Drafts, typescripts and correspondence related to The Bernal Lecture ‘The Public Understanding of Science’ (Royal Society of London 1986). File also includes annotated photocopied extracts of literature, literature on John Desmond Bernal, ‘critical bibliography: public opinion and other surveys’ (The Royal Society), correspondence and typescripts from other authors, published booklets of The Bernal Lectures (1971, 1975, 1976).