File 2 - "No - Societies etc. A2"

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Comprises letters asking Bronowski to speak, advise, become a sponsor, write a book, essay and review, and attend events, with replies declining.

Correspondents are: National Science Foundation inviting Bronowski to attend two meetings on public understanding of science in connection with the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in San Francisco (1974); AAAS asking Bronowski for his advice on speakers for a meeting on 'Science and Man in the Americas' in Mexico City (1973), inviting him to speak at a symposium on 'Environmental Degradation' in Oregon (1972) and at a symposium to commemorate the 400th anniversary of [Johannes] Kepler's birth (1971); American Association of Museums asking Bronowski to be a member of a fundraising committee for an exhibition; Dr F A Sicklemore asking Bronowski to give a lecture to the American Dental Society of London (1974); The American Orthopsychiatric Association, Inc. inviting Bronowski to present papers and participate in their annual meetings (1965, 1966 and 1969); Dr Peggy Hawley (department of Counselor Education, California State University, San Diego) inviting Bronowski to a breakfast meeting of The American Personnel and Guidance Association (1973); American Scientist asking Bronowski to review 'Life on Planet Earth' by Harold and Lucille Morowitz; the British section of Amnesty International asking Bronowski to speak on human rights on Human Rights Day (1974); Society for Anglo-Chinese Understanding inviting Bronowski to become a sponsor of the Society; Art Gallery of Ontario inviting Bronowski to attend the opening of a new building (declined by Kathleen Verlander after Bronowski's death); Asahi Press (Tokyo) asking Bronowski to write a textbook; Athens Technological Organisation asking Bronowski to participate in Delos symposiums (1968, 1970 and 1972); The Asia Foundation inviting Bronowski to participate in a symposium organised by the Japanese Association for Philosophy of Science in Japan (1961); Leo Ruth (School of Education, University of California, Berkeley) inviting Bronowski to speak at the Asilomar English Conference (1966); Asociacion Venzolana para el Avance de la Ciencia (Venezuelan Association for the Advancement of Science) asking Bronowski to attend their convention (1968); Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies inviting Bronowski to attend their Executive Program (1961); and Professor William Breit and Professor W P Culbertson (James Wilson department of Economics, University of Virginia) asking Bronowski to contribute to a book of essays on C E Ayres.

Also includes copies of 'Program Bulletin' of the Asia Foundation (June 1960 and March 1961) and a leaflet on their purposes and activities.

This file was originally in a ring binder.