General correspondence
MS. Berlin 194
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Title
General correspondence
Shelfmark
MS. Berlin 194
Summary
Includes letters from and copies of letters to:
(fols. 162, 198) A.J. Ayer
(fols. 155, 200) F.M. Barnard
(fols. 187, 255) Vernon Bogdanor, about the Middle East
(fol. 41) Thomas Brimelow
(fols. 193, 222-223, 256) Bernard Crick, about Arblaster's article on Four Essays on Liberty
(fols. 48, 80) Gladwyn Jebb, 1st Baron Gladwyn
(fol. 283) Julian Meltzer, including frank comments by Berlin on Vera Weizmann
(fols. 4, 40, 257) Yehudi Menuhin
(fols. 57-72, 101) Gabriel Moked, about the establishment of a left-wing journal in Israel
(fol. 74) Alan Montefiore
(fols. 167, 258) Raymond Polin
(fols. 13-15, 25-26, 36) L.C. Robbins, Baron Robbins, about Berlin's Order of Merit, and about R.H.S. Crossman
(fols. 96, 125) J.M. Shaftesley
(fols. 151, 179) Irving Singer
(fols. 170-177) Gleb Struve, about Anna Akhmatova, especially her relationship with Boris Anrep, a letter to her from Punin, and Berlin's meeting with her
with letters from
(fol. 224) Sir John Betjeman
(fols. 153, 269-270) Sir George Catlin
(fol. 263) William Clark
(fol. 164) G.A. Cohen
(fol. 178) Lady Diana Cooper, Dowager Viscountess Norwich
(fols. 10, 288-290) J.G.S. Donaldson, Baron Donaldson
(fol. 51) M.P. Gilmore
(fol. 9) John Murray
(fols. 294-297) Ursula Niebuhr, about her late husband Reinhold Niebuhr
(fol. 163) D.F. Pears
(fol. 138) Dame Marie Rambert
(fols. 275-277) H.P. Simon, about Berlin's disputes with E.H. Carr
(fol. 169) Mayir Vereté
and letters about:
(fols. 116-124, 201-202, 221, 240-241, 250-251) a possible reply to a hostile article on Berlin's Four Essays on Liberty by Arblaster
(fols. 161-162, 186, 192, 195, 198, 205, 224, 226, 269) the death of Maurice Bowra, and Berlin's éloge
Date
June-Aug. 1971
Language
English
Physical extent
306 Leaves
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Collection contents
Papers of Sir Isaiah Berlin, 1897-1998, with some family papers, 1903-1972
Correspondence and papers
General correspondence
General correspondence
