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General correspondence, Jan.-Nov. 1997

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MS. Berlin 236
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Includes letters from and copies of letters to:

  1. (fols. 262, 265) Tony Blair
  2. (fol. 166) Susan Gardiner, including an appreciation by Berlin of her husband Patrick Gardiner following his death
  3. (fols. 41-44, 57) Miriam Gross, including Berlin's contribution to 'Books of the Century'
  4. (fols. 128, 140) D.M. Hopkinson
  5. (fols. 215, 268) Anatoly Naiman, discussing Anna Akhmatova
  6. (fols. 172-174) Shimon Peres
  7. (fols. 95-96) Franco Ratto, including a draft appreciation by Berlin of Giorgio Tagliacozzo
  8. (fols. 37-40, 63-70, 107-108, 113-115, 129-137, 157-162, 177) Beata Polanowska-Sygulska

with letters from

  1. (fols. 242-243) Susan Mary Alsop
  2. (fol. 75) David Astor
  3. (fol. 253) Sir Martin Gilbert
  4. (fol. 188) Roger Hausheer
  5. (fol. 126) Seamus Heaney
  6. (fol. 185) Michael Ignatieff
  7. (fol. 255) Roy Jenkins
  8. (fol. 264) Sir Dimitri Obolensky
  9. (fols. 61, 105, 144b) A.M. Quinton, Baron Quinton
  10. (fols. 56, 71-72) Elisabeth Sifton
  11. (fol. 117) Natasha Spender, Lady Spender
  12. (fol. 232) Mary Warnock, Baroness Warnock

and

  1. (fols. 167-169) letter about an article about Anna Akhmatova, including further recollections by Berlin of their meetings, and the evidence for the identification of Berlin as the subject of certain poems
  2. (fols. 180-266 passim) letters of concern and good wishes during Berlin's last illness

Dates

  • Creation: Jan.-Nov. 1997

Extent

271 Leaves

Language of Materials

  • English

Conditions Governing Access

Some material is closed

Shelfmark

MS. Berlin 236

Repository Details

Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository

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