Total Published Records: 135,560
BRACERS Notes
| Record no. | Notes, topics or text |
|---|---|
| 116903 | Lock has received a letter from Sarah regarding her future plans. |
| 116904 | BR thanks Lock for his letter of 30 August, and both he and Edith agree with Lock's assessment of the situation regarding payments to Sarah and Anne. BR inquires as to Lucy. |
| 116905 | Lock apologizes for the delay in his response, but he has been trying to track down Lucy, though he still has not heard from her. |
| 116906 | BR thanks Lock for his letter of 22 September. |
| 116907 | Farley writes in following up with his telephone conversation with Lock the previous day, enclosing a copy of the letter mentioned (document .101921, record 116908). |
| 116908 | The letter is addressed "To the Parents of Lucy Russell: (sorry I don't know your names)." |
| 116909 | Edith informs Lock that he has received a letter from Lucy who is in Cornwall, and wishes to visit to discuss a proposal to go to a university in Paris. "She says that the visit would have to be 'almost immediately' as she proposed to be back in Paris by October 14, and has first to spend 'some days' in London." However, BR has fallen ill so Edith has informed Lucy that a visit would not be possible for the weekend. |
| 116910 | Lock thanks Edith for her letter of 7 October. |
| 116911 | Lock has managed to contact Lucy at Tintagel, who has received BR's letter and will be visiting Lock the following day. |
| 116912 | Lock encloses certain certificates in connection with the deeds of covenant, which the inspector of taxes requires (not present). |
| 116913 | Lock has seen Lucy and discussed her position with the trustees. Lock explains Lucy's position regarding living in Paris and as such feels there is some merit in making around £40 available to her. The trustees would like Edith and BR's opinions, should they have strong feelings against the proposal. |
| 116914 | Farley writes that BR thanks Lock for his letter of 11 October, and he has signed the certificates and forwarded them to his accountant. |
| 116915 | Edith thanks Lock for his letter of 18 October. She and BR have considered the proposal carefully and agree to what Lock and the trustees feel is best regarding Lucy. |
| 116916 | Lock apologizes for the delay in his response, as he has only just returned from a short holiday. |
| 116917 | Edith informs Lock that Lucy telephoned last weekend, from Paris, asking to have £15 sent to her immediately as she still had not received the money from London. The £15 was sent and its arrival was confirmed by the French post office. |
| 116918 | Lock writes that he was concerned to receive Edith's letter of 8 February and Lucy approaching BR and Edith for money, as Lock had sent enough money to cover all of her fees when Lucy enrolled in her course. |
| 116919 | Edith writes, "I have just learned that Lucy visited the offices of the Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation in London about a fortnight ago. She stated that she was looking for somewhere to live in London, and requested employment for a boy-friend. She stated that she would telephone the Foundation offices about this, but did not do so. We were under the impression that she was in Paris taking a course at the Sorbonne." |
| 116920 | Lock thanks Edith for her letter of 2 March, stating that he did not realize Lucy had been in London, as he too was under the impression that she was in Paris. "I will make the usual sounding to see if I can find out Lucy's whereabouts and present occupation and I shall let you know what I discover." |
| 116921 | Tylor thanks Edith for her letter of 9 March, and writes that his inquiries to make contact with Lucy have failed. |
| 116922 | Lock apologizes that his letter of 11 March had not reached Edith, but has sent the carbon copy. "Whilst I was out this afternoon, Lucy telephoned me. She is in London and is coming to see me on Thursday next. I shall be in touch with you thereafter." |
| 116923 | Farley writes that he has received a letter stating that the French postal authorities are anxious to get in touch with Lucy, and require her present address. "If you have this information or any other news of Lucy, would you kindly write to Lady Russell at the earliest opportunity?" |
| 116924 | Lock confirms his telephone conversation with Farley. "... Namely that I have seen Lucy, that she had decided to abandon the course in Paris and I could not encourage her to go back there and continue it...." |
| 116925 | Farley on behalf of Edith thanks Lock for his recent letter regarding Lucy. "She asked me to send you the enclosed postcard addressed to Sarah and Lucy because she is uncertain as to which address it should be sent to" (not present). |
| 116926 | Tylor thanks Edith for her letter of 7 May and its enclosed cheque, to settle the firm's charges, which he discusses. |
| 116927 | Edith encloses a communication (not present) she has received for Sarah, as she does not know Sarah's current address. "The enclosed communications to us and to Lucy speak for themselves." Lucy had overdrawn her bank account. |
| 116928 | Lock thanks Edith for her letter of 5 July, and its enclosures for Sarah and Lucy, which he has forwarded to the most recent addresses he is aware of. |
| 116929 | Edith writes regarding the enclosed letter (not present) she received for Lucy regarding her financial affairs. "Unfortunately we do not know her present address, but as you are to see her perhaps you would be so kind as to give her the Jaeger document and possibly help her to straighten it out." The Russells have paid the overdraft. |
| 116930 | Lock thanks Edith for her letter of 24 July and its enclosed envelope, which he will explain to Lucy. |
| 116931 | Farley asks for Lock's assistance if he is in contact with Lucy, as he needs to recover a book of BR's, Rush to Judgment by Mark Lane, which she borrowed. "I am very anxious to recover this book and should be grateful for anything that you can do in this respect." |
| 116932 | Lock thanks Farley for his letter of 3 December, and has written Lucy about the book, as he is in touch with her. |
| 116933 | Lock writes regarding the arrangements for taking a course that the trustees are proposing for Lucy. He states that the trustees would be glad to know if BR approves this proposal. |
| 116934 | "Messrs. Coward, Chance & Co. are pleased to announce that, as from 1st January, 1969, they are admitting into partnership Mr. R.M. Coleman and Mr. C.I. McGonigal who have been solicitors on their staff for some years." |
| 116935 | BR thanks Lock for his letter of 30 December regarding the proposed arrangements for Lucy, which he agrees to, including an allowance with restrictions. |
| 116936 | Tylor encloses a letter he has received from K. Blackwell, Russell Archives, McMaster University, Ontario (document .101951, record 116937). |
| 116937 | Blackwell was referred to Coward, Chance by Lord Llewelyn-Davies, in quest for Crompton Llewelyn Davies's correspondence with BR. Enclosed with document .101950, record 116936. |
| 116938 | Coward, Chance write, "As you will appreciate, it would not be possible for us to let you have any correspondence between Crompton Llewelyn Davies and Lord Russell except with Lord Russell's express permission." A copy of Blackwell's letter and this reply is being sent to BR. |
| 116939 | Farley writes on behalf of BR to thank Tylor for his letter to him on 13 March, regarding McMaster University. "Since you are confident that the relevant correspondence was destroyed in 1941, it would seem that the question of Lord Russell's permission does not arise." |
| 116940 | Tylor encloses a letter he received from McMaster University, which came during his holidays (document .101955, record 116941). |
| 116941 | Blackwell thanks Tylor for his letter of 13 March and expresses his disappointment to learn that the correspondence between Crompton Llewelyn-Davies and BR was destroyed by bombs. |
| 116942 | Coward, Chance write in Tylor's absence to acknowledge the receipt of Blackwell's letter of 3 April, which will be called to Tylor's attention upon his return on 21 April. |
| 116943 | Tylor acknowledges that upon his return from his holiday that he read Blackwell's letter. He confirms that he is the Tylor in question, and informs Blackwell that his office only has letters after 10 May, 1941, the date on which the Mincing Lane offices were destroyed. |
| 116944 | BR thanks Tylor for his letter of 25 April and its enclosures, regarding McMaster University. |
| 116945 | Tylor thanks BR for his letter of 2 May, noting his wishes, and plans to communicate with McMaster. |
| 116946 | There is an enclosed note to BR from Tylor stating, "Herewith a copy of my letter of today's date to Mr. Blackwell at McMaster University." |
| 116947 | Lock writes: "Although I hope I have managed to keep Mr. Christopher Farley informed of most of the developments with regard to Sarah, I thought that you would like to hear from me what has happened recently and what new arrangements have been made for Sarah", which Lock goes on to detail in this letter. |
| 116948 | Edith thanks Lock for his letter of 21 November, and is pleased to learn about Sarah's situation. Edith addresses the points in Lock's letter, and also writes of her most recent update from Sarah. |
| 116949 | Lock thanks Farley for his letter of 16 January. |
| 116950 | |
| 116951 | Draft letter (a). Enclosed with document .066261, record 116950. |
| 116952 | Draft letter (b). Another draft of this letter is available at record 132224. |
| 116953 | Joliot-Curie's letter is in French, in reply to BR's of 6 July. [BR's letter must have been a form letter that was addressed individually to a number of scientists. See the list (which includes Joliot-Curie) noted on Powell's letter of 1956/07/08, document .066261, record 116950.] |
| 116954 | Powell thanks BR for his letter of 6 July, and writes that he will, of course, hope to take part in the conference in India. "I hope to see Professor Yukawa in a few days time. No doubt you will have dispatched a similar letter to him; I will show him my copy, as it may be some time before he receives his own." |
| 116955 | Burton, Rotblat's secretary, writes in his absence to acknowledge BR's letter of 6 July, as Rotblat is in the United States, and will return towards the end of August. |
| 116956 | Powell thanks BR for his letter of 13 August, and its enclosed reply from Pauling. |
| 116957 | Attached is a note saying, "With Professor C.F. Powell's compliments." It is a draft for BR's message to the 1st Pugwash Conference. |
| 116958 | Powell thanks BR for his letter of 16 August. "I have only yesterday seen a copy of the publication from the government of India, and have not yet had time to read it. I quite understand the personal point which you make; I myself was never in doubt as to how the public letter originated." |
| 116959 | Powell encloses a letter (not present) from Eaton, which he received from Burhop. |
| 116960 | BR invites Bohr to the conference to be held in India the coming December. |
| 116961 | Rotblat encloses a letter to Cyrus S. Eaton for BR to sign, asking for financial help for the conference in India (not present). BR evidently wrote his reply by hand, sending his good wishes for the success of the journal. |
| 116962 | Salmon thanks BR for his letter "... expressing good wishes to The Atomic Age", which has been forwarded to Rotblat. |
| 116963 | Rotblat thanks BR for his letter of 20 September and his offer to contribute £50 to the cost of expenses of the congress, though Rotblat hopes there will be no need to make use of BR's offer. |
| 116964 | Haddow writes that he has been in correspondence with George de Hevesy and encloses a copy of his last letter (record 116965). |
| 116965 | Haddow thanks de Hevesy for his letter of 26 September. |
| 116966 | Kothari writes that he hopes BR has received his letter of 18 September. |
| 116967 | Rotblat encloses a letter to Krishnan (not present). |
| 116968 | Rotblat thanks BR for his letter and encloses another letter to Kothari for BR's signature and mailing (not present). |
| 116969 | Rotblat encloses three fundraising letters for BR's signature (not present). "We have not heard from Krishnan that they agree to the postponement of the conference until Easter. We hope soon to send out a letter to all the people being invited telling them about the postponement." |
| 116970 | Rotblat encloses a number of letters to go out to conference acceptees informing them that the conference is to be postponed, as per his 19 November letter, and asks BR to sign and mail them (not present). |
| 116971 | On the verso of Rotblat's letter. |
| 116972 | Eaton thanks BR for his letter of 19 November, and is pleased to hear that BR is considering Pugwash for the location of his conference. |
| 116973 | |
| 116974 | Article titled "The Breakfast Commentator" is about Eaton and his Pugwash estate. |
| 116975 | Article is a short feature about Eaton titled "Bulls Before Bullets". |
| 116976 | |
| 116977 | Berezhkov asks Eaton to write a statement on his thoughts and wishes for the coming year to be published in the New Year's issue. |
| 116978 | Telegram is Eaton's New Year's wish for New Times. |
| 116979 | Burhop writes, "A French friend of mine, who is related by marriage to Mr. Howard Samuel, one of the people to whom you wrote asking for support for the international meeting, recently suggested to me that a personal approach to Mr. Samuel might help. Accordingly I called on him during last week and he agreed to make a donation of £100 and he wrote out the enclosed cheque for this amount. I wonder whether you would be good enough to send him a note of acknowledgement and thanks? I have taken the liberty to drafting something that might be suitable." |
| 116980 | Rotblat thanks BR for sending him Eaton's cable. |
| 116981 | BR writes that he is willing to cable Eaton, as per Rotblat's suggestion. However, he has no record of his address, as he has passed along to Rotblat all the letters he has received from Eaton. He asks that Rotblat forward Eaton's address to him and draft the detailed letter for BR to sign. This is the carbon copy. The dictation is available at record 15283 and the ribbon is at record 132214. |
| 116982 | Rotblat encloses the letter to Eaton about holding the conference in Nova Scotia, asking BR to sign and send it if he agrees with its contents (not present). |
| 116983 | BR has signed and mailed the letter to Eaton, and deposited the cheques and encloses his own. |
| 116984 | Eaton encloses a booklet on PS Troubadour, the shorthorn steer from Eaton's Acadia Farms, which was recently crowned International Grand Champion Steer (record 116985). |
| 116985 | BR begins the letter with a bracketed comment "(I think we might drop formality, don't you?)". |
| 116986 | Rotblat thanks BR for his letter and cheque of £140, including BR's own contribution. A copy of the carbon for this letter is located at record 7488. |
| 116987 | BR encloses a letter from Eaton (not present), who seems to believe BR will go to Pugwash, which is not the case. BR asks Rotblat to either reply to Eaton directly, or write up a draft letter BR can sign to address some points in Eaton's letter. |
| 116988 | Rotblat encloses letters (not present) to Eaton and to the scientists previously invited, to inform them of the change of date and place for the meeting. He asks that if BR approves them, he sign and send them. |
| 116989 | BR encloses a letter from Oppenheimer which he cannot answer, and asks Rotblat if he would reply to it. |
| 116990 | BR writes that he has been reading Rotblat's paper about H-bomb tests in The New Scientist and other parts of the same journal, and is unsure as to the perspective he should be taking in his own piece on H-bomb tests. "I cannot treat the subject politically without expressing controversial opinions and I rather gather that The New Scientist would not wish for such opinion as opposed to scientific fact." |
| 116991 | Rotblat agrees with BR's 2 March letter, that it is impossible to discuss the H-bomb politically without expressing a controversial opinion. "I had a chat about this with the editor of the New Scientist, Percy Cudlipp, who said that as long as we can hear an opposite view as well he will not mind having a controversial issue ventilated." In respect to this Rotblat has asked Sir George Thomson, who recently strongly spoke out against people advocating bans on H-bomb tests, to write an article. A copy of the carbon for this letter is located at record 7486. |
| 116992 | Rotblat encloses a suggested reply to Oppenheimer's letter and asks BR if he agrees with it to sign and send it (not present). A copy of the carbon is located at record 7485. |
| 116993 | BR encloses his article regarding the political aspects of the H-bomb tests (not present). "I hope you will succeed in getting them to print it, but I shall not be surprised if you do not." BR asks if he has permission to get the article printed in other countries and languages, as he is constantly receiving requests from Japan asking his position on the tests. |
| 116994 | Powell informs BR that he notified Sir K.S. Krishnan and General Sokhey about the meeting date and location being changed from India, as per the initial proposal, to Nova Scotia in July, and that should this meeting be successful it is hoped that they could approach the Indian authorities. |
| 116995 | Eaton encloses a clipping from the previous day's New York Herald Tribune, stating that in the article, "... the chief mouthpiece of the Eisenhower administration, Alsop suggests that the warnings you have been giving to the world are beginning to be taken seriously" (record 116996). |
| 116996 | Newspaper clipping, and photocopy of newsclipping, from 17 March 1957's New York Herald Tribune, titled "Peering into Hell". Enclosed with record 116995. |
| 116997 | Rotblat suggests sending out three more invitations to Pugwash, as very few Americans have accepted. "One of these is H.J. Muller who previously refused but perhaps might be inclined to accept now. Dr. Price is the chairman of the Federation of American Scientists. If you approve of these letters would you kindly sign them and send them off" (not present). Rotblat informs BR that his article will be published by the New Scientist and will appear in the following week's issue, with Angus Maud taking the opposite view. There are handwritten notes on this letter, stating "Letters signed and sent" and "Proofs returned 22 March 3/6/0 sent for reprints." A copy of the carbon of this letter is located at record 7484. |
| 116998 | BR asks Rotblat for permission to send a copy of his article on H-bomb tests to the Yomiuri, a Japanese newspaper, as they have been requesting a statement from him on nuclear tests. |
| 116999 | Rotblat has ensured that the editor has no objections to BR's request to use his article for another publication. "It is rather sickening to see the Western powers decision to go ahead with nuclear tests. The need for our conference is now even greater than ever." A copy of the carbon for this letter is at record 7483. |
| 117000 | BR thanks Rotblat for his letter and permission to publish his article in Japan. The outcome of the Bermuda conference is disappointing. |
| 117001 | Rotblat encloses a letter for BR to sign and send to Professor Rehberg, as per Niels Bohr's suggestion (not present). He is drafting letters to people who have not yet decided requesting that they make a decision soon. |
| 117002 | Eaton writes, "There are many signs that the world is beginning to take seriously the importance of nuclear development in establishing and maintaining peace. Your conferences are being held at a propitious time!" |
