BRACERS Record Detail for 55292

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Collection code
RA3
Recent acquisition no.
250
Source if not BR
Natur och Kultur
Recipient(s)
Natur och Kultur, Bokförlaget
Hansson, Johan
Sender(s)
BR
Date
1947/12/27
Form of letter
ALS(X)
Pieces
1
BR's address code (if sender)
FFE
Notes and topics

BR needs an invitation "from some university or learned society to give a lecture on some political or philosophical topic".

Transcription

BR TO NATUR OCH KULTUR / JOHAN HANSSON, 27 DEC. 1947
BRACERS 55292. ALS(X). Natur och Kultur
Proofread by K. Blackwell


[As from] 27 Dorset House,
Gloucester Place, London N.W.1
<letterhead>
Penralltgoch
Llan Ffestiniog
Merioneth
27.12.47

Dear Mr. Hansson

It was most kind of you to write and invite me to Stockholm at the end of May, and as you know I very much wish to come. But I am very much afraid I may not get a permit to come unless you can procure an invitation from some University or learned society1 to give a lecture on some political or philosophical topic. For this I should not expect a fee. I think possibly I could arrive as early as May 24. Do you think you could manage such an invitation?

Yours sincerely
Bertrand Russell.

  • 1

    an invitation from some University or learned society Hansson seems to have done the procuring requested of him, although only after repeated entreaty. See records 55294 and 55296.

Permission
Everyone
Transcription Public Access
Yes
Record no.
55292
Record created
Nov 30, 2005
Record last modified
Jun 23, 2025
Created/last modified by
duncana