General correspondence
MS. Berlin 112
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Title
General correspondence
Shelfmark
MS. Berlin 112
Summary
Predominantly semi-official correspondence while working for British Information Services in Washington
Includes letters from and copies of letters to:
(fols. 119-122) W.G.S. Adams, about Berlin's plans for the immediate future, including a visit to the Soviet Union and subsequent return to the United States until April 1946
(fol. 21) W.H. Auden, commenting on Christopher Isherwood's Prater Violet
(fols. 24-25, 221, 236-239) R.J. Cruikshank, about Berlin having to remain working for British Information Services; and enclosing a mock review of [imaginary?] poetry by Berlin
(fols. 143-144, 148, 151) E.R. Dodds
(fols. 81, 107-108, 116-118) Anne Fremantle
(fols. 124, 160, 195) Alexander Halpern
(fols. 112-114, 140) Christopher Hill, about the prospect of Berlin's visit to the Soviet Union
(fol. 149) Roman Jakobson
(fols. 67-68) F.G. Lee
(fols. 10-12, 15, 52-54) H.A.C. Rumbold, about Berlin's future and the offer of posts in the Foreign Office
(fols. 30, 44, 48-49, 66) Sir David Scott, about Berlin's future
(fols. 8-9) A.J. Toynbee, about the offer of a post in the Foreign Office
and letters from
(fols. 73, 157) J.E.G. Asquith, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Asquith
(fol. 232) J.L. Austin
(fols. 82-90, 158-159, 184-185, 233) John Balfour, including a copy of a report by Berlin giving an initial assessment of Truman's Presidency, and reference to the aborted attendance of Berlin at the Potsdam Conference
(fols. 188, 200-201) Lady Patricia de Bendern
(fols. 17-18) John Wheeler-Bennett
(fol. 234) Max Beloff
(fols. 198-199) A.H. Bohlen
(fol. 213) C.E. Bohlen
(fol. 63) Paul Gore-Booth
(fol. 76) Robert Brand
(fols. 214-220) Lord David Cecil
(fols. 182-183) B.V. Cohen
(fol. 240) Michael Crum
(fol. 152) Anthony Eden
(fols. 169-171) Penelope Felkin
(fols. 204-205) Marion Frankfurter
(fol. 241) C.F. Hardie
(fol. 162) Archibald Clark Kerr, about the aborted attendance by Berlin at the Potsdam Conference
(fol. 189) Sergey Konovalov
(fols. 109, 179-180, 242) Baronne Johanna Lambert
(fols. 75, 77-80, 176-177, 225) A.R.K. Mackenzie
(fols. 138-139) Susan Mary Patten
(fols. 173-174, 248-249) Baronne Alix de Rothschild
(fols. 175, 250) Baron Guy de Rothschild
(fol. 38) Bertrand Russell, 3rd Earl Russell
(fols. 206, 227) J.W. Scott
(fol. 192) B.M.H. Tripp
Date
1945, n.d. [1939-1945]
Language
English
Physical extent
259 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
