General correspondence

Title

General correspondence

Shelfmark

MS. Berlin 236

Summary

Includes letters from and copies of letters to:

(fols. 262, 265) Tony Blair

(fol. 166) Susan Gardiner, including an appreciation by Berlin of her husband Patrick Gardiner following his death

(fols. 41-44, 57) Miriam Gross, including Berlin's contribution to 'Books of the Century'

(fols. 128, 140) D.M. Hopkinson

(fols. 215, 268) Anatoly Naiman, discussing Anna Akhmatova

(fols. 172-174) Shimon Peres

(fols. 95-96) Franco Ratto, including a draft appreciation by Berlin of Giorgio Tagliacozzo

(fols. 37-40, 63-70, 107-108, 113-115, 129-137, 157-162, 177) Beata Polanowska-Sygulska

with letters from

(fols. 242-243) Susan Mary Alsop

(fol. 75) David Astor

(fol. 253) Sir Martin Gilbert

(fol. 188) Roger Hausheer

(fol. 126) Seamus Heaney

(fol. 185) Michael Ignatieff

(fol. 255) Roy Jenkins

(fol. 264) Sir Dimitri Obolensky

(fols. 61, 105, 144b) A.M. Quinton, Baron Quinton

(fols. 56, 71-72) Elisabeth Sifton

(fol. 117) Natasha Spender, Lady Spender

(fol. 232) Mary Warnock, Baroness Warnock

and

(fols. 167-169) letter about an article about Anna Akhmatova, including further recollections by Berlin of their meetings, and the evidence for the identification of Berlin as the subject of certain poems

(fols. 180-266 passim) letters of concern and good wishes during Berlin's last illness

Date

Jan.-Nov. 1997

Language

English

Physical extent

271 Leaves