BRACERS Record Detail for 57727

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Collection code
RA3
Recent acquisition no.
1021C
Source if not BR
BBC Written Archives
Recipient(s)
BBC
Alexander, B.H.
Sender(s)
BR, Secretary to
Hall, Joséphine M.
Date
1946/05/30
Form of letter
TLS(X)
Pieces
1
BR's address code (if sender)
TC
Notes and topics

BR has told Hall to thank Alexander for his letter of 30 May and that 6 guineas is quite acceptable for 700 words in the Hindustani series (re "What Is Democracy?").

Transcription

JOSÉPHINE M. HALL TO BBC / B.H. ALEXANDER, 30 MAY 1946
BRACERS 57727. TLS(X). BBC Written Archives
Proofread by K. Blackwell


Trinity College,
CAMBRIDGE.
30th May, 1946.

B.H. Alexander, Esq.,
Copyright Department,
British Broadcasting Corporation,
Broadcasting House,
London, W.1.

Dear Sir,

Lord Russell wishes me to thank you for your letter of 28th May, with regard to his writing a seven hundred word script for the Hindustani series Worth Listening To.1 I am to say that the fee of six guineas which you suggest will be quite acceptable to him.

Yours faithfully,
<signed> Joséphine Hall.
Secretary.

  • 1

    seven hundred word script for the Hindustani series Worth Listening ToAlso titled “What Is Democracy?”, the script was in answer to a listener’s question. Unpublished at the time, the typed carbon is at RA1 220.018460 and is 21 in Collected Papers 24.

Publication
Re RA1 220.018460
Permission
Everyone
Transcription Public Access
Yes
Record no.
57727
Record created
Oct 24, 2008
Record last modified
Jun 23, 2025
Created/last modified by
duncana