Includes minutes, agendas, correspondence, photographs, postcards, publications and related ephemera. Also papers relating to the JCSU art committee including insurance documents, 1959.

Contains exhibition captions, research notes nad exhibition guide.

Consists of a draft and final typescript list of people who worked on 'The Ascent of Man' television programme.

Consists of a typescript preprint of a paper on 'Interhemispheric division of labour' by Stevan R. Harnad (Princeton University).

[Key Dismukes was a post-doctoral researcher with the Council for Biology in Human Affairs].

Comprises: source material (including articles by Gerard Radnitzky); excerpts from Bruce Goldberg's thesis on 'A Phenomenological Approach to the Question of Certainty'; a typescript page on 'Historical and Philosophical Evidence, Research in progress by B. Goldberg'; and a list of possible research topics.

[Goldberg was a researcher due to work with Bronowski under the Council for Biology in Human Affairs at the Salk Institute].

Contains: a letter from Charlesworth & Co (solicitors) asking if the College would be prepared to buy back the lease of the property which had 6 ½ years remaining following the death of the lessee Rayne Elizabeth Beedham; a plan showing the outline of the property; a note from Francis & Co (College solicitors) stating that there did not appear to have been a building agreement for this property and enclosing a letter from Dr Corrie dated 22nd May 1877 giving his instructions for the lease

Contains exhibition guide, captions and research notes.

Consists of articles by Lewis Wolpert (2 with other authors), with an envelope listing the articles.

Comprises correspondence with Patricia Marx on planning for Bronowski to be interviewed for the 'Patricia Marx Interviews' radio programme, with a related press release.

Letter relating to photographs taken of window by Patel.

Consists of a photocopy of a paper presented at a symposium on Gynecologic Endocrinology (19 Mar 1964) with a copy of a letter about the paper and pages referring to a related study.

The paper was written by Robert A. Wilson, Raimondo E. Brevetti, Edmund R. Marino, Thelma A. Wilson and Gretchen I. Wilson (Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology of the Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn, New York).

Copy of order of service for funeral, 15th October 1925; Photographs of Welsh, c. 1920;

Includes photograph of Inge, c. 1910; copy of order of service for funeral, 3rd March 1954;

Includes general biographical notes and copy of family tree

Correspondence of William Lee with Richard Falkiner

Comprises correspondence with William Glazier (Associate Dean of Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York) about Glazier's involvement with the Salk Institute, including being part of the Commission on Biology, Medicine and Health Care, and declining the invitation to be Executive Director of the Council [for Biology in Human Affairs]. Includes letters from Glazier to Joseph Slater (Anderson Foundation) and Stuart Ross (Salk Institute).

Correspondence of bust of William Frend in the Old Library, including notes on donation to the College by Philothea Thompson in 1962 and relating to its being photographed in 1964. Includes photograph of bust.

Includes transcripts of Frend correspondence, c. 1950

Manuscript & typescripts William F. Cormack without accompanying correspondence

Biographical notes relating to original sources that mention Clopton

Includes copy of order of service for funeral, 11th July 1932;

Comprises slides for Bronowski's lecture on 'The Minute Particulars of William Blake', the original box (stored separately) and a list of slides.

Comprises slides for Bronowski's lecture on 'The Minute Particulars of William Blake', the original box (stored separately) and an annotated list of slides.

Consists of a bibliography compiled for students of a course on William Blake by Lana Stanley (San Jose State College Library).

Comprises: an annotated script of 'The Prophetic Books of William Blake' radio programme by Bronowski (produced by Douglas Cleverdon, BBC Third Programme, 25 Jan 1951); an annotated script for 'Invention and Imagination 1. William Blake' radio programme by Bronowski (BBC Third Programme, 9 Oct 1946); a letter from William Heinemann publishers on promoting ['William Blake: A Man Without a Mask']; an annotated typescript and published copy from 'Literary Guide' (vol. 69, no. 6, Jun 1954) of 'The Mystical Quest of William Blake' by Bronowski; an annotated typescript of 'William Blake, 1757-1827' for publication in 'The Nation' (Nov 1957); [an earlier] annotated typescript on William Blake; [an introduction] by Bronowski for a publication of Blake's 'Songs of Innocence'; a typescript of Bronowski's introduction to 'William Blake: A Selection of Poems and Letters' edited by Bronowski; a typescript of 'William Blake, 1757-1827' sent to the Daily Express 'Books and Art' section (24 Sep 1957); a typescript and press cutting of a review by Bronowski of 'William Blake's illustrations to the Bible: A catalogue compiled by Geoffrey Keynes' (Dec 1957); a typescript review for publication in 'The Listener' of 'Symbol and Image in William Blake' by George Wingfield Digby and 'The Complete writings of William Blake with all the Variant Readings' edited by Geoffrey Keynes (25 Nov 1957); a typescript review for publication in 'New Statesman' (Nov 1957) of Keynes' volume of Blake writings and 'The Divine Vision' edited by Vivian de sola Pinto; a message and foreword written for an exhibition at Battersea Public Library to commemorate the bicentenary of William Blake's birth; reports by Bronowski on 'The Great Antinomian: A Study in the Sources of William Blake' by A L Morton (21 Jan 1958) and 'William Blake, The Politics of Vision' by Mark Schorer (2 Oct 1959); a press cutting of 'William Blake's Visions: Myth and Symbol' by Kathleen Raine (Manchester Guardian, 23 Nov 1957); a typed extract from 'Blake Studies' by Geoffrey Keynes (1949); and notes and press cuttings relating to Blake.

Mainly comprises correspondence with Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd (publishers, London) relating to the publication and promotion of 'William Blake and the Age of Revolution' (Mar 1972).

Also includes: copies of correspondence with Nature (journal) and Doubleday & Company Inc. on publication of Bronowski's 'The Identity of Man' lectures; a letter from [Brian Southam] (Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd) about a book he had written on [T. S.] Eliot; correspondence with Reverend Bernard Hall (The Methodist Church, St Pauls, Bristol) on brass manufacture, the Baptist Mills in Bristol and William Blake; 'RKP Books News' announcing the publication of 'William Blake and the Age of Revolution' by Routledge & Kegan Paul; photocopies of the proof dust jacket for the Routledge & Kegan Paul edition of 'William Blake and the Age of Revolution'; and press cuttings about the publication of 'William Blake and the Age of Revolution'.

Additionally includes correspondence with Dieter Pevsner and Sir Allen Lane (Penguin Books Ltd), Alan Hill (Heinemann Educational Books), and Robert Lusty (Hutchinson Publishing Group) on possibly publishing the English edition of 'William Blake and the Age of Revolution'.

Comprises notes and annotated photocopies [used to prepare the bibliography of a biography of William Blake that Bronowski wrote for the Encyclopaedia Britannica].

Comprises correspondence relating to a biography of William Blake that Bronowski wrote for the Encyclopaedia Britannica. Also includes annotated galley proofs and a typescript of the article, and copies of articles on Blake by other authors.

Consists of index cards containing details of publications (mainly by other authors) and collections of material relating to Blake.

Correspondence of William (Bill) Seaby with David Sellwood

Copy of biographical information made about King by Douglas Palmer of the Sedgwick Museum.

Contains biographical information including article from the Daily Telegraph, 9th November 1991 and extract from 'Ackerley: A life of I. R. Ackerley', London, 1989 by Peter Parker.