BRACERS Notes

Record no. Notes, topics or text
119403

"Thurs. even." "Postmark 15.1.15." includes a quoted passage from a letter BR received from Wittgenstein, in reply to BR's of 23 July.

119404

"Postmark 16.1.15."

119405

"Monday mg." "Postmark 18 Jan. '15."

119406
119407

"Wed. even." "Postmark 20.1.15."

119408

"Friday mg." "Postmark 22 Jan. '15."

On Beethoven.

119409

"Postmark 29 Jan. '15."

119410

BR met with Joseph Conrad. A soldier criticized Churchill for his "rats in a hole" remark.

119411

"Wed. night." On Wittgenstein, quoting from his letter to Keynes.

119412

"Sunday evg." Someone has added "March" beside 1915.

On Lawrence and his seeing Keynes in pyjamas.

119413

"Monday mg." BR has annotated Lawrence and love: "What an absurd mistake. BR 1951". This is in a secretarial hand.

119414

This letter was hand-delivered to BR by Mason. There is no evidence the letter ever arrived at McMaster with Russell Archives 2, but it was quoted at length in "Private Memorandum on Ralph Schoenman", which Ronald Clark reprinted in the appendix of his Life of Bertrand Russell, pp. 647-8.

A photocopy of the latter has been placed in the file with BR's reply, which was obtained from Mason (record 119151).

119415

Original letter is in Houghton Library, Harvard.

119416

BR refused to send Rayman a photograph but does sign the letter, which provided an autograph.

On 19 March 1957 BR dictated a letter to a Mr. Reyman. The text indicates he is enclosing a signed photograph (record 15482).

119417

This is a copy of a letter from Dora Russell to the Elmhirsts concerning Beatrix Tudor-Hart. It was not signed and was addressed to Mr. Curry by hand.

See record 119292 for the letter to the Elmhirsts.

119418
119419

"Sat. evg." "Postmark Mar 15 '15."

119420

"Sat. mg." "Postmark. 1 May '15." Letter from D.H. Lawrence enclosed (not present).

119421

"Monday." "Postmark. 31st May '15." Letter from D.H. Lawrence enclosed (not present).

119422

"Tuesday night." "Summer 1915."

119423

"Sat." "Postmark 12 Ju. '15."

An annotation in Edith Russell's hand identifies "your sister-in- law" as the Duchess of Portland.

119424

"Thursday evg." "July" is noted in a hand other than BR's.

119425

"Sunday aft." "Postmark 8 Aug. '15."

Lodgings opposite the Manor House, Garsington, are annotated in Edith Russell's hand.

119426

"Monday mg." "Postmark 19th July '15."

A positive remark on D.H. Lawrence's philosophy is marked for omission.

119427

"Postmark 24 Nov, '15."

There are corrections by Edith Russell.

119428

"Wed." BR returns O's letter from Frieda Lawrence (not present).

Molly is annotated in the hand of Russell's secretary.

119429

"Monday mg." "Postmark London 3 Jan. '16."

In Edith Russell's hand: "Let and aut". There is an omission symbol.

119430

"Tuesday mg." "Postmark London Feb. 8, '16."

119431
The letter is marked "l from p. 2".
119432

"Thursday evg." "Postmark London 3 Mar. '16."

119433

There is an "omit" symbol by one paragraph.

119434

"Friday."

119435

"Wed."

Dated in an unknown hand.

119436

"Thursday."

119437

"Thurs. mg."

119438

"In train—Cardiff to London."

119439

"Sunday evg." Dated in an unknown hand.

119440

"Sat. aft."

119441

"Monday mg." At the top: "L from p. 2".

119442

"Friday evg." "Postmark Aug. 4 '16." There is an "omit" symbol.

119443
119444

"Sunday night." There is an "omit" symbol.

119445

"Postmark 7 Sep. '16."

119446

"Tuesday mg."

119447

"Saturday."

119448
BR has edited the letter.
119449

"Tuesday."

119450

"Postmark July 26, 1917."

119451

BR has annotated the letter in his secretary's hand: "[I should not have felt so unhappy at this time but for the fact that Colette was having an affair with another man.]" BR, 1951.

He identifies "Smith" as "my brother's butler".

119452

"Postmark September 20, 1917." Corrected in Ottoline Morrell's hand.

At the end BR has identified a note on Constance Malleson as by Morrell, and comments: "[The fact was that I was in hell from jealousy, and had broken with C.M., permanently as I supposed.]"

119453
119454

BR has written "1918 Prison" at the top, in addition to "REJ". His appeal case is to be heard "Wednesday", which was 1 May 1918.

119455

The message is headed “Message to Lady Ottoline”. The source is BR’s letter of this date to Gladys Rinder, document .200299, record 19307.

119456
Corrected by BR.
119457

Morrell has written "Prison Brixton 1918" at the top.

119458

BR has annotated "the doctor's treatment" as being "for piles".

119459

This answers Morrell's letter of 8 July. BR has edited and corrected it.

119460

This answers Morrell's letters of 1 and 2 July. BR has identified references to George Leveson Gower and Lady Bessborough.

119461

BR had marked this "AUT", but that is struck through. He has corrected the letter.

119462

BR has annotated "Mother Julian's bird" (a picture) and Chappelow.

119463

This is in answer to Morrell's letter marked "late July 1918". BR has edited the letter.

119464

This is in answer to Morrell's of 30 July. BR has annotated his doctor and piles again.

119465

This is the first sheet of document .053275, record 119496. It was typed and corrected by Edith Russell.

119466

The photocopy is of an original in the Autobiography typescript.

119467
The letter is edited for omissions.
119468

BR has edited the letter and annotated Morrell's Mrs. Scott.

119469
119470
BR has edited the letter.
119471
BR has corrected and edited the letter.
119472

Edith Russell's editorial markings are on the letter.

119473

"Thursday". BR has annotated Wildon Carr and Kirby Lonsdale (where Morrell's brother lived).

This "letter" is the 2nd day's worth of a letter written over 2 days and typed separately. The full letter and text are at record 18686.

119474

Mailed in the same envelope as document .106368, record 112072.

Patricia comments at length on the nature of BR's confessed, "unworthy" affair with Grethe Forchhammer, his Danish translator. She suggests they say no more about it. She feels "contempt and loathing" for Grethe's way of life.

119475

Farley requests Newman's tribute at the memorial meeting for BR, or notes for it, to send to the Russell Archives.

119476

The original letter is at record 11055.

Suzara tells BR about himself.

119477

The carbon of this letter is in RA1 313, record 11056.

119478
The original letter is document .191454, record 101040.
119479

The carbon of this letter is in RA1 313, record 92486.

119480
The original letter is document .191456, record 101042.

Suzara writes below the letterhead of the BRPF branch he has formed.
119481

The carbon of this letter is in RA1 313, record 92487.

119482

The original of this letter is document .191458, record 101044.

The clip is titled: "Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation Philippinos Join Crusade".

119483

The carbon of this letter is in RA1 313, record 92488.

119484

The original letter could not be found using BRACERS.

119485

The original letter is document .191462, record 101046. The enclosed bank draft was not present, but the original is with document .191462.

119486

The carbon is in RA1 313, record 92489.

119487
The original letter is document .191466, record 191466.
119488

The carbon of this letter is in RA1 313, record 92490.

119489
The original of this letter is document .191481, record 101057.
119490

The carbon of this letter is document .191477, record 101056.

BR is delighted to see his own article in the Manila Chronicle.

119491

BR's carbon is document .191491, record 101063. Another carbon was sent to Ramon Carter Suzara; this is a photocopy of that carbon.

119492
The original of this letter is document .191496, record 191496.
119493

The original of this letter is document .191497, record 191497.

The clip is of Suzara's letter on WWIII in The Daily Mirror, Philippines.

119494
The original letter is document .191503, record 101072.
119495

The sheet that was microfilmed at this document no. was moved many years before to join the opening sheets of the presumed same letter at 710.057394 (record 81547). (K. Blackwell 14.1.2011)

119496

This is the 2nd sheet of document .053274, record 119465. It was typed and corrected by Edith Russell.

119497

"There never was such a place for crowding images".

119498

BR has corrected the transcription, and Edith Russell has edited it.

119499
Corrected by BR.
119500

"All the time I was in prison and since all your deeds of affection have made me very happy."

119501
Corrected by BR.
119502

The letter is conjecturally dated 1915-16. It concerns German names on the list of New College men killed in the war.

"I should like to see Lawrence".