BRACERS Notes

Record no. Notes, topics or text
32102
32103
32104
32105
32106

Photo is of a painting, signed Russell, dated 1914. (There is no evidence the painting is by BR!)

32107
32108

Impolite reply by Schoenman.

32109
32110
32111
32112
32113
32114
32115
32116
32117
32118
32119
32120
32121
There are 2 copies of this letter.
32122
There are 2 copies of this letter.
32123

Tear-sheet is from an Italian magazine containing a sketch of BR.

32124

Not a letter but a poem titled "We are Responsible, or: Napalm".

32125
32126
32127
32128
32129
32130
32131
32132
32133
Envelope only.
32134
32135
32136
32137
32138

From the son of one of the unwed mothers employed by Alys Russell. Emily Jane Baker's employment seems to have ended in the latter half of 1911 and Baker was born in March 1912.

32139
32140

"I attach no religious significance to Christmas, but I find it a pleasant custom and in no way see the need to avoid celebrating it because I grant it no ritualistic importance. Capital punishment is a form of primitive vengeance unrelated to removing the problem of violence."

32141
32142
32143
32144
32145
32146
32147
32148
32149

Photo is of Balch's daughter, Ruth.

32150
32151
32152
32153
32154
BR has written the reply to this letter across its top.
32155

"In [Joseph] McCarthy's heyday, the 'burning of books', which was noticed in the press, was brought to Eisenhower's attention and horrified him."

32156
32157
32158
32159
32160
32161
32162

Refers to an interview with BR in Yorkshire Post.

32163
32164
32165
32166
Not a letter but a calling card.
32167

"Thank you very much for the three volumes and, especially, for the one written by you and its kind inscription". (Not present in Russell's Library.)

32168

First paragraph of this letter duplicates BR's letter of 9 Dec. 1963 (document .120820, record 32167).

32169
32170
32171
32172
32173
32174

"Thank you for your kind letter and for enclosing your book." (Not present in Russell's Library.)

32175
32176
32177
32178

Poems dedicated to BR. One is titled "On the Death of the Peace-Preceptor Mr. Russel. (In Advance)".

32179
32180
32181
There are 2 copies of this letter.
32182
32183
32184
32185
32186
32187
32188
32189
32190
32191
32192
32193

Offprint is titled "Sociodynamics: ...", from American Sociological Review, vol. 34, no. 3, June 1969.

32194
32195
32196
32197
Two copies are present.
32198
32199
32200

Photo and newsclip re Thomas Merton; also enclosed are a ts. and printed poems.

32201

Enclosed is a review of BR's Fact and Fiction, in Louisville, Kentucky Times, 19 Sept. 1962.