Muller (Rowland Burdon)
MS. Berlin 269
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Muller (Rowland Burdon)
Shelfmark
MS. Berlin 269
Summary
Contains original letters both to and from Burdon-Muller, those from Berlin having been returned to him after Burdon-Muller's death
Includes letters about:
(passim) politics and international affairs, especially in the United States, Britain and the Middle East
(fols. 55-85 passim) the Suez Crisis, 1956-1957
(fol. 88) Berlin's reactions to the offer of a knighthood, 1957
(fols. 113-114) a visit by Dmitrii Shostakovich and Poulenc to Oxford to receive Honorary Degrees, 1958
(fols. 119-130) a dinner party at 10 Downing Street for Vice-President Nixon, together with a description of Stravinsky, 1958
(fols. 140-143) a dinner party with the Queen Mother and Maria Callas, 1959
(fols. 155-162) a Tolstoy Conference in Venice, 1960
(fols. 178-181) a meeting with a Soviet delegation in Sussex, including discussion of the imprisonment of Boris Pasternak's mistress, 1961
(fols. 216-224) the Profumo scandal, 1963
Date
1955-1979
Language
English
Physical extent
291 Leaves
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Collection contents
Papers of Sir Isaiah Berlin, 1897-1998, with some family papers, 1903-1972
Correspondence and papers
Letters of major correspondents
Muller (Rowland Burdon)
