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- 1 October 1966-10 January 1970 (Creation)
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1 file
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Comprises correspondence, mainly with Peter Frank (Curriculum Coordinator, Department of Education, San Diego), relating to Bronowski giving a lecture on 'Protest - Past and Present' (2 Jun 1969) as part of a 2 day symposium on 'A Search for the Meaning of the Generation Gap'.
Also contains source material for Bronowski's paper on 'Protest - Past and Present' including newspaper cuttings about protest, an open letter about Herbert Marcuse from the Christian Anti-Communism Crusade (Long Beach, California), a photocopy of part of an essay on 'Violence in America' by Clare Bronowski, a signed statement by faculty of Columbia University (New York) on the use of force on university campuses (10 Mar 1969), and a copy of a letter from Bronowski to Hannah [Arendt] on an article she wrote about Rosa Luxemburg in the New York Review of Books.
Additionally includes: a copy of a funding application proposed by the Department of Education of San Diego County for 'A Search for the Meaning of the Generation Gap (morality and values of today's adolescents)'; an annotated typescript of 'Protest Past and Present' (Jun 1969); a leaflet about the symposium; and a "speaking engagement" information sheet [made for the file].