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- 31 July 1973-11 December 1974 (Creation)
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1 file
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Comprises: a copy of a letter from Sylvia Fitzgerald to Henry Moore [sculptor] on Jacob and Rita Bronowski's intention to attend the opening of an exhibition of his work at the Toronto Gallery, and about the possibility of a memorial for Bronowski; a memorandum on the BBC memorial tribute for Bronowski; a letter from Sylvia D Bauman on 'The Ascent of Man' and having had cancer; a letter from Helen Fricker on her and Peter Fricker [composer] not having attended Bronowski's memorial service because of poor health; a reprint of 'Spontaneous cure of vitamin-D deficiency in Asians during summer in Britain' by M M Gupta, J M Round and T C B Stamp (The Lancet, 6 Apr 1974) sent and annotated by C E Dent; a copy of a letter from Kathleen Verlander to Michael Rice (WGBH Educational Foundation) sending an article from 'The San Diego Magazine'; a copy of a newspaper cutting giving notice of a hearing petition for probate of Bronowski's will; and letters to Bronowski from Seymour Benzer (California Institute of Technology) and James Boyck (concert pianist) on an idea for a television programme on classical music called 'The Participating Listener'.