General correspondence, July-Dec. 1990; n.d. [c.1980-190]
File
MS. Berlin 226
Held at the Weston Library
Includes letters from and copies of letters to:
- (fols. 18, 41) N.O. Brown
- (fols. 71-75, 86-87, 92-93) Michael Crum, including discussion on music
- (fols. 26-31, 77) Freda Jackson, about a magazine to be compiled by the Oxford Jewish Congregation for its 150th anniversary, including a draft contribution by Berlin on his early experiences as a Jew in Oxford
- (fol. 122) John Murray
- (fols. 108-109, 123-124) Sir Karl Popper
- (fols. 107, 112) Louis Rapoport
- (fols. 110-111, 119, 125-129) Kyril Zinovieff, including discussion of events in the Soviet Union and Berlin's pleasure at the survival of the Russian Intelligentsia, about anti-semitism in the Soviet Union and elsewhere, and the political situation in Israel
with letters from
- (fol. 132) Sir Hugh Casson
- (fol. 165) Lord David Cecil
- (fol. 21) Alistair Cooke
- (fols. 44, 184) J.G.S. Donaldson, Baron Donaldson, including comments on the Gulf War
- (fol. 167) Amanda Haight
- (fol. 20) Henry Hardy
- (fols. 23-25) Rex Harrison
- (fol. 106) Roger Hausheer
- (fol. 42) D.M. Hopkinson, about the death of Maire Gaster
- (fols. 50, 62, 64) Robert Rhodes James, about his intended biography of Robert Boothby
- (fol. 168) Kiri Te Kanawa
- (fols. 139-140) Richard McKane
- (fols. 36, 169-171) Sir Claus Moser
- (fols. 63, 116, 163-164) Anatoly Naiman, including discussion of Anna Akhmatova
- (fol. 43) Dame Iris Origo
- (fols. 175-177) A.M. Quinton, Baron Quinton
- (fols. 117-118) M.H. Thatcher
- (fols. 83-85) J.B. Wain
- (fol. 179) B.A.O. Williams
and letters about:
- (fols. 32-33, 37-38, 40, 44-45, 49, 55, 65-66, 69, 80-81, 88-89, 95, 106, 110, 121-122) Berlin's The Crooked Timber of Humanity , especially the work on Joseph de Maistre
Dates
- Creation: July-Dec. 1990; n.d. [c.1980-190]
Extent
188 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MS. Berlin 226
Arrangement
Undated letters arranged alphabetically
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
Contact:
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Weston Library
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk