Letters between Berlin and his aunt, Ida Samunov
MS. Berlin 303
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Letters between Berlin and his aunt, Ida Samunov
Shelfmark
MS. Berlin 303
Summary
Includes:
(passim) discussion of Ida's health and financial arrangements
(fol. 6) letter from Berlin following the death of his father, about future arrangements for his mother, 1954
(fol. 7) letter from Ida about Berlin's engagement to Aline Halban, 1955
(fol. 9) comments by Ida on news from Berlin of relatives in the Soviet Union, following his visit there, 1956
(fols. 16-17) discussion of Boris Pasternak's Dr Zhivago, 1959
(fol. 26) comment by Berlin on a description of him as the 'wittiest man in Oxford', 1959
(fols. 77, 79) letters from Berlin's aunt Zelma Zhmudskaya to Ida (her sister), sent on to Berlin, 1977-1978
(fols. 81-89) copies of Ida's will and other documents relating to her estate, 1960-1970
Date
1928-1978
Language
English
Physical extent
87 Leaves
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Collection contents
Papers of Sir Isaiah Berlin, 1897-1998, with some family papers, 1903-1972
Correspondence and papers
Family correspondence
Other family correspondence
Letters between Berlin and his aunt, Ida Samunov
