TYPED LETTER SIGNED by Atomic Gardening Advocate MURIEL HOWORTH about a leaflet by the political economist Frederick Soddy. by Howorth, Muriel - 1959.

London, May 20, 1959., 1959.. Very good. - Over 165 words typed on both sides of a 10 inch high by 8 inch wide letterhead of "The Laymen's Institute of Atomic Information for the Peaceful uses of Atomic Energy", with the Institute's banner heading and a half-page list of its officers and patrons printed across the top half of the first page. Albert Einstein is listed as a "Past Patron" and Frederick Soddy as "Past President" In her letter addressed to the economist & book collector Professor Bromberg, Muriel Howorth informs him of a pamphlet she came across that might be of interest to him: "I was cleaning up the Soddy collection to send to the Bodleian Library and came across a leaflet, Social Relations of Science; ... with it were the other papers and I cannot make out whether the foolscap one was written by Soddy because there is no signature, although the corrections look to be in his hand. However, I think they will be more useful to you than to me." She goes on to inform him that she received a letter from "someone in your country interested in economics" and suggested that the correspondent should write to Bromberg. Signed by Muriel Howorth in red ink. Folded for mailing with some minor soiling to the letter and a few very small light tan stains to the bottom right corner. Very good.

The founder of "The Laymen's Institute of Atomic Information...." Muriel Howorth (1886-1971) sought to promote the peaceful use of atomic energy. A December 19, 2017 article by Sarah Angliss titled "The Atomic Gardener" published in the journal "Ernest", quotes a period review of her ballet "Isotopia: an Exposition in Atomic Structure" which appeared in October 1950: "a Time magazine journalist recalled 13 members of the Ladies Atomic Energy Club gyrating across the stage in long evening gowns, as they danced and mimed the peaceful uses of the atom to a rapt crowd of 250 other women. Isotopia was one of many creations of the club's visionary founder Muriel Howorth: script writer, choreographer, wardrobe advisor, poet, science fiction novelist, former employee of The Ministry of Information and atomic evangelist. 'To lead women out of the kitchen and into the Atomic Age' was Howorth's aim. 'Not to know all about atomic energy and the wonderful things it can do is like living in the Dark Ages'." In an attempt to increase Britain's food production and create strains of giant agricultural produce, Howorth set up the "Atomic Gardener" program in 1959 enlisting the assistance of hundreds of amateur gardeners throughout Britain (and eventually America) who planted crops of irradiated seeds.

The recipient, Professor Bromberg, was a collector of books, ephemera and autograph material relating to economics, expecially the works of J.M. Keynes.