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JCPP/Bronowski/Bronowski/3/1/2 · Subseries · 20 November 1964-22 August 1974
Part of Personal Papers

Files contain correspondence, with papers and newspaper clippings, relating to Bronowski's younger brother being imprisoned in Rhodesia, returning to the United Kingdom, and pursuing a study on the relationship between economic and social development and the rule of law.

"George E. Derfer"
JCPP/Bronowski/Bronowski/3/1/16 · Subseries · 1951-1974
Part of Personal Papers

Comprises files relating to Derfer's time spent as a visiting fellow at the Salk Institute from Jan 1973, continued work on a book about the 'Two Cultures' debate, and other related activities.

JCPP/Bronowski/Bronowski/3/3/15 · Subseries · 21 April 1970-25 May 1973
Part of Personal Papers

Mostly containing minutes of meetings of the Board of Trustees (Bronowski was a member).

"Societies etc"
JCPP/Bronowski/Bronowski/3/8/1 · Subseries · 1960-1974
Part of Personal Papers

A series of correspondence with societies, other similar organisations, and some individuals, mainly inviting Bronowski to speak, write or attend events, with copies of replies declining.

"Universities etc"
JCPP/Bronowski/Bronowski/3/8/2 · Subseries · 1960-1974
Part of Personal Papers

A series of correspondence with universities, and other educational organisations, inviting Bronowski to speak and participate in other activities, with copies of replies declining.

India trip
JCPP/Bronowski/Bronowski/3/9/1 · Subseries · October 1964-May 1970
Part of Personal Papers

Comprises correspondence and other material relating to Jacob and Rita Bronowski's trip to India in 1966.

National Coal Board
JCPP/Bronowski/Bronowski/3/9/3 · Subseries · 1950-1974
Part of Personal Papers

Comprises correspondence with the National Coal Board.

Art as a Mode of Knowledge
JCPP/Bronowski/Bronowski/4/3/1 · Subseries · 1909-1975 (Mostly 1967-1969)
Part of Personal Papers

Comprises material relating to a series of 6 lectures that Bronowski gave for the A W Mellon lectures at the National Gallery of Art in Washington D C (United States).

Copernicus as a Humanist
JCPP/Bronowski/Bronowski/4/3/3 · Subseries · 1949-1973
Part of Personal Papers

Comprises material relating to Bronowski's lecture and subsequent magazine article [in the Smithsonian Magazine].

The Face of Violence
JCPP/Bronowski/Bronowski/4/3/5 · Subseries · 1954-1971
Part of Personal Papers

Comprises material relating to the Old Globe Theatre (San Diego) production of 'The Face of Violence'.

The Identity of Man
JCPP/Bronowski/Bronowski/4/3/7 · Subseries · 1940-1970
Part of Personal Papers

Comprises material relating to a series of 4 lectures that Bronowski gave at the American Museum of Natural History, and later published.

JCPP/Bronowski/Bronowski/4/3/8 · Subseries · 1963-1971
Part of Personal Papers

Comprises material relating to an article written by Bronowski, based on lectures, and published in a book on 'Current Trends in Linguistics volume 12'.

JCPP/Bronowski/Bronowski/4/3/9 · Subseries · 1966-1969
Part of Personal Papers

Comprises material relating to a series of four lectures on 'Magic, Science and Civilization' that Bronowski gave for the Bampton lectures at Columbia University in New York on the 19th, 20th, 26th and 27th of March 1969.

JCPP/Bronowski/Bronowski/4/3/14 · Subseries · 1972-1973
Part of Personal Papers

Comprises typescript versions of a lecture, which was later published as an article in Leonardo Magazine.

JCPP/Bronowski/Bronowski/5/1/1 · Subseries · 1969-1971
Part of Personal Papers

Comprises material relating to a series of 6 lectures delivered by Bronowski entitled: 'The Power of Artifacts' (23 Feb); 'The Speaking Eye, the Visionary Ear' (2 Mar); 'Music, Metaphor and Meaning' (9 Mar); 'The Act of Recognition' (16 Mar); 'Imagination as Plan and as Experiment' (23 Mar); and 'The Play of Values in the Work of Art' (30 Mar).

Language
JCPP/Bronowski/Bronowski/5/1/14 · Subseries · 1959-1975
Part of Personal Papers

Comprises material relating to Bronowski's work on language.

JCPP/Bronowski/Bronowski/5/1/20 · Subseries · 1966-1968
Part of Personal Papers

Comprises material relating to a series of 6 lectures delivered by Bronowski entitled: 'The Mind as an Instrument for Understanding' (24 Oct); 'The Evolution of Power of Symbolic Language' (26 Oct); 'Knowledge as Algorithm and as Metaphor' (31 Oct); 'The Laws of Nature and the Nature of Laws' (2 Nov); 'Error, Progress and the Concept of Time' (7 Nov); and 'Law and Individual Responsibility' (9 Nov).

"Popper Festschrift"
JCPP/Bronowski/Bronowski/5/1/21 · Subseries · 1967-1974
Part of Personal Papers

Comprises material relating to an article on 'Humanism and the Growth of Knowledge' that Bronowski wrote for inclusion in a volume on Karl Popper in 'The Library of Living Philosophers'.

'The Ways of Man'
JCPP/Bronowski/Bronowski/5/1/30 · Subseries · 1973-1975
Part of Personal Papers

Comprises material relating to a series of 18 books for 12-14 year olds, which Bronowski was to act as editor for.

'Biography of an Atom'
JCPP/Bronowski/Bronowski/5/2/4 · Subseries · 1964-1974
Part of Personal Papers

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).

William Blake
JCPP/Bronowski/Bronowski/5/2/5 · Subseries · 1946-1974
Part of Personal Papers

Comprises material relating to Bronowski's work about William Blake.

JCPP/Bronowski/Bronowski/5/4/3 · Subseries · 1970-1974
Part of Personal Papers

Comprises files relating to a series of 4 television programmes made for KPBS-TV, San Diego, and featuring Bronowski entitled 'A Personal History', 'Revolutions in Science', 'A View of the Arts' and 'Ethics for a New Age'.

The Common Sense of Science
JCPP/Bronowski/Bronowski/5/5/1 · Subseries · 1948-1973
Part of Personal Papers

Comprises material relating to 'The Common Sense of Science' (first published 1951).

Copernicus as a Humanist
JCPP/Bronowski/Bronowski/5/5/3 · Subseries · c. 1968-December 1974
Part of Personal Papers

Comprises material relating to a lecture by Bronowski, which was later published in 'The Nature of Scientific Discovery' (edited by Owen Gingerich).

The Discovery of Self
JCPP/Bronowski/Bronowski/5/5/8 · Subseries · 1965-1967
Part of Personal Papers

Comprises material relating to an address by Bronowski (given at a national convention of the American Personnel and Guidance Association in 1965), which was later published.

JCPP/Bronowski/Bronowski/5/5/9 · Subseries · February 1964-February 1973
Part of Personal Papers

Comprises material relating to 'The Disestablishment of Science' which was first given as an address to a conference on 'The Social Impact of Modern Biology' of the British Society for Social Responsibility in Science (Nov 1970). The paper was then published in a book on 'The Social Impact of Modern Biology' and as articles in 'The New York Times' (Oct 1971) and 'Encounter' (Jul 1971).

Encyclopaedia Britannica
JCPP/Bronowski/Bronowski/5/5/13 · Subseries · 1962-1973
Part of Personal Papers

Comprises material relating to requests for Bronowski to write articles, and work carried out for the Encyclopaedia Britannica.

Face of Violence
JCPP/Bronowski/Bronowski/5/5/18 · Subseries · 1956-1974
Part of Personal Papers

Comprises material mainly relating to publication of 'The Face of Violence' book and theatre productions of the play.

The Evolution of Complexity
JCPP/Bronowski/Bronowski/5/5/15 · Subseries · 1969-1974
Part of Personal Papers

Comprises material relating to the publication of 'New Concepts in the Evolution of Complexity: Stratified Stability and Unbounded Plans' which Bronowski gave at a meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (Boston, Dec 1969).

Human and Animal Languages
JCPP/Bronowski/Bronowski/5/5/21 · Subseries · 1960-1969
Part of Personal Papers

Comprises material relating to an article on 'Human and Animal Languages' by Bronowski, written as his contribution to a Festschrift volume to celebrate Roman Jakobson's 70th birthday.

The Identity of Man
JCPP/Bronowski/Bronowski/5/5/22 · Subseries · 1963-1974
Part of Personal Papers

Comprises material relating to 'The Identity of Man' lectures given as the inaugural 'Man and Nature' lectures at the American Museum of Natural History (New York) in March 1965, and their subsequent publication.