Schlesinger (A.M.), 1949-1997

File

MS. Berlin 278

Held at the Weston Library

Includes:

(passim) discussion of United States politics and affairs
(fols. 4-6, 12, 20-22) comments on and discussion of reaction to Berlin's articles in Time and Tide, including a cutting, 1949-1950
(fols. 8-10, 14-18) cutting of a letter commenting on Berlin's review ' "A Sense of Reality" about Russia', with related correspondence, 1950
(fol. 39) report on the Stevenson campaign in the Presidential election, 1952
(fols. 43-48) copy of letter from Schlesinger to Rebecca West, with telegraphed reply, discussing an article by the latter on McCarthyism, 1953
(fols. 66-68) copy of article by W.H. Auden on Berlin's The Hedgehog and the Fox: An Essay on Tolstoy 's View of History , 1954
(fols. 93-94) comments by Berlin on the Suez Crisis, 1956
(fol. 116) comments by Schlesinger on the nomination of J.F. Kennedy as the Democrat candidate in the Presidential election, 1960
(fol. 158) anecdote by Berlin about meeting R.F. Kennedy in Oxford, 1967
(fols. 208-209) discussion by Berlin of the Middle East situation, 1971
(fols. 213-215) discussion of H.A. Kissinger and R.M. Nixon's visits to China, 1971
(fol. 215) comments by Berlin on Roy Jenkins' political abilities, 1971
(fol. 244) discussion by Berlin of his views on the Gulf War, 1991

Dates

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MS. Berlin 278

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