BRACERS Notes

Record no. Notes, topics or text
124032
124033
124034
124035
124036

The letter contains a list of errors in BR's Philosophy [or An Outline of Philosophy].

124037

Weeks asks for Norton's opinion on the letter Weeks wrote to BR, 28 November 1938, record 57315.

124038

"I think the suggestions which you have made to Russell top-notch."

124039
124040

The body of the letter contains an undated typed copy of a letter from BR to Norton; see record 57316.

124041
124042
124043
124044

"Philosophy Department City College Committee defending Russell has asked you to head up a statement representing the publishers attitude on Russell appointment."

124045

"An open letter to the Honorable Board of Higher Education, City of New York" in support of BR's appointment to CCNY. This is a draft.

124046

Lunt encloses a copy of the open letter in support of BR; see record 124047.

124047

"An open letter to the Honorable Board of Higher Education, City of New York" from several publishers in support of BR's appointment to CCNY.

124048

Lunt encloses a copy of the open letter in support of BR; see record 124047.

124049

Lunt encloses a copy of the open letter in support of BR re CCNY; see record 124047.

124050

Lunt encloses a copy of the open letter in support of BR; see record 124047.

124051

See also Rec. Acq. 185g.

124052

She would like a letter of introduction to BR. She then interviewed him in October.

124053

The enclosed press release concerns the appointment of BR at the University of Chicago.

124054

"Last July I purchased from you a photograph of Bertrand Russell for which I paid two guineas". Norton has now decided to make use of this photograph for commercial purposes at the cost of two more guineas.

124055
124056
124057

"I am sailing on July third for Plymouth, England, where I will spend several days visiting Bertrand Russell."

124058

Norton quotes from a letter he has received from Russell as well as his reply. See record 57319 and record 57320.

124059

Following this in the file is a list of BR's lecture tour engagements to date, 26 Sept. 1938. There is no mention in the letter that Feakins is sending this to Norton.

124060

A list of BR's speaking engagements from Dec. 10, 1938 to Apr. 18, 1939 is contained in the body of the letter. (Very useful for the lecture tour of spring 1939.)

124061
124062

A list of additional speaking engagements for BR, Mar. 20 to April 19, is included in the body of the letter. There is also a separate typed schedule, covering engagements from 10 March to April 25, 1938, for his upcoming lecture tour.

124063
124064
124065
124066

Re CCNY.

124067

Enclosed is a copy of an extract from a letter from BR to Norton; see record 57321.

124068

Re CCNY.

124069
124070

Typed copies of reviews of Education and the Modern World.

124071
124072
124073
124074
124075

BR's status is that of a resident alien.

124076
124077

Wells wants permission to quote from BR.

124078
124079

Norton is replying on BR's behalf to Jackson's letter of 19 Feb. 1929, record 57322.

124080

BR refers West to the "Fanaticism" chapter of Common Sense and Nuclear Warfare.

124081

BR will be lecturing at the Community Forum, Sacramento, on 20 March.

124082
124083
124084
124085
124086
124087
124088
124089
124090
124091

BR is arriving in New York on 25 Sept. on the Homeric. He will meet interviewers at the Town Hall Club the next afternoon.

124092
124093
124094
124095
124096
124097

BR is lecturing in San Francisco on 23 March.

124098

He is sending the index to BR's An Inquiry into Meaning and Truth.

There are two versions of this letter, combined in this entry with slightly different wording. One accompanied the index cards, and the other notified Norton of their despatch. In one Szathmary requested proofs.

124099

The editorial department acknowledges receipt of the index to An Inquiry into Meaning and Truth and tells Szathmary that there is no time to send him proofs.

124100
124101

She has spoken with Veblen about BR's possibilities of being hired at the Institute for Advanced Study.

124102
124103

BR says writing "Einstein book" is impossible.

124104
124105

There is also a typed carbon of this letter in the file.

124106

The radiogram begins: "Russell writes Einstein book impossible".

124107

The memorandum begins: "I have given considerable thought to your suggestions for a book by Bertrand Russell." Also in the file is a typed document titled "Suggested Book for Bertrand Russell" which is dated 24 Oct. 1931.

124108

A grouping of internal memoranda about BR, involving memos by Mr. Stevens, Storer Lunt, H.P. Wilson, and Warder Norton.

124109

Four letters to BR, listed in Sotheby's catalogue, 18 July 1973. Individual dates are not provided.

The letters, lot 145, were listed as the property of T. Fox-Pitt. "Phelps" is identified as Elspeth's surname in the prior and succeeding lots. In later letters to BR she signed herself Elspeth Fox Pitt.

Subjects include meetings, his son Conrad, and going to Norway and Berlin for the Foreign Office. 5 pages in all.

The addresses are: Mayfair Court, Stratton Street, W.1; Telegraph House, Petersfield; and Penralltgoch, Merioneth. Phelps' letter of 1956/06/28 is at record 120106.

The trips to Norway and Berlin must belong to 1948, and record ? represents that letter.

124110

The typed carbon of this letter is at record 9203.

BR is "unwilling" to write further on the matter Gray mentions, as his time "is entirely occupied with the struggle to avert war." BR encloses literature about the BRPF and requests a donation.

124111

The typed carbon is document .112394, record 82911.

BR is sorry to learn of the way Weyditch's father was treated.

The letter was for sale on eBay.

124112

This is an internet print of a Western Union telefax for sale on eBay. The typed document, indicating "Cable", is document .199414, record 95905. It was sent at the request of King; see document .199413.

BR supports the boycott of Alabama "wholeheartedly".

124113

The legible internet print image is only a partial image. There is a much smaller total image. The typed carbon is at record 24561. The dictation is at record 15772.

On the philosophies of Whitehead, Schopenhauer, Vaihinger and recent physics.

124114

Warburg sends BR an advance proof copy of Paul Blanshard's Freedom and Catholic Power (Russell's Library, no. 466). BR kept the letter in the book.

124115

Holt sends BR an advance copy of the next issue of Daedalus (Russell's Library, no. 2235). BR kept the letter in the issue.

124116

Harris send a copy of Martial Heirs (Russell's Library, no. 2100) by P.W. Schmidtchen "with the author's compliments". BR kept the letter in the book.

124117

"I remember that in the past you have written most generously of the work of Ray Bradbury." Hart-Davis sent BR an uncorrected proof of Ray Bradbury's Something Wicked This Way Comes (Russell's Library, no. 1956). BR kept the letter in the book.

124118

Ball encloses a copy of his book Intellectual Calculus (Russell's Library, no. 1764). BR kept the letter in the book.

124119

BR wrote this note: "'The cat would eate fish but dare not wet her feet' from Thomas Heywood's list of proverbs" and placed in The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, p. 211 (Russell's Library, no. 1507).

124120

Three printed cards with an image titled "Camp Richardson, Lake Tahoe, California". Also the business card of Paul A. Schilpp. BR placed them in his copy of John Dewey's Logic: the Theory of Inquiry (Russell's Library, no. 1536). It is assumed that BR placed these cards into the book during the summer he lived at Lake Tahoe.

124121

BR explains and corrects some things in Cassirer's German translation of "My Present View of the World" in Der Monat.

124122

BR is willing to do several recordings in German, but only 2 per day.

124123
BR returns her typescript. Her aims are similar to his, but they would disagree on a good many points.
124124

BR favours an anti-H-bomb movie, though Lord Nuffield would almost certainly not favour it. Discussion of the excluded middle must await their next meeting "as the matter is very intricate".

124125

BR sends 1 guinea for sports.

124126
BR turns down an invitation to speak as he is husbanding his energies for the anti-nuclear campaign.
124127

("No".). An organization in Leicester is turned down

124128

BR has time for a short interview if Giles decides the trip to North Wales is worthwhile.

124129

Wilson, who worked for a second-hand bookseller, Bumpus, is asked to find a copy of E.D. Morel's Truth and the War for an American, H.E. Cohen.

124130

BR tells Cohen he has asked Bumpus to find a copy of Morel's Truth and the War. "Morel is long ago dead. He died of injuries to his health incurred while he was in prison."

124131

BR is too busy to write an article on current philosophy, like the one in the Hibbert Journal recently.