An invitation to attend their 1960 Convention of the American Institute of Architects' "Expanding Horizons".

Their newspaper is preparing a commemorative issue on the life of Albert Einstein and asks BR to contribute.

A dictated "No" is written at the head of the letter.

American Jewish Literary Foundation ask BR for a short statement, article or opinion "indicating your appraisal of the contribution of Jews to American life and culture" which would be incorporated in their volume on Jewish life and achievement in the U.S.A.

The dictated answer of "No" appears at the head of the letter.

Nicholas asks BR to write an article for his new column "The Forum" in the American Marketing Association Newsletter on the subject of creativity.

BR cannot write an article on creativity for Nicholas' column "The Forum" as he is too occupied with his work against nuclear war. BR says he has already written on the subject in his books on education.

An invitation to BR to be the Guest of Honour at their Nobel Memorial Dinner on April 21st at the Hotel Americana, New York.

BR cannot personally attend their dinner.

"I am willing to accept but must point out that I am a winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature and not the Peace Prize. I should wish you to use the following message: 'The common need for peace is related to the imminent threat to survival posed by every satellite country of East and West. The giant powers seek to degrade their satellites by forcing them to host weapons of total annihilation. I urge every citizen of countries now reduced to the status of expendable rocket-bases, to oppose such policy in the name of conscience'."

Squibb requests for their 1957 edition a short article by BR answering the question: "Was there any significant philosophizing during 1956, as evidenced in books and articles published, addresses delivered, etc., and if so what did you think about it all?"

A dictated "No" is at top of letter.

A review request slip was inserted between pp. 108-9 of R.H.S. Crossman's Plato To-day (Russell's Library, no. 742).

"The American Rationalist would be grateful for a photograph of you for their front cover later this year. We would also be honoured to receive an article, or even a message, from you for publication at the same time."

BR does not possess a photograph of himself, but refers him to Allen and Unwin who may have one. BR does not have time to do an article for them but provides a message:

"All best wishes for a successful career of the American Rationalist. I hope it will have a wide influence upon opinion in the United States and continue to prosper in its most useful work'."

The American Scholar requests an article by BR on the present human condition for their special issue on the decade since the conclusion of World War II.

Dictated answer of "No" is at top of letter.

BR is unable to write an article for the Autumn issue of The American Scholar. "I go on living because I enjoy life, but that is too short an answer for your purposes."

BR is unable to write a book review for The American Scholar. "He is very sorry that he has already undertaken to do as much work as he can possibly get through during the next months, and so must refuse the invitation."

Ayres, on behalf of the American Students' Association of London, invites BR to speak at a meeting on a topic of his choice at Dartmouth House.

"One of our subscribers to The Encyclopedia Americana recently heard a broadcast of your fifteen-minute talk entitled 'Reflection on Being Eighty'. He wrote to us asking if there were any possibility of obtaining a copy of this talk."

Anandan wishes to translate some of BR's stories and essays to "enlighten the people of Tamil Nad". He has already translated "Faith and the Mountains", hoping that BR will give him permission to publish it and the other works.

Anderson is a student at a training college in Liverpool who is starting a new college newsletter. Anderson asks if BR would contribute a short letter for them on "The Fate of the World".

BR sent an article for her college newsletter which was originally written for a foreign publication, but he cannot write a new article for her. 

Narla and his friend, C.P. Seshadi, would like to pay BR a courtesy call for half an hour any day before August 8th.

The Anglo-Jewish Association invite BR and Edith Russell to a Dinner at the Savoy Hotel "to mark the centenary of the political emancipation of British Jews and the admission of Baron Lionel de Rothschild to the House of Commons in 1858."

A dictated "No" is at top of letter.

Biswas asks for permission to publish BR's speech delivered at the 2nd Midlands Conference for Peace on March 11, 1961 for their magazine Antarjatik.

BR permits Biswas to publish his speech delivered at the 2nd Midlands Conference for Peace on March 11, 1961 in Antarjatik, but would prefer if they published it whole.

Henriquez requests an article by BR for publication in his paper. "I already took the liberty to print a few sentences taken from other publications" (enclosed).

"I should like to have the reprints you suggest, but it is not clear to me which messages you have in mind and how many of each you would wish to do. If you could let me know this, I should be pleased to send you the £7."

BR is ill. "He sends you the enclosed text of his most recent speech concerned largely with non-violent civil disobedience, which he thinks that you may find suitable for your paper."

Antioch Review requests a contribution by BR with the tentative them title "After Analysis, What?".

Scott requests a short article by BR on the case for the abolition of nuclear weapons for Anti-Toxin, a bi-weekly newspaper for the Students of Upper Canada College, a private school for boys in Toronto.

BR does not have time to accommodate Cande as he is too occupied with his work against nuclear warfare.

After reading BR's appeal in The Times for the release of Olga Ivinskaya and her daughter, Benenson writes to BR to ask for his support and bring attention to the "centenary movement to call for an amnesty for all those who are held in confinement on account of their ideals." The Appeal for Amnesty will be launched in Britain by The Observer in May, and Penguin is bringing out two specials to support it in November.

Re Why Men Fight: "I have pleasure in enclosing herewith assignment of rights forms in this title; please sign them both and return them to us for the signature of our President."

Archibald Henderson wishes to quote BR in his book G.B.S.: Man of the Century and Catherine Wilson asks for the permission of the BBC, who forward this letter to BR.

Hopper encloses a letter from Catherine Wilson of Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc. who writes on behalf of Archibald Henderson who wishes to quote BR in his book G.B.S.: Man of the Century (see record 5237).

"While the BBC would have no objection to you reprinting the extract which you mention, with due acknowledgement to the BBC, I must explain that publication rights in BBC talks remain the property of the speaker."

"Lord Russell wishes me to return to you his agreement to publication of his talk in the Arabic Listener after the contractual period of 28 days from the date of broadcast, which he has signed."

Also, on how to address BR.

Thiesson asks BR a series of questions for their new series in their paper Arbetaren. 

The questions are:
"1. Would you please tell us your point of view concerning the H-bomb experiments now being made in different parts of the world. Are they increasing the danger for a war or not?
2. How should an international control of atomic power be organizable?
3. Do you think that the atomic experiments now being made with bombs etc. have any positive value for the peaceful use of the atomic power?"

Arbetaren requests a contribution by BR on the meaning of life.

Bryans would like to reproduce BR's views on the use of arbitration which Bryans believed he saw in The Times or The Manchester Guardian.

[This must concern "Man's Peril" because the Friends' Peace Committee is said to have reprinted it. See record 13590.]

An invitation to speak at one of their evening talks.

A publisher's letter for Irmgard Keun's After Midnight was inserted between pp. 104-5 of Edward John Trelawny's Records of Shelley, Byron and the Author (Russell's Library, no. 454). Warburg hopes the recipient (surely BR, though no recipient is named) will promote this German book; After Midnight attacks Nazi Germany with humour and satire.

A note sheet in an unknown hand was inserted between pp. 30-1 of George Santayana's The Life of Reason (Russell's Library, no. 363). The note cites pp. 37, 39, 41 and expounds on the author's statements.

"I am writing to say that the editors and authors very much hope that you will be making a response to the invitation for your views sent with the letter from Mr. Rigby Childs at the end of June."

"We received with thanks Lord Russell's article for our publication 'The Nobel Prize 1963'. This new annual, however, is edited to give a presentation of actual and old Nobel Prize Winners and their works, and is not suited for quite so controversial articles." Möllerström suggests that instead, the article could be published in Året Runt which their editor has already accepted, and so they seek BR's permission.

Ralph Schoenman replies on the letter that BR agrees to publication in Året Runt".

Bright-Smith asks BR to write a foreword for their proposed pamphlet entitled "Studies in Charter Revision".

"Lord Russell agrees to the publication of the article in Året Runt. I should wish to ask you for a fee of £200 from that journal, which I hope will be agreed."

"Could we meet at 12 or soon after in the Smoking room at the NLC. I feel rather guilty. Your suggested outline seemed to me quite alright but I now feel as if I would rather have a large proportion of space devoted to the destruction of civilization by war in the past and less on the individual loss of will power, and brutalization." 

At the foot of the letter BR annotated by hand: "Shortly after this time he became a Quaker and a complete pacifist."

A request for BR to write an article for Ariel, the Winchester College literary magazine. The choice of subject would be left to BR.

Kennick invites BR to write an article for a school paper, Ariel.

Rahman sent BR questions for BR to answer for their magazine on "The Most Prominent Personalities of the World Today" but he has not received BR's answers. He also asks for photographs from BR's private album so that they may publish them with his answers.

BR encloses an autographed photograph (not present) and has answered some of Rahman's questions (not present).

Lord Arran asks BR to contribute to a book on the House of Lords, giving his views on the House as it exists today and also on the present day meaning of "lordship". "In our democratic society the peerage is held by many to be an anachronism and indeed a meaningless vulgarity."

Jain seeks permission to reproduce the article "Road to Happiness", which appeared in the Pioneer on 28 December 1952 as well as a BBC broadcast in a text-book edited for a class at Agra University.

Les Arts, a critical journal of the arts published monthly in Montreal, Canada, requests a contribution by BR.

BR cannot contribute to Les Arts as his time is occupied in work against nuclear warfare.

"I am writing now to request you to kindly send an article specially for the World Council of Churches Number with an appeal by you to the W.C.C. Conference. I am reminded of a similar appeal by Einstein to the Churches to work to create public opinion against atomic war."

A photo postcard of Ottoline Morrell herself was inserted between the front endpapers of a book of Chinese portrait drawings (Russell's Library, no. 1382). The book is undated. It is presumed that Ottoline gave BR the card and even the book in connection with his trip to China in1920.

The letter was inserted between p. 32 and the back cover of Khorasani and Baines-Hewitt's Islam: The Rational Religion (Russell's Library, no. 212).

Mori wants to come to London to interview BR. BR asks Mori to ring him on December 9 as he will likely know by then whether he is going to be in London.

The Asia Junior Christian Society requests a written message of about a page entitled "My Advice to the Young".

BR is unable to write a message for Kymm but encloses an autographed photograph of himself instead.

"Mr. G.L. Mehta, former Indian Ambassador to the United States who, many years ago had written a thesis on 'The Social Philosophy of Bertrand Russell' has requested us to send you a copy of his book Understanding India published last year, with his best compliments."

BR thanks Mehta for sending him his book Understanding India, which BR finds "valuable" and "opportune".

Pochee invites BR to attend the Indian Film Festival in London and to say a few words on world peace during the interlude.

Sinai requests a book from BR for them to publish.

Lloyd asks a series of questions regarding BR's field of mathematics and his views.

Marmor sends copies of his notes taken from the tape recording of his interview with BR conducted in the morning.

Re cancelling an order for press cuttings.

A newspaper clipping of Arthur Waley's poem "No Discharge" was inserted between pp. 57-8 of his book More Translations from the Chinese (Russell's Library, no. 1722).

They are very disappointed that BR is unable to accept the office of Honorary President.

The Council of the Association has unanimously decided to invite BR to become their Honorary President in succession to W.H. Auden.

Re their invitation to BR to become their Honorary President succeeding W.H. Auden: "I very much wish that I could accept this invitation, but for reasons of health I do not think that I can comply with the conditions...."

"The Chairman and the Executive Committee of this Association have asked me to invite you to address a meeting of members of this Association at the Cambridge Union on the afternoon of Wednesday, 1st January 1958."

They are making a brochure to commemorate the 12th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. "It has been mentioned that you made a magnificent speech on the above subject some years ago at Caxton Hall, and we feel that a message from you would enormously enhance the merit of the Brochure."

Dictated answer at top of letter in Edith Russell's hand: "O.K. to reprint of speech or part of it".

An invitation to BR to speak at their conference.

BR cannot accept their invitation to speak.

BR declines their invitation to open a discussion.

Parry asks whether BR would open a discussion at a Club Talk Dinner on the topic "Science and Religion" or some subject of his choice.

Dambassis sends BR questions (enclosed). The answers will be published in the Greek newspaper Athinaiki.

BR encloses answers (not present) to five questions to be published in the Greek newspaper Athinaiki.

Hogarth asks BR if he happens to know who Barbara Bain's executors were in 1937.

BR does not know who the executors of the late Mrs. Barbara Bain were or how to get in touch with them.

"To my great satisfaction, your paper reached me yesterday, and I at once made space for it in the March number, February being off the press."

Weeks accepts "The Taming of Power" for the October Atlantic.

"We are approaching a few eminent men concerned with Atomic Energy in its widest aspects to ask them would they like to help this venture by subscribing a short note of between 200 to 400 words stating that they believe there is a place in the scheme of things for such a venture and wishing it good fortune."

BR writes a short message for use in the Atomic Scientists' Association's projected periodical The Atomic Age. "It is of the highest importance that as many people as possible beyond the range of nuclear scientists should understand as much as a layman can about the immensely important questions that are involved. I hope that the projected periodical will succeed in this admirable  object."

"I wonder whether you would consider an invitation to come to Attingham to speak on the question of Nuclear Disarmament?"

Medlock's note at the top: "BR: For your files. JM". Re their agreement concerning the use of the Nobel Prize Speech delivered by BR.

"Thank you for the book proof of the Russell Autobiography. We are very anxious to obtain the original manuscript of the Autobiography as well as other manuscripts, letters etc. relating to it, so that we may include them in the Russell archives which we are busy cataloguing."