BRACERS Record Detail for 52410

To access the original letter, email the Russell Archives.

Collection code
RA3
Recent acquisition no.
71G
Source if not BR
Bodleian Library
Recipient(s)
Murray, Gilbert
Sender(s)
BR
Date
1945/09/29
Enclosures/References
Letter. See record 52411.
Form of letter
ALS(X)
Pieces
1
BR's address code (if sender)
GLC
Notes and topics

BR asks Murray to consider signing an enclosed letter to the New York Times on food parcels and German starvation. For the enclosure's  transcription, see record 68555.

Transcription

BR TO GILBERT MURRAY, 29 SEPT. 1945
BRACERS 52410. ALS. Murray papers, Bodleian
Edited by W. Bruneau. Proofread by K. Blackwell

Grosvenor Lodge, Babraham Rd.,
Cambridge
29.9.45

Dear Gilbert

Do you feel inclined to join in signing the enclosed?1 The idea is to find a tactful way of calling American attention to the problem. Gollancz and I am getting signatures but don’t yet know who we shall get.

Yours ever
B.R.

  • 1

    join in signing the enclosed See record 56321. Murray did not sign the letter. The text is at record 68555 and was published in the New York Times, 11 Oct. 1945 (B&R C45.23).

Publication
Re B&R C45.23
Russell letter no.
83/M
Permission
Everyone
Transcription Public Access
Yes
Record no.
52410
Record created
Oct 10, 2014
Record last modified
Jun 23, 2025
Created/last modified by
duncana