General correspondence
MS. Berlin 113
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Title
General correspondence
Shelfmark
MS. Berlin 113
Summary
Includes some semi-official correspondence while working for British Information Services in Washington
Includes letters from and copies of letters to:
(fols. 83-85, 119) David Astor, about possible candidates as an American correspondent for the Observer
(fol. 73) Ernest Bevin
(fols. 22, 68) Sir Stafford Cripps
(fols. 33, 79) Frank Darvall
(fols. 15, 96-99) A.C.E. Malcolm, including a description by Berlin of his general impressions of the Soviet Union
(fols. 32, 64, 110, 186, 217, 232, 269) Sir Robert Mayer
(fols. 69, 102, 274) G.E. Moore
(fols. 26, 63, 111, 218) Allardyce Nicoll
(fols. 107-8, 165-70) Susan Mary Patten
(fols. 89-95, 211-216) F.K. Roberts, including accounts by Berlin of his departure from the Soviet Union, and the current political situation in the United States; and comment by Roberts on the possibility of an Honorary Degree being conferred on Boris Pasternak
(fols. 125-126) H.A.C. Rumbold
(fols. 45, 81, 144) J.W. Scott
(fols. 13, 21, 31, 122-123, 145-146, 173-180) E.E. Tomkins
with letters from
(fols. 267-268) A.J. Ayer
(fols. 203-204) John Balfour
(fol. 100) Lady Patricia de Bendern
(fols. 282-284) A.H. Bohlen
(fol. 158) N.O. Brown
(fols. 5-9, 103-105) J.F. Cornes, serving in Palestine
(fols. 198-200) Bob Dunbar, giving an account of poetry readings by Anna Akhmatova, Boris Pasternak and others in Moscow
(fols. 240, 293) W.G. Eytan
(fols. 253-235) Marion Frankfurter
(fol. 143) Anne Fremantle
(fol. 49) Sylvester Gates
(fols. 244-245) Philip Graham
(fols. 19, 160-161, 270) E.F.L. Wood, 1st Earl Halifax, including reference to the possibility of an Honorary Degree being awarded to Boris Pasternak
(fol. 239) Alexander Halpern
(fol. 256) T.L. Hodgkin
(fols. 113-114) Raimund von Hofmannsthal
(fol. 280) C.F. Hardie
(fols. 206, 228, 242, 273, 278) A.H. Hourani
(fol. 220) Rosamund Lehmann
(fol. 233) A.R.K. Mackenzie
(fol. 112) L.B. Nicolson
(fols. 285-289) Arthur Lourie
(fol. 237) Cressida Ridley
(fol. 100) Baronne Alix de Rothschild
(fols. 100, 225) Baron Guy de Rothschild
(fols. 106, 171-172, 246-251) Meyer Schapiro
(fol. 162) A.H. Smith, about Berlin's appointment as a University Lecturer
(fols. 184, 252, 272) Humphrey Sumner
(fols. 35, 234, 271) B.M.H. Tripp
(fols. 207, 236, 263) The Royal Institute of International Affairs, about Berlin giving a lecture on the Soviet Union
and letters about:
(fols. 1-87 passim) the award of a CBE to Berlin
Date
Jan.-June 1946
Language
English
Physical extent
293 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
