BRACERS Notes

Record no. Notes, topics or text
57703
57704

Not a letter but a carbon copy of a contract sent to BR for payment for a BBC broadcast, an unscripted discussion on "The Atomic Bomb" on Taking Stock, 10 November 1949.

57705

Re Geoffrey Williams writing a script for a biographical programme on BR in the Personalities series.

57706

Re Taking Stock on 10 November 1949.

57707

Re atomic bomb discussion: "I feel I shall be the ignoramus in the discussion—all the others have a more intimate knowledge than I have of some aspect of the problem." Re the "Taking Stock" programme.

57708

BR provides a title for his talk on Occam.

57709
57710

BR suggests a title, "The Influence of the U.S.A., Political and Cultural".

"I should propose to praise political and deplore cultural."

57711

Not a letter but a carbon copy of a contract sent to BR for payment for a BBC broadcast, "William of Occam: Empiricist and Democrat".

57712

Not a letter but a carbon copy of a contract sent to BR for payment for a BBC broadcast. Title: "The United States and Europe: the Political and Cultural Influence".

Same date as previous contract, record 57711.

57713

BR sends his "stuff" on Occam, and would like the ms. returned or a typescript.

He would like to rehearse the broadcast.

57714
57715
"This will enable us to have a little rest and a drink before we begin at 9:55."
57716

Not a letter but a carbon copy of a contract sent to BR for payment for a BBC broadcast, "Towards a World State".

57717
57718
57719

Not a letter but an internal BBC communication containing a memorandum of a conversation with BR.

Re "women" and "eccentrics" (probably the latter concerns a writing like B&R C43.10).

57720
57721

BR praises the generosity of the BBC re fees: "I have generally supposed you paid a guinea a minute...."

57722

Re payment for BR's 1,000-word script for the Chinese Service on "What the European Victory Means to China". A contract is enclosed for BR to sign (see record 57723).

Payment is to be £8.8.0.

57723

Not a letter but a copy of a contract between BR and the BBC for a script and payment. Signed by BR.

Re "What the European Victory Means to China".

57724

Not a letter but a carbon copy of a receipt for BR for payment of copyright fees for a BBC broadcast. Written at the foot of the receipt is an internal BBC communication of a telephone conversation with BR.

Re "Britain and Russia". £5.5.0.

For French section. Not broadcast.

57725

Re a 700-word broadcast reply on Democracy for the Hindustani Programme, "Worth Listening To".

£6.6.0.

The script was received by 11 June 1946.

57726
57727

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?").

57728
57729

Re introduction to series, "Germany in Perspective".

57730

Re a 3-minute extract from "The Free Man's Worship".

57731

Not a letter but a copy of a contract between BR and the BBC authorizing the latter to broadcast a three-minute extract from "A Free Man's Worship", in exchange for a fee.

Signed by BR.

57732

Not a letter but a copy of an internal BBC communication re BR for his 10-minute script on Bernard Shaw.

(See record 57733.) The script was recorded on 23 February 1949. £21.0.0 for script and £5 for giving talk when the need arises. More for any revision.

57733

Re a 10-minute obituary of G. Bernard Shaw, received on 23 February 1949. (See record 57732.)

57734
57735

Included at the foot of the letter is an agreement for publication in the Arabic Listener of a BR broadcast entitled "The World State".

BR signed the agreement and returned it with the original letter to the BBC.

57736

Not a letter but a carbon copy of a contract sent to BR for payment for a BBC broadcast, "1900-1950".

57737

Not a letter but a signed agreement for publication in the Arabic Listener of BR broadcasts titled "World of Today" and "1900-1950" ("The Problem of Freedom").

57738
57739

Included at the foot of the letter is an agreement for publication in the Arabic Listener of a BR broadcast titled "Power—a New Social Analysis". The agreement was signed by BR and returned along with the original letter to the BBC.

57740
57741
57742
57743
57744
57745
57746

Linton has included in a publicity note BR's details about his connection with India.

57747

BR sends his script on India.

57748
57749

Re changes following Stalin's death to be included in "A New Russian Policy?"

57750

Not a letter but a carbon copy of a contract sent to BR for payment for a BBC script.

57751
57752
57753
57754
57755
57756

Not a letter but a statement of account between BR and the BBC for payment for a BBC broadcast.

57757
57758
57759
57760

BR agreed to be interviewed for a profile of himself for the Italian section.

57761
57762
57763
57764
57765

Not a letter but a carbon copy of an agreement sent to BR for payment for a BBC script, "Was the Human Race Happier a Few Centuries Ago Than It Is Now?"

57766

Not a letter but a carbon copy of an agreement sent to BR for payment for a BBC script, "As I See India".

57767
57768
57769
57770
57771

Not a letter but a statement of account between BR and the BBC for payment for a BBC broadcast, "History As an Art".

57772

Not a letter but a statement of account between BR and the BBC for payment for a BBC script, "Can Permanent Peace Be Achieved, and How?"

57773

Not a letter but an internal BBC memo quoting from a letter of BR's to the BBC re the return of a cheque for a BR broadcast that the BBC cancelled at BR's request.

57774
57775
57776

Enclosed are two copies of a form, signed and dated by BR, titled "Form for Transcription Recordings of B.B.C. Programmes (Stage Plays and Published Material)".

57777
57778

Not a letter but a carbon copy of a contract sent to BR for a prospective 1200-word script titled "Population Control in Asia".

57779
57780
57781
57782
57783
57784
57785

Longford recalls BR's speech on contraception at the Oxford Union in the 1930's.

57786
57787
57788
57789
57790

Enclosed list is of prospective signatories to the Russell-Einstein Manifesto. A draft of the statement is also enclosed.

57791
57792
57793
57794
57795

Enclosed draft letter invites prospective recipients to join a committee of scientists to appraise the dangers of nuclear weapons.

Although Queen's Road, Richmond, is typed on this letter as BR's address he had moved to his next home, Plas Penrhyn in Wales at this time.

57796

Enclosed agenda is for a prospective international meeting of scientists, scheduled for Pugwash, Nova Scotia, 8-11 July 1957.

57797
57798
57799

Testimonial re Chwistek and Tarski.

57800
57801
57802

This is the record of BR's meeting with General George Cockerill.