General correspondence
MS. Berlin 209
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Title
General correspondence
Shelfmark
MS. Berlin 209
Summary
Includes letters from and copies of letters to:
(fols. 43-44, 219) MacGeorge Bundy, describing the opening ceremony of the Wolfson College building, especially potential problems concerning the presence of the Israeli Ambassador
(fols. 122-123, 158-159) Sir Bill Deakin, giving congratulations on Deakin's knighthood, with an anecdote about Harold Macmillan at the Wolfson College opening ceremony
(fol. 17) Penelope Douglas
(fol. 20) Jean Floud
(fol. 285) Sir John Foster
(fols. 283, 314) Sir Henry d'Avigdor Goldsmid
(fols. 7-8, 72-73, 295-296) Katharine Graham
(fol. 19) Miriam Gross
(fol. 130) F.J.H. Haskell
(fols. 229, 282, 317-318) Robert Hazo, about Hazo's possible editorship of Berlin's works
(fol. 148) R.F. Kahn, Baron Kahn
(fol. 284) Yehudi Menuhin, about the 'exclusion' of Israel from UNESCO
(fols. 38, 59, 67, 168-169, 277-229) A.D. Momigliano, including discussion of the Earl of Oxford and Asquith's pro-Arab views, and a copy letter about comment by the Diaspora on the fate of Israel
(fols. 241, 276, 291) Sir Claus Moser, concerning Royal Opera House business
(fol. 207) Samuel Segal, Baron Segal
(fols. 262-263) I.F. Stone, commenting in detail on an article by Stone in the New York Review of Books on the Middle East
(fols. 24, 83, 203) Giorgio Tagliacozzo
(fol. 15) A.W. Tyson
(fols. 21, 35) R.O. Wilberforce, Baron Wilberforce
(fols. 87, 102, 110, 198, 272-273) B.A.O. Williams, including comment on Williams's piece about Verdi
and letters from
(fol. 99) Antony Andrewes
(fol. 113) Joseph Brodsky
(fols. 36-37) Michael Burn, about Moura Budberg
(fol. 12) William Clark
(fol. 1) Michael Crum
(fols. 153-154, 191-192) Jo Grimond, about the Honours system
(fol. 220) Osbert Lancaster
(fols. 90-91) Arthur Lehning, in reply to Berlin's appreciation
(fol. 238) Arthur Lourie
(fols. 326-327) Marjorie Plamenatz, in appreciation of Isaiah's letter about her late husband John Plamenatz
(fol. 171) Baron Guy de Rothschild
Date
Dec. 1974-Feb. 1975
Language
English
Physical extent
331 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
