Sparrow (J.H.A.)
MS. Berlin 281
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Title
Sparrow (J.H.A.)
Shelfmark
MS. Berlin 281
Summary
Includes:
(fols. 13-14) comments following a dinner with Virginia Woolf, 1933
(fols. 15-16) advice to Berlin on whether to write a book on Marx, [1933]
(fols. 34-39) discussion of Sparrow's re-election as a fellow of All Souls College, 1936
(fols. 49-51) letter sent to Sparrow by a supporter of Hitler, 1938
(fol. 68) letter annotated with unrelated draft by Berlin on Marx, possibly for revision of Karl Marx, 1946
(fols. 99-101) comments on Maurice Bowra's knighthood, 1951
(fols. 102-146) letters about the All Souls College Wardenship elections, culminating in Sparrow's appointment, 1951-1952
(fol. 110) notes by Berlin on Joseph de Maistre, on the back of a telegram, 1951
(fol. 168) discussion by Berlin of the offer to him of the Wardenship of Nuffield College, 1953
(fols. 187-190) Berlin's application for re-election to a Research Fellowship at All Souls College, 1955
(fols. 194) description by Berlin of a lecture by A.L. Rowse in the United States, 1955
(fols. 226-228) comments by Sparrow on Berlin's knighthood, 1957
(fol. 229) comments by Sparrow on the Wolfenden Report, 1957
(fols. 256-260, 264) discussion of proposed changes to fellowships at All Souls College, 1965
(fols. 262-265) discussion of the offer to Berlin of the headship of Iffley College, 1965
(fols. 294-295) offer to Berlin of a Distinguished Fellowship of All Souls College, 1975
Date
1933-1982
Language
English
Physical extent
302 Leaves
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Collection contents
Papers of Sir Isaiah Berlin, 1897-1998, with some family papers, 1903-1972
Correspondence and papers
Letters of major correspondents
Sparrow (J.H.A.)
