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- January 1968-January 1973 (Creation)
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1 file
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Comprises material relating to a seminar on 'The Changing Status of the Young' organised by the Council for Biology in Human Affairs [and sponsored by the National Commission on Marijuana and Drug Abuse, the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation, the Drug Abuse Council and the Rockefeller Foundation]. Includes: photocopies of articles and press cuttings (source material); an annotated (by Bronowski) copy of 'New Biological and Economic Factors Affecting the Status of Young People' summary report by Bronowski; a copy of a letter from Bronowski to the Editors of Scientific American about an article by J M Tanner (1968); a copy of 'Comment by J. Bronowski on 'The Humanistic View of Man' a dissertation by Jaideep Singh'; correspondence about the seminar; an agenda and list of participants for the seminar; a paper about the 'Study of Societal Features of Repetitive Drug Use'; and notes for a presentation by Professor Edward Kalacheck on 'Economic Factors influencing the Contemporary Status of the Young' to be given at the seminar.
Also includes: a photocopy of a letter from Bronowski to Professor [Louis] Judd thanking him for participating in the seminar; handwritten notes by Bronowski [made at seminar]; and notes by Bronowski on "Biology in Contemporary Culture" (Jan 1973).