BRACERS Notes

Record no. Notes, topics or text
117729
Curry hopes BR will be able to visit this term.
117730

Curry would like to discuss the Chamberlain-Eden situation with BR.

117731

Document is titled "Report on John Russell: Spring 1938".

117732

Enclosed is a blank health report, to be filled in by a parent, as well as a report on Dr. Fritz Neuman, who was employed to teach French, but was unable to receive a permit in time. He has been replaced. There were various other printed and mimeographed school documents.

117733

Re Conrad's return to Dartington.

117734

Evidently Conrad has left Dartington.

117735

Curry invites Conrad to return for a week.

117736

Patricia writes "a beastly letter" on Conrad's uncongenial fellow students at Dartington.

117737

Curry refers to boxes of paper eventually to be picked up by the Russells. "I do hope that Bertie will not feel that the publishers [of Education and Sanity, a copy of which Curry encloses] have interpreted too liberally his kind permission to use his letter in any way they pleased."

[Were these boxes of Archives?]

117738

The boxes have arrived safely with the Russells. Patricia has had an operation.

Curry enjoyed hearing BR talk on Mill. "How marvellously he does that sort of thing and how beautiful his voice sounds on the wireless."

(BR spoke over the BBC on Mill on 18 January 1948.)

117739

Also from Lucy Russell.

117740

Anne addresses her letter to "Grandpa and Grandma".

117741
117742
117743

On the verso of the letter Anne has drawn her face and three people labelled "AR", "SR" and "LR".

117744

Postcard is addressed to "All".

117745
117746
117747
117748
117749
117750

At the foot of her letter she has drawn pictures of "Grandpa", "Grandma" and "Anne". BR was on TV last night.

117751

Anne has drawn pictures of BR, Edith and herself at the foot of her letter.

117752
117753
Anne has drawn a picture on the verso of her letter.
117754
117755

At the foot Anne has drawn a person standing in the rain.

117756
117757
117758

At the foot of her letter are drawings.

117759
117760
117761

There is a pencil drawing on the verso of the letter.

117762
117763

At the foot of the letter is a drawing of a birthday cake.

117764

There is a drawing at the foot of her letter, possibly of Ingrid Bergman.

117765
117766
117767
117768

She has drawn a smiling face at the foot of her letter.

117769

She has drawn a picture of herself at the foot of her letter.

117770
117771
117772

BR and Edith are in Paris.

117773

Drawn at the foot of the letter are a rain cloud and a foot sticking out of a door.

117774
117775

The letter is addressed to "Gramp's and Grandma".

117776
117777

A birthday greeting for BR.

117778

Letter is addressed to "Grandpa and G'ma".

117779

BR and Edith are in Vienna.

117780

Anne writes that she has started proper lessons.

In a postscript she thanks BR and Edith for the lovely cards.

There is a note on the card which says "Ans. OK".

117781
117782
117783
117784
117785
117786
117787
117788
117789

Addressed to "Grandpa and G'ma".

117790
117791
117792

Lucy writes to Edith and "Diddy", i.e. BR.

117793
117794
117795

She finished reading Brighter Than a Thousand Suns.

117796

Letter is also addressed to "Griff".

117797
117798

A miniature of the "Pride and Prejudice" poster is at the top of the letter, and a few more drawings are on the last page of the letter.

117799

BR writes to get a copy of Berka's bibliography of BR. He wants to locate and acquire papers of his in the hands of private collectors.

[Re Archives.]

117800

This letter was found in a book on 27 Nov. 1998, between pp. 100-1. The book was Herman Weyl's Space, Time, Matter (Russell's Library, no. 2761).

Neville recommends, for Weyl's Geometry, Galboun's Théorie de la Relativité.

117801
The letter concerns social arrangements.
117802

BR comments on the article by George P. Grant which Allen enclosed. "It is based upon muddle-headedness as to the logically possibly functions of reason in relation to conduct." BR dealt with this in "Reason and Passion".

117803

BR requests the bibliographical details of the George P. Grant article on himself in the Dalhousie Review.

117804

Patricia writes about seeing Berlin before he leaves America to return to England. BR adds a p.s. "If you can't come then, I hope you will look us up sometime before I go home."

117805

Sargeant writes that Isaiah Berlin has already left for London and will not be back until mid-May.

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