"Undated. Ellen Wilkinson to FR re weekend. 2 pages."

"Undated. Ellen Wilkinson to FR—will try to meet on 'Terrace'. 1 card."

"27 Apr. 1929. Menzie O'Gorman to FR—invitation to dinner discussion on Pedestrians and the Road Traffic'. 1 page."

"11 June 1929. Onslow to FR—congratulations. 1 page."

"20 Nov. 1929. J.H. Thomas to FR, acknowledging letter, refusing invitation. 1 page."

"21 Nov. 1929. Sandhurst to FR re House of Lords business. 2 pages."

"3 Dec. 1929. Ashfield to FR re promotion. 2 pages."

"9 Dec. 1929. J.R. Clynes (Home Secretary) to FR re Road Traffic Bill. 1 page typed."

"13 Dec. 1929. Hunsdon to FR re Road Traffic Bill. 3 1/2 pages."

"8 Jan. 1930. Arthur G. Boscawen to FR re Road Traffic Bill. 4 pages."

"10 Mar. 1930. Rayleigh to FR, acknowledging letter re damage to property. 2 pages."

"6 Feb. 1930. Reading to FR, acknowledging condolences. 1/2 page typed."

"12 Apr. 1930. Cottenham to FR re mobile police patrols. 2 pages."

Listed in Feinberg as only "Lord Cottenham".

"17 Apr. 1930. Askwith to FR re SIlicosis Committee Bill. 2 pages."

"25 Apr. 1930. Peel to FR re 'disturbances and illegal activities in India'. 2 pages."

5 Sep. 1930. Sanky to FR, acknowledging letter re Bridgwater. 2 pages."

"Undated. A. Susan Lawrence to FR, acknowledging congratulations. 1 page."

"12 June (?). Dawson to FR—congratulations. 1 card." Presumably on Frank's appointment as Undersecretary of State for India.

From Edith Russell's transcription when she was Edith Finch:

"To my surprise and relief Peter called up Friday morning to say a better house had been found.... On Saturday she drove back to Boston with the lease for this last house for Bertie to sign and I hope they are finally settled. If so they will have a most beautiful place...."

From Edith Russell's transcription when she was Edith Finch:

"They have settled on a house near Paoli, 'a square stone house' ... Bertie decided to rent—much more sensible.... P says Dora has written demanding Bertie should bring her and her 2 children here. (It reminded me of Shelley's inviting Harriet to join him and Mary on the Continent). They talked it over and felt they must refuse. Dora outraged, is now preying on John and Kate in California. They sent on a letter in which she was very bitter to them about B's refusal, when she had saved his life in China—despite nurses and doctors."

From Edith Russell's transcription when she was Edith Finch:

"The enclosed letters explain themselves. Peter's of yesterday morning was followed by a telephone call early today to say she had arrived and was at the place at Wayne where they went from the Deanery. Thank Heaven for that. Though she is alone we feel we cannot ask her here, as she may well expect. Edith has settled into her work and must not be interrupted by people staying in the house. Nor do I want another guest so exhausting a one as PR."

Note: After the Russells left the Deanery in September they went to the Bell and Clapper south of Phoenixville.

From Edith Russell's transcription when she was Edith Finch:

"Well Peter has neither your tact or intelligence.... Yesterday again she was answering all questions addressed to Bertie and explaining his views on all subjects while he sat by. But I have grown fond of her.... He was however, determined she should not accompany him to NY tomorrow for his interview with the President of City College, or arrive at Cambridge with him tomorrow evening.... The Russells hope much that the negotiations will fall through and they be left to take an apartment for the winter as they originally preferred, working out a permanent modest establishment at their leisure. So we spent yesterday seeing apartments along the main line with them. Bertie who is eternally hopeful and docile liking each one in turn and P's plans for it."

Patricia talks about how her operation went and that she is now recovering. She concludes with an update on Conrad and how he enjoyed seeing Peter.

Source: Columbia University, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Peter Blake Papers, Fol 19:20-22.

Blake meditates on the right to commit suicide. He asks after Conrad, John, and Pam.

Source: Columbia University, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Peter Blake Papers, Fol 19:20-22.

Blake is delighted to hear from Peter after so long (record 129128). Blake gives a brief update on his life, his children. He talks about the last time he saw Pam, and how Willo is doing.

Source: Columbia University, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Peter Blake Papers, Fol 19:20-22.

Patricia writes to Blake, sending him a bundle of letters he wrote to her.

There is also a small clipping about an robber getting a reduced sentence because he was "caring" towards his victims.

Source: Columbia University, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Peter Blake Papers, Fol 19:20-22.

Blake sends the address he has for Pam, as requested (record 129130). He discuses the increase in crime in England and the situation in the US, especially in regards to gun control.

He concludes with a comment about how lovely her house is.

Included with the letter is a clipping of a letter Conrad Russell wrote to the New York Times editorial page on the subject of the Soviet natural gas pipeline.

Source: Columbia University, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Peter Blake Papers, Fol 19:20-22.

Patricia asks if Blake has the von Trott's address, as well as Pam's. Patricia reflects on all the friends she lost as a result of the dissolution of her marriage because they were family friends. She finds it nearly impossible to talk to people she knew then.

She reflects on how he finds the US hasn't changed (record 129127), when she feels England has gotten so much worse, especially an increased crime rate.

She includes a photo of her house in Pevsner, North Devon.

Source: Columbia University, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Peter Blake Papers, Fol 19:20-22.

Patricia thanks Blake for sending Pam's old address (record 129129) and thinks she is still living there.

She agrees the lack of gun control in the US is appalling and about his thoughts on Reagan. She includes a cutting from the Times and reports on some of the other stories from the same page about robberies and the state of prisons.

Source: Columbia University, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Peter Blake Papers, Fol. 19:20-22.

An extract from the original letter and enclosed with the Institute's letter of 2 March 1954, record 5303.

"Finally I asked him about his going with his school which you will have seen advertised in the New Republic, as it is in the papers here. She said Mrs. Webb told her B found he had a wife in with it. His wife is not prepared to give it up. ... Alys added that Mrs. Webb said the last time she saw him, Bertie seemed angry and thwarted...."

"I enclose a schedule of correspondence in Wales between BR and the government concerning visas for Vietnamese to enter Britain in connection with the Tribunal. We are considering the possibility of publishing this correspondence with other material concerning the glories of the Wilson government."

"You may remember that there was correspondence between BR and either Wilson or ministers of his concerning the possibility of visas for Vietnamese people to enter Britain to participate in teach-ins. This correspondence preceded the correspondence concerning visas for the Tribunal. There was also early correspondence with Wilson on foreign policy and Vietnam generally. Could you let me have photocopies of any correspondence in these areas which you may have between BR and the Labour government?"

Re History of Western Philosophy. "The two errors which you drew to my attention on September 9 in the 9th impression, paperback edition, on page 55 should both be corrected. On line 12, there is a 'not' missing. On lines 19 and 20, the word 'principle' should read 'principal'."

"It is just possible that the enclosed, which has just arrived from India, is seriously meant as an introduction to an Indian edition of BR's Unarmed Victory. Could you try to discover from Allen & Unwin if this is so? (If Allen & Unwin were committed to publishing it, it could always be run as an appendix to 'An Outline of Intellectual Rubbish'!)."

"I enclose a greetings card which has been sent out by the Socialist International ... You will see that they have stolen a quotation from BR, which he does not approve as the Socialist International is an organisation which makes noises about Greece and Spain and cannot bring itself to make connections with what is happening there and elsewhere."

A reply to 129140 concerning the use of BR's words on a greeting card by Socialist International. "I am afraid that the quotation is too small to constitute a copyright infringement. The only thing we can suggest is a personal visit to the culprits on the principle that 'the mailed fist is stronger than the fist mailed'."

An advertising poster for a meeting at Central Hall, Westminster, SW1 on March 13th, 1970 entitled "Honour Bertrand Russell—Carry on his work!" organized by the Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation and The Spokesman, founded by BR. The list of speakers include: Gunther Anders, Laurent Schwartz, Tran Cong Tuong, Ernest Mandel, Conor Cruise O'Brien, Malcom Caldwell, Ken Coates, Bill Jones, Stan Newens, Tony Smythe and Raymond Williams.

"I deem it a pleasure to inform you that on the occasion of the birth centenary of Lord Bertrand Russell a seminar will be held under the auspices of the Department of Political Science, Calcutta University. ... I learn from him <K. Blackwell> that your permission will be required for a copy of the article, 'The Future in India' (1945)."

"It is good news indeed to learn of the symposium which has been organised to commemorate the centenary of Lord Russell's birth. We are happy to permit you to obtain a copy of 'The Future of India' and hope that it will contribute to the success of your project."

"This is just to tell you that I gather from the BBC that, in their Art features programme, Review, they are going to do something at the time of the centenary of Lord Russell's birth—with Professor Ayre."

"Further to our recent telephone conversation I write on behalf of the Bertrand Russell Estate to confirm that we would indeed like to use your gallery as the venue for the exhibition we have planned to celebrate Bertrand Russell's centenary. We would like to open the exhibition on the evening of December 28 and run it until the evening of January 13."

"It is very kind of you to allow our Exhibition to be held in your Gallery at the end of the year ... Already many promises of donations to the Exhibition have been received, and they are beginning to arrive very frequently."

A press release entitled "London Art Exhibition Marks Centenary of Bertrand Russell". 

"Joan Miro, David Hockney, Ben Shahn and Graham Sutherland are among hundreds of artists represented in the Bertrand Russell Centenary International Art Exhibition and Sale which opens in London after Christmas."

"Edith Countess Russell, the widow of Bertrand Russell and Honorary Vice President of the Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation, says: 'We are overwhelmed by the generosity of artists from all over the world. It is an indication of the respect in which my husband's life and work is held among a community which represents through its work the highest aspirations of humanity'."

"My husband and I have booked a full page for an advertisement in The Guardian in protest against the war in Vietnam. We want at least 1,500 signatories...."

"Delighted to hear from you this morning and to have your agreement to sign the enclosed petition and pass it on to others."

Enclosed petition includes such signatories as: Canon Collins, Annie Ross, Patrick Wymark, Paul Sweezy, Jessica Mitford, Barrows Dunham, Dora Russell, and John Conrad Russell among others.

They have received a reply from Professor Pirani regarding alterations which could be made to The ABC of Relativity. Pirani replied, "I have now had time to examine with reasonable care the alterations which ought to be made before 'The ABC of Relativity' is again reprinted. A considerable number of changes should be made, particularly in Chapter eleven, which deals with the current state of astronomical knowledge, where there has been rapid progress over the last decade."

"Professor Pirani, who revised on a previous occasion Lord Russell's ABC of Relativity, has suggested the enclosed changes in the new printing that we are shortly to put in hand. These changes were, we felt, necessary in order to keep the book refreshed but they are as small in scale as was consistent with this purpose, as we wish to continue to offset the existing typography and only make changes within the framework of this typography." Enclosure is present in file.

"I would like to confirm that Lord Russell has today given his consent to the use of the quotations."

"This is to confirm ... that the only piece of visual material from the archives which we would like to use for Part 3 of the serialisation is the letter from Einstein. I have written, as you suggested, to ask the trustees of the Einstein estate for permission to reproduce it."

"These are the pictures from the archives which we plan to use in Part II of our serialisation: Bertrand Russell as a young man, Election poster 1907, Pages from Principia Mathematica, and letter from Russell to Whitehead re Principles."

"This is to confirm as I mentioned to you on the telephone today that we would like to use a photograph of Einstein's letter to Bertrand Russell (agreeing to his signature being put to the public appeal against the H bomb to be signed by scientists all over the world, which Russell was organising."

"The Observer has made an offer of £10,000 for the serial rights in your autobiography which I have told them is inadequate and it is being considered by the Sunday Telegraph and Sunday Times. From the latter paper I had every hope of getting a really substantial offer, but they are uneasy about the extent to which any material in the book has appeared before, either serially or in your own books, and asked me whether it would be possible to give them an indication of the proportion of new and old matter in the Autobiography."

Fragment. "I believe that the only publication of any parts of Volume I are those which I incorporated from BBC talks...."

"Do you know which parts of your Autobiography have already appeared serially? The prices paid by the Sunday papers for serial use of autobiographies prior to publication are very substantial."

"As regards those passages which have already been published, I do not think that any of them have been published serially, but I will look into the matter."

"Those parts of my Autobiography which have appeared elsewhere have not had very wide circulation nor do they comprise any really substantial part of the whole."

An newspaper article by Donald Trelford entitled "From Gladstone onward, Russell told them all" reprinted from The Observer on February 19, 1967. Re BR and his archives.

"The archives establish Russell's claim to be the century's most prolific correspondent: he has written one letter for every 30 hours of his life, mostly to leading figures, on the central issue of the day."

Carnap has no objection to the reprinting of his letter to BR on May 16, 1962 for use in BR's Autobiography.

An envelope with Kevin Holland's writing wishing BR a happy birthday. Edith Russell has written at the top "Answered. [Whisky] 4/6/67".

"Warmest greetings on your 95th birthday and wholehearted support for the Tribunal." 165 signatories including Theodore and Helen Schoenman, Linus Pauling and Rudolf Carnap, among others.

A telegram from Irina Stickland along with a card from Ursula Stickland.