General correspondence, 1991
File
MS. Berlin 227
Includes letters from and copies of letters to:
- (fols. 184-185*, 188*, 191-192*, 265*) Neil Berry, about the the involvement of the CIA in the funding of Encounter
- (fol. 361) John Julius Cooper, 2nd Viscount Norwich
- (fols. 242-250*) W.J. Norman, about Norman's article on 'Taking “Free Action” Too Seriously', including references to Berlin's liberalism
- (fol. 346*) the editor of [the Oxford Magazine?], about a review of Oxford 1919-39 in which Berlin is accused of gross exaggeration in accounts of attacks by 'athletes' on 'aesthetes', including specific examples of such cases as recalled by Berlin
- (fols. 18-19, 24-25, 34, 50-51*, 65-71*) Louis Rapoport, about the Gulf War, especially Iraqi attacks on Israel; Victor Rothschild, Flora Solomon, and Soviet espionage; and Rapoport's article on Zionist politics in wartime Washington
- (fols. 166*, 169-183*) Frederick Rosen, about liberalism
- (fols. 7-8) Elisabeth Sifton
- (fols. 10-11*, 43-44*, 46-47*, 59-62*, 79-83*, 100-102*, 109-110*) Claude Galipeau, about Berlin's liberalism and pluralism, his views on the political situation in Israel, and on religious segregation in schools
- (fols. 106*, 111-112*, 144*) Arnold Weinstock, about a definition of music
- (fols. 15-16*, 21) Kyril Zinovieff, about Zionism and Israel
- (fols. 359-360*) the editor of an unidentified journal, in response to an article on Soviet Jewish immigrants to Israel
with letters from
- (fols. 194-197) Lidiya Chukovskaya, discussing Anna Akhmatova, including corrections to factual errors in Berlin's essay on 'Meetings with Russian Writers'
- (fols. 20, 23, 31, 48, 204) Roger Hausheer
- (fols. 310, 324, 334) Nina Koroleva and Svetlana Kovalenko, about a research project on 'Russian Emigration in England'
- (fols. 298-302*, 315*) the London Library, about Berlin's introduction to their 150th Anniversary Lectures, including a draft
- (fol. 369) Nina Mamaeva, about Anna Akhmatova
- (fols. 145-146, 151-156, 168) Richard McKane
- (fol. 73) Yehudi Menuhin
- (fol. 5) John Murray
- (fol. 39) Anatoly Naiman
- (fol. 189, 281) Conor Cruise O'Brien
- (fols. 271-274) A.M. Quinton, Baron Quinton
- (fol. 32-33, 84) Elisabeth Sifton
- (fol. 107) Isaac Stern
- (fol. 282) Beata Polanowska-Sygulska
and letters about:
- (fols. 217-221*) Berlin's meetings with Anna Akhmatova
- (fols. 222-41*) informal meetings at All Souls College to talk about memories of the College, including transcripts of meetings containing contributions by Berlin
- (fols. 3-4, 32-33, 37, 49, 77-78, 84, 99, 119, 163, 165, 261) Berlin's The Crooked Timber of Humanity
Dates
- 1991
Extent
370 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Conditions Governing Access
Some material closed. Items marked with an asterisk are available to consult.
Shelfmark
MS. Berlin 227
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk