BRACERS Record Detail for 132379

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Collection code
RA3
Recent acquisition no.
1824
Document no.
000003
Box no.
16.79
Source if not BR
David Harley
Recipient(s)
Cambridge Daily News
Sender(s)
BR
Date
1945/04/26
Form of letter
TLS
Pieces
1
BR's address code (if sender)
GLC
Notes, topics or text

BR asks the Cambridge Daily News to publish a statement that Patricia and he do not wish to be known as "Mr and Lady Russell". He signed the letter simply "Russell". The statement is no longer included with the letter. It was published as "Earl Russell Explains", ibid., 5 May 1945, p. 5 (B&R C45.07a).

Transcription

BR TO CAMBRIDGE DAILY NEWS, 26 APR. 1945
BRACERS 132379. TLS. David Harley
Edited by K. Blackwell. Reviewed by A.G. Bone


Grosvenor Lodge, Babraham Road1
Cambridge.
April 26 1945

The Editor
Cambridge Daily News
Cambridge.

Dear Sir,

Since coming to live in Cambridge,2 my wife and I have both caused and experienced embarrassment because of erroneous reports that we wish to be known as “Mr. and Lady Russell”. This appears a trivial matter, and for this reason it is difficult to eradicate a mistaken impression which is a minor irritation in daily life. It seems best to make a public statement, which I enclose. I hope you may find room to publish it.3

Yours faithfully,
<signed> Russell
(Earl Russell)

  • 1

    [document] The letter was edited from a digital copy of the typed letter provided by the owner, David Harley of Paris, Ontario.

  • 2

    live in Cambridge BR began living in Cambridge in August 1944, in rooms in Trinity College. Patricia and their son, Conrad, moved into separate quarters in Cambridge until their house, Grosvenor Lodge, was ready for occupancy.

  • 3

    statement … publish it As “Earl Russell Explains”, Cambridge Daily News, 5 May 1945, p. 5 (B&R2 C45.07a); 4a in Papers 24 (in progress). The statement was insufficient, and BR issued a revised statement on or about 18 May 1945 (4b in Papers 24).

Publication
B&R2 C45.07a
Permission
Everyone
Image
Transcription Public Access
Yes
Record no.
132379
Record created
Feb 05, 2020
Record last modified
Sep 27, 2023
Created/last modified by
duncana