BRACERS Record Detail for 57416

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Collection code
RA3
Recent acquisition no.
1015
Source if not BR
Russell Society News
Recipient(s)
Hollyman, Jean
Sender(s)
BR
Date
1947/01/21
Form of letter
TLS(X)
Pieces
1
BR's address code (if sender)
LDH
Notes and topics

Photocopy of a page from Russell Society News, no. 54, May 1987.

P. 14, printing a letter by BR to "Dear Friend (whose name I cannot decipher)". She had photographed BR for a magazine (Holiday Magazine) and sent him pipe cleaners, which were difficult to get in England. The published photo has not been found.

Transcription

BR TO JEAN HOLLYMAN, 21 JAN. 1947
BRACERS 57416. TLS(X). B&R Hh87.00
Proofread by K. Blackwell


27, Dorset House,
Gloucester Place,
LONDON,
N.W.1.
21st January, 1947.

Dear Friend (whose name I cannot decipher),

It was very kind of you to send me some pipe cleaners, and you are right in thinking that they are very difficult to get in this country. You were also right to employ a typewriter rather than handwriting, if I may judge by your signature, which completely baffled me.

I enjoyed the occasion on which we met1 more than I usually enjoy being “shot”.

Yours sincerely,
<signed> Bertrand Russell

  • 1

    occasion on which we met Tom and Jean Hollyman photographed Russell for Holiday Magazine. The issue in which Russell appeared has not been identified.

Publication
B&R Hh87.00
Permission
Everyone
Transcription Public Access
Yes
Record no.
57416
Record created
Jun 02, 2014
Record last modified
Jun 23, 2025
Created/last modified by
duncana