File 4 - Letters and cards sent to Rita Bronowski following Bronowski's death, annotated as acknowledged

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Correspondents include Jane Wyatt Ward [actress], Charles Johnston Hitch (University of California at Berkeley), Marjorie and Frank [Malina, founder-editor of Leonardo: International Journal of the Contemporary Artist], Warren Weaver, Peter Frank, S Dillon Ripley and Paul N Perrot (Smithsonian Institution, Washington D C), Hinda and Richard Rosenthal, [Francis] Rawdon [Smith], Peter Dimmock (BBC), Reverend Michael Brierley (Worcester, United Kingdom), Nan Steedman (wife of George Steedman, BBC), Marcus Brumwell, Jacob K Javits (United States Senate), Robert Reid, Robin Scott (BBC), John Waggaman, George Urban, Jack Owen (National Coal Board), Henry E Collins (worked with Bronowski at the National Coal Board), and Paul Steen (KPBS Public Broadcasting, San Diego).

Also includes: a press cutting about the death of Walter Brennan which also mentions Bronowski's death (Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep 1974); a press cutting about the La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art showing 'The Ascent of Man' as a tribute to Bronowski's memory and a press cutting about the tribute to Bronowski to be held at the Salk Institute; condolence letters to Sylvia Fitzgerald, the Acting Director of the Council for Biology in Human Affairs (Salk Institute) and Harry Boardman (Salk Institute); a condolence letter to Jonas [Salk] from Derek de Solla Price; a memorandum on Edward McElroy (son of someone Bronowski worked with during the Second World War) attending [the memorial tribute at the Salk Institute]; photocopies of Mourners' Kaddish and a note card stating that a contribution to the Garden of Memories of the Jewish Women's League at Norristown Jewish Community Center had been made in Bronowski's memory; a thank you card for a dinner hosted by Jacob and Rita Bronowski; and a birthday card from Sylvia [Fitzgerald].