General correspondence
MS. Berlin 178
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Title
General correspondence
Shelfmark
MS. Berlin 178
Summary
Includes letters from and copies of letters to:
(fols. 17, 35) Max Beloff
(fols. 150, 169) George Bolsover
(fols. 68, 75) William Clark
(fols. 186, 196) Arthur Crook
(fol. 213) Bill Deakin
(fol. 27) Sir John Foster
(fols. 202-204, 208, 211-212, 214-215) Frank Giles, about articles in the Sunday Times in which Berlin's name was mentioned (in contravention of a promise made) in connection with Guy Burgess
(fols. 24-25, 51) M.P. Gilmore
(fols. 175, 205-207, 242, 249, 271, 286-287) Yaacov Herzog
(fols. 273, 291) Humayun Kabir
(fols. 178-179, 185, 192) Arthur Lourie
(fol. 9) Arthur Calder-Marshall
(fols. 227, 255-257) Roy Pascal, about Kant
(fol. 107) Baron Guy de Rothschild
(fols. 164, 173, 181, 191) Humphrey Searle
(fols. 15-16, 18) A.J.P. Taylor, about Isaiah's suggestion that Taylor should write an autobiography
(fols. 41-44, 53-55, 64) Diana Trilling
(fol. 69) L.G. Wolfson
with letters from
(fol. 299) Vernon Bogdanor
(fol. 49) G.A. Cohen
(fol. 95) J.G.S. Donaldson, Baron Donaldson
(fols. 90, 97) Ephraim Halevy
(fol. 92) Roman Jakobson
(fol. 195) Sir Robert Mayer
(fol. 123) Agnes Headlam-Morley
(fol. 31) L.C. Robbins, Baron Robbins
(fol. 264) K.V. Rose
(fol. 84) A.J. Ryan
(fols. 295-296) M.D. Ryan
(fol. 111) Lydia Pasternak Slater, about a tape recording of Anna Akhmatova's funeral, for which a home is being sought
(fols. 34, 61) Natasha Spender
(fol. 109) Philip Toynbee
(fol. 14) J.B. Wain
and letters about:
(fols. 17, 34-35, 41-44, 53-55, 61, 64) the involvement of the CIA in the funding of Encounter
(fols. 51-52, 67, 69, 72) seeking an architect for Wolfson College
(fols. 109, 120-121, 123, 175, 205-207) the Six Days War and the Middle Eastern political situation
(fols. 230-235) Berlin's views on the philosophy of history
Date
May-Dec. 1967
Language
English
Physical extent
311 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
