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Edith Russell fonds. First Accrual.
– 1767-1977; predominant 1952-1977. – 3.5 m of textual records
and graphic material.
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Some extracts from the correspondence are also published in “The
Edith Russell Papers”, Russell 12, no. 1 (summer 1992): 64-78.
General Correspondence
Note: the few Bertrand Russell letters in this series are photocopied
enclosures.
Box 1 (shelf number 2.9)
First names only:
Eleanor
Jim
June
Ken
Mag
Marnie
Abbott, Elizabeth
Abbott, Polly (Mrs. Henry L. Abbott)
Abraham, J.C.B.
Abrami, Vittorio
Ackermann, Max
Agnew & Sons, Ltd., Thomas
Agnew, Janet M.
Allan, June Joyce
Allen & Unwin Ltd., George
Allen, Robert F.
Allison, Peter
Alpers, Antony
Alpert, Bill
Alpert, Francesca
Anders, Gunther
Andrews, Rex
Anti-Slavery Society for the Protection of Human Rights
Aristotelian Society
Armstrong, Noel
Armstrong, Rhoda Forbes
Aryaratra, M. M. (?)
Authors League of America
Avandero, Franco
Aybar, Mehmetali
Ayer, A.J.
Ballinger, Hilda
Bammer, Gabriele
Barker, N.
Barry, Geraldine
Barry, R. H.
Bartlett, K. Joan
Basso, Lelio
Beaudrier, Robert
Bedford, Ian, Duke of
Bedford, Nicole, Duchess of
Bennett, Mary
Bernal, Eileen
Bernal, J.D.
Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation
Bertrand Russell Society
Bertrand Russell Society in Japan
Bettelheim, Wilhelm
Bilainkin, George
Bilgrami, Akeel
Bimbi, Linda
Bingham, G.
Bini, Maurizio
Bissell, Julia Broadhead
Black, Dora, Mrs.
Black, Jack
Blyth, Henry
Bole, Abigail
Bok, Hilary
Boudin, Leonard B.
Boyd, J. Lister
Bredsdorff, Elias
Brien, Donald
British Broadcasting Corporation
British Liaison Committee for Women’s Peace Groups
British Library of Political and Economic Science
British Society for Social Responsibility in Science
British United Provident Assn.
Brockway, Fenner
Bronygarth Hospital
Broome, Simon
Brown, John Mason, Mrs.
Bryn Mawr College
Budair, Rabia Omar
Burke, Tom
Burn, Mary
Burn, Michael
Box 2 (Shelf
number 2.10)
Cameron, Hamish
Cameron, Peggy
Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
Canino, Georges
Carr, Brian
Casson, Rosemary See Leather, Rosemary
Catlin, George
Ch’ang Jen-hsia
Chandler, Lloyd
Chao, Buwei
Chao, Yuen Ren
Chapman, Margaret See Jameson, Storm
Chelsea Copying Office
Cherrill, Philip
Childs, Frances S.
China, Embassy in Great Britain
Choi Choonsun
Chomsky, Noam
Clark, Ronald
Clinton, G., Mrs.
Coates, Ken
Coates, Tamara
Cockerell, Sydney
Cocteau, Jean
Cole, Roger A.
Comins, John D.
Continuum I Ltd.
Cook, Christopher P.
Cooper, Dennis
Cosmopolitan Club
Cowey, Sarah
Cranford, Peter G.
Crawshay-Williams, Elizabeth
Crawshay-Williams, Rupert
Crenshaw, Louise (Mrs. J. L. Crenshaw)
Cushman, Mike
D’Esopo, D. Anthony
Dabrowski, Doris R.
Dauncey, Maryon
Davies, Mansel
Davies, Rhiannon
Davis, Robert K.
de Chadenedes, Anne
de Chadenedes, Edith
de Chadenedes, John
Debrett’s Peerage
Dedijer, Vladimir
Deguchi, Kyotaro
Denonn, Bess
Denonn, Lester E.
Denson, Alan
Dessau, Dot
Dickens Society of Ceylon
Dobkin, Marjorie
Dolci, Danilo, Trust
Dong, Pham Van
Dore-Deavis, W: J.
Dore, Judith
Drake, Constance LaBoiteaux
Drake, Thomas E.
Draper, Edith
Dudley (?), Mrs.
Eames, Elizabeth R.
Eaton, Cyrus
Edge, Mrs.
Edmonds, John
Education for International Understanding
Egner, Robert E.
Elliott, Mabel L.
Ellison-Brown, Elaine
Elmhirst, Susanna
Ely, Gertrude
Epstein, Kathleen
Box 3 (Shelf
number 2.11)
Fairbairn, Elsie
Farley, Christopher
Farley, Jo
Feinberg, Barry
Feld, B.T.
Felton, Anton
Fiera Letteraria, La
Finch, Delia (Mrs. Edward B. Finch; Edith’s mother)
Flexner, Beatrice (Mrs. James Flexner)
Flexner, Betty (Mrs. William Flexner)
Flexner, Magdalen (“Maggie”)
Flexner, William Welch
Flinders University Science Assn.
Foges, Peter
Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Forman, Denis
Forsythe, John E.
Forum Gallery
Frances Fox Method
Franz, Virginia Kneeland
Freethinker, The
Fremantle, Anne
Friends of the Earth Ltd.
Frimet, Hinda
Fujin Koron [Women’s Review]
Gardner, Augusta See Clinton, G.,
Mrs.
Garstens, Martin A.
Gathorne-Hardy, Robert
George, Ruth
Geriatric Day Hospital
Gibbs, Sarah
Gillooly, John
Gilmour, J.S.L.
Gilmour, J.S.L., Mrs.
Going, William T.
Goldstein, Ronald
Granada Television Ltd.
Grattan-Guinness, Enid
Grattan-Guinness, Ivor
Greenish, Rona
Grenada General Post Office
Griffith, H.
Guadagno, Pio
Guardian, The
Hadfield, Alan
Halpern, Barbara
Hampton & Sons Ltd.
Harley, David
Harry, Elenore Montague
Hartley, Norah
Harvey & Gore Ltd.
Haskell, Rebecca
Hastings, Selina
Hawksley, Dorothy
Haye, Linda
Heald and Nickinson
Heipp, Gunther
Henderson, James L.
Henry, Joan See Thompson, Joan (“Gogi”)
Herben, Stephen, Mrs. See Robbins, Caroline
Hervey, Helen
Hibbs, Christopher
Hillhouse, Anne N.
Hindle, Phyllis
Hiroshima House
Hitaka, Kazuteru (“Ikki”)
Hobart, Elizabeth (“Sunny”)
Holland, Kevin
Holst, Welmolt Roland
Hooper, Grace
Hotel Portmeirion
Houchin, Peter
Howard, Constance de (?)
Howson, Joan
Hungarian Peace Council
Box 4 (Shelf
number 2.12)
Hazelton, Byrd C.
Huxley, Juliette
Box 5 (Shelf
number 2.13)
Iinuma, Yukiko
International Hospital, Hanoi
Ishido, Kaoru
Iwamatsu, Shigetoshi
Jameson, Storm
Joll, Evelyn L.
Jones, Kathleen Davies
Jones, Mrs.
Kassman, Alec
Kearns, Marion
Kelly’s Handbook
Kenefic, Jeffrey John
Kerz, Edwin
Khanji, A.J.
Khezaeli, Mr.
Kielland, Nalle
King, D.
Kipling, Rita
Kiskadden, Peggy
Knight, Frida
Korner-Stifungsfonds, Theo
Koumbas, Josef
Kudolla, Gustave
Kudolla, Marie
Lago, Mary M.
Lamont, Corliss
Lanza, Frances Frenaye
Leach, Agnes Brown
League against Cruel Sports
Leamy, Anthony
Leather, Rosemary
Levey, S., Miss
Levin, Michael
Lewis, Ed
Lewis, Ed, Mrs.
Lindrop, Mark
Lindrop, Patricia
Llewelyn, Jan
Lloyd-Williams, Bronwen
Lloyd, John Russell
Lloyd, Kate
Lloyd, Margaret
London Library
Lowe, Victor
Lowe, Victoria Lincoln
Lowes, Emily Ford
Lowes, Susan M.
Lueg, Hildegard
Lynch, Brendan
Lynes, Mildred
Lynes, Russell
Mackarness, Hugh J. C.
Maggs Bros. Ltd.
Malleson, Lady Constance
McIlroy, William
Meek, Mabel
Menkhof, Irene
Merioneth County Council
Miller, Nola
Montgomery, J. R. Patrick
Moreton Hall
Murray, Marjorie
Box 6 (shelf
number 2.14)
Nettleton, Dick
Newberry, Jo
Norman, Brian
O’Connell, Pat
Octodecimo Books
Oyesina, Abioye
Paul, Noel S.
Payne, F. B.
Pei Tsien-chang
Philibert, Marie
Pitt, Jack A.
Press Council, The
Pugwash Conferences
Ready, William
Rees, Joan
Robbins, Caroline
Robbins, Keith
Royal Society
Russell, Dora
Russell, Bertrand
Russell, Edith
Saigusa, Saeko
Scott, Michael
Sebestyen, Nandor
Seifert, Connie
Sihanouk, Norodom
Sindar, A. J.
Society for International Development
St. Hilda’s College, Oxford
Stafford Hotel
Stanley, Evelyn
Stop the 70 Tour Fund
Sung Chih-kuang
Sutcliffe, John
Swamidasan, James D.
Tanabe, Koichiro
Themerson, Franciszka
Themerson, Stefan
Thomas, Geoffrey
Thomas, John
Thomas, Maureen
Thompson, Joan (“Gogi”)
Thornton, J. C.
Toynbee, Veronica
Trevelyan, Mary
Trevor-Williams, M.
Tribunale Russell II
University of Lagos Philosophy Assn.
University of London Institute of Education
Unwin, Rayner
USA Post Office
Vaux, Anne (?)
Vaux, George
Vellacott, Jo See Newberry, Jo
Victoria and Albert Museum
Vietnam, Embassy in Great Britain
von Boselager, Ada
von Erffa, Folly
Vorhaus, Hetty
Western Mail
Westphal, Jonathan
Whettam, Graham
White, Charles
Whiteman, Anne
Wilkinson, Miss
Williams-Ellis, Amabel
Williams-Ellis, Clough
Wuson, P. H., Miss
Women for World Disarmament
Wood, David
Wood, Pamela
Wood, Robert W., Jr., Mrs.
Box 7 (Shelf
number 2.15)
Family Correspondence
Dryden, Anne See Russell, Anne
Dryden, Ian
Fairmile Hospital
Milsom, J.
Russell, Anne
Russell, Conrad
Russell, Dora
Russell, Edith
Russell, Elizabeth (Mrs. Conrad Russell)
Russell, John Conrad
Russell, Lucy
Russell, Sarah
Tait, Katharine
Terry, Anne See Russell, Anne
Underwood, Anne See Russell, Anne
Underwood, Rowan
Bertrand
Russell: His General Correspondence
Allen & Unwin Ltd., George
Aogaki, Zeniehi
Billan, Edward
Brehm, Kenneth
Butcher, Margaret
Concord Films Council
Coward, Chance & Co.
Crawshay-Williams, Rupert
Crighton, Barbara
Drover, C. B.
Ede, & Ravenscroft Ltd.
Epstein, Jacob
Estcourt, A.
Faggiani, Ferdinando
Foyle, W. & G., Ltd.
Fromm, Erich
Gruen, Peter
Gustafson, Owen W.
Hepburn & Ross Ltd.
Johnson, Marian R.
Kaplan, Maylu
Khanji, A. J.
Kim, Chanun
Lallia, Gilbert
Lindsay, John M.
North Thames Gas Board
Parliamentary Assn. for World Government
Pease, Frederic
Pease, Laurette
Progressive Party of South Africa
Rest, William
Russell, Anne
Russell, Lucy
Russell, Sarah
Unwin, Stanley
Walker, Eric
Death of
Bertrand Russell
Note: Includes lists of people who sent condolences. See also The Second
Archives of Bertrand Russell, class number 726.
Correspondents:
Black, Mr.
Bredsdorff, Elias
Coates, Ken
Farley, Christopher
Feinberg, Barry
Felton, Anton
Hartley, Norah
Huxley, Julian
Huxley, Juliette
Medlock, Julie
Robson, R.
Russell, Edith
Trinity College, Cambridge
Books by
Edith Russell
Includes contracts for her two books and reviews.
Correspondents:
Allen & Unwin Ltd., George
Cape, Jonathan
Unwin, Stanley
Box 8 (Shelf
number 2.16)
George Allen & Unwin Ltd
Royalty statements, 1974-75, 4 folders.
Correspondents:
Abbott, K A. M.
Dadlez, Alina
Miller, Carol
Russell, Edith
Unwin, Rayner
Unwin, Stanley
Box 9
(Shelf number 2.17)
Greeting Cards: Christmas and Birthday
to Edith Russell
262 cards
Box 10 (Shelf
number 2.18)
Manuscripts by Edith Russell
“The British Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament”. 15 Dec. 1961.
Ts. carbon; 6 leaves with emendations.
[Article on Lucy Donnelly]. [26-7 Oct. 1965].
Ts. carbon signed; 5 leaves. Ts.; 8 leaves. Ms. notes; 14 leaves. In Notable
American Women, 1607-1950: a Biographical Dictionary, ed.
Edward T. James, Janet Wilson James, Paul S. Boyer, Vol. I (Cambridge,
Mass.: Belknap P. of Harvard U. P., I971), pp. 499-500. Location: Box
24, Document number 312558-60. (Shelf number 2.32)
[John G. Slater and Kingsley Martin]. [1970].
Ms.; 1 leaf.
“E.R’s Comments on Mr. Denonn’s
List of Suggested Additions to Basic Writings. (Barry Feinberg
and Anton Felton Agree with These Comments.)”. [1972.]. Ts. carbon;
1 leaf. Location: Box 2, Document number 310407 (Shelf number 2.10)
“[Notes on] Earl Russell Fund Protest
by Peter Gladstone Smith, Sunday Telegraph, 8 Dec. 1974". Ms.;
1 leaf.
“Women for World Disarmament: Message
to British Women in International Women’s Year”. 12 Jan. 1975.
P. of ts. carbon; 3 leaves with emendations. For Call to Women.
Location: Box 1, (Shelf number 2.9), Document number, 310161; also ts.
carbon, Document number, 310153.
“First Notes on Clark’s Biography
of BR”. [1975]. Ms.; 5 leaves.
“Comments on Clark’s Biography of BR (after 1st reading)”.
[1975]. Ms.; 27 leaves.
“Comments on Clark’s Biography of BR (after 3rd reading)”.
[1975]. Ms.; 89 leaves. There is also a copy of The Lift of Bertrand
Russell by Clark with numbered points written in it to match the numbers
in the ms.; the dust-jacket has been reversed and is titled “Clark’s
fatuous book”. (Also a 70-page ts. transcript of the ms.; prepared
by archival staff.)
“General Assessment of [Clark’s] Book”. [1975]. Ms.;
3 leaves.
“Notes on The Tamarisk Tree by
Dora Russell”. Sept. 1975. Ms.; 19 leaves. There is also a copy
of the book.
[Notes on Michael Burn’s ts.] [1976].
Ms.; 3 leaves. See entry under “Manuscripts by Others” for
a description of the ts.
Box 11 (Shelf
number 2.19)
Manuscripts by Others
“Taught B.R. in his Youth”; “Learned by B.R. from L.P.S.
[Logan Pearsall Smith]”. N.d. Ts.; 1 leaf.
Burn, Michael. (poems) “A Window in
Buda. 1950". N.d. Ts. carbon; 2 leaves.
____. Alexander Pecofi”. N.d. Ms.; 1 leaf. In Times Literary
Supplement, according to his note to Edith on the ms.
____. “Against Torture”. N.d. Ts. carbon; 3 leaves.
____. “The Dinosaur”. N.d. Ts. carbon; 2 leaves.
____. “Into Europe”. N.d. Ts. carbon; 6 leaves.
____. “Giving a Lecture”. N.d. Ts.; 6 leaves with emendations.
____. [“I’d often dreamed that someone else.. .”]. N.d.
Ts. carbon; 2 leaves.
____. [“In the imperium of common sense ...”]. N.d. Ts.; 2
leaves with emendations.
____. [“With the same tenderness ...”]. N.d. Ts. carbon; I
leaf.
____. “Malvolio’s Revenge”. N.d. Ts. carbon; 4 leaves.
____. “Memoirs of My Dream Life”. N.d. Ts. carbon; 2 leaves.
____. “Merry Tales 1567". N.d. Ts.; 1 leaf.
____. “Nehemiah”. N.d. Ts.; 7 leaves.
____. [“She sits in front of her glass...”]. N.d. Ms.; 8 leaves.
____. [“There was a mouse who mused that he ...”]. N.d. Ts.
carbon; 3 leaves.
____. [“And if Hamlet had come to the throne? ...”]. June
1972. Ms.; 2 leaves.
____. “For Moura Budberg”. Dec. 1972. Ts. carbon; 3 leaves
with emendations.
____. “After Samson. A Philistine Speaks”. Dec. 1972. Ms.;
1 leaf.
____. “A Visit from the Biographer”. Dec. 1975. Ms.; 2 leaves.
____. “The Sky at Night”. 10 June 1976. Ms.; 1 leaf.
____. [“The rider found few rakers.. .”]. 1976. Ms.; 1 leaf.
____. “All Souls Night”. 5 Nov. 1976. Ts. carbon; 2 leaves.
____. “Eurydice”. 5 Dec. 1976. P. of ts.; 11 leaves.
____. [“When I came from hospital, after the prods and probes...”].
2 Feb. 1977. Ms.; 1 leaf.
____. (article) “Bertrand Russell: a Letter to My Wife”. 18
July 1976. Ts. carbon; 134 leaves. This is an expansion of “Bertrand
Russell: St. George and the Dogma”, The Times, London, 18
May 1972, p. 18.
Coates, Ken. [Biographical Essay on Bertrand
Russell]. N.d. Ts. carbon; 56 leaves. For I Protagonisti, an Italian
encyclopedia.
____. “The Internationalism of Bertrand Russell”. [1972].
Ts. carbon; 52 leaves. In K. Coates, ed.,
Essays on Socialist Humanism (Nottingham: Spokesman Books, 1972).
First given as a speech at a conference on Imperialism in Linz, Sept.
1972.
Farley, Christopher. “Bertrand Russell:
Reminiscences and Reflections”. [1972]. Ts. carbon; 19 leaves with
emendations. Presented at McMaster’s Russell Centenary Celebrations.
In Russell in Review (H201).
Feld, B. T. “Attempts at Nuclear Arms Control-Is the Cure Worse
Than the Disease?”. 8 Oct. 1974. Ts. carbon; 14 leaves.
Griffin, Nicholas. “Russelliana”.
P. of ts.; 10 leaves. In The Spokesman, no. 34 (Winter 1977-78):
162- 4. Forwarded to Edith Russell by Ken Fleet.
Kiskadden, Peggy. “Peggy Kiskadden’s Reminiscences [of Bertrand
Russell]”. 29 Feb. 1972.Ts.; 4 leaves. Quoted extensively in Clark,
pp. 468- 9.
Medlock, Julie. [“Bertrand Russell:
So Fondly Remembered”]. [c. 1972]. Ts. carbon of Chaps. 6- 9; 117
leaves. [Ts. of whole book is in RA.]
Rounseville, Robert. [Synopsis of Play:] “Bertrand Russell’s
Guided Tour of Intellectual Rubbish!”. N.d. P. of ts.; 2 leaves.
(See W. B. Ready’s account of the play in Russell, no. 10
[1973]: 13-14)
Russell, Conrad. “Memories of My Father”. 1972. Ts.; 8 leaves
on letterhead of Features International. In The Sunday Times Magazine,
14 May 1972, pp. 32-3, 35, 37 (Hh72.00).
Swamidasan, James. “A Whole Man: Bertrand
Russell”. [1971]. Signed ts.; 8 leaves. Forwarded to Rupert Crawshay-Williams
by Akeel Bilgrami. Also 2 ts., carbons prepared by Edith Russell.
Whettam, Graham. “On Bertrand Russell
and My Fourth Symphony”. 1972. Ts./ts” carbon; 8 leaves. The
title-page notes that “this article was “the basis for an
interview with “Graham Whettam recorded by Netherlands Radio in
Sept. 1972". Also 2 mimeo copies. A third mimeo copy was issued in 1977
with a postscript; the title was changed to “On Bertrand Russell
- and a Symphony” to reflect the change in the symphony’s
title to Sinfonia contra Timore.
Box 12 (Shelf
number 2.20)
Travel Documents and Correspondence
Luggage tags, 1 folder.
Three passports, with photographs, issued 7 June 1930, 5 Dec. 1950, 2
Dec. 1954, to Edith Russell.
Ticket stubs, baggage claim checks, currency exchange forms, etc., 1 folder.
Countries:
Austria (Vienna): Hotel invoices and receipt, 1958.
Britain: 26 invoices with receipts from British hotels, 1953-62; typed
travel itineraries for 1955 and 1959.
Denmark (Copenhagen): Typed airport schedule, 2 ticket stubs, 1960.
France (Paris): Hotel bill with restaurant and bar charges, 1 piece of
travel literature, 1955.
Greece: Hotel bill, currency exchange forms, currency, ticket stubs, trip
itinerary prepared by Wagon-Lits, travel literature, April 1952.
Correspondents:
Bunce, A.
Cook, Thomas, & Son
Hermaners (?), G.W.
McAllister, Catherine
McAllister, Gilbert
Pont-Royal Hotel
Russell, Bertrand
Russell, Edith
Soalhat, Robert
World Assn. of Parliamentarians for World Government
Box 13 (Shelf
number 2.21)
Large Print Books
Invoices, 1967-69, listing all books ordered, 1 folder.
Order forms, 1967-70, some listing books ordered, 1 folder.
Order forms, 1970-73, 1 folder.
Promotional literature, 1 folder.
Blank order forms and catalogues, 1 folder.
Correspondents:
Bassett, B.E., Mrs.
Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation
Bulmer, M.E., Mrs.
Coleman, Paula
Farley, Christopher
Gray, Joan C.
Guild for Large Print Books
Harper & Row Publishers Inc.
Lane Wood Press Inc.
Marchi, Gene, Mrs.
National Aid
Pincher, Christine
Prentice-Hall
Russell, Bertrand
Russell, Edith
Scribner’s Sons, Charles
Thorpe, F. A., (Pub.) Ltd.
Tracey, B., Mrs.
Viking Press Inc.
Walker & Co.
Box 14 (Shelf
number 2.22)
Personal Documents
Bertrand Russell:
Medical statement by J. Lister Boyd, dated 28 June 1963; and prescriptions,
1957- 65.
Edith Russell:
Alien Registration cards: 1921 and 1938, with photographs.
British Museum pass cards: 1938.
Death Notice cards: 1978.
Driver’s Licences: 1953-63, one with photograph.
Medical: statement by J. Lister Boyd, dated 28 June 1963; prescriptions,
1958-65; typhoid vaccination certificate, 29 Sept. 1921.
Miscellaneous jottings and lists including a ts., “The Proper Way
to Address Us”; printed cards and programmes. 1 folder.
Ration Book: 1950-51.
USA Foreign Service application: 1950; includes resume of her complete
employment history and foreign travel.
Bertrand and Edith Russell:
Hearing aids, information on.
Russell Family Tree.
Photographs
Cockerell, Sydney: Photograph; b&w; 12 x 16.5 cm.; inscribed on verso
“by Dorothy Hawksley, taken at Cambridge about 1930"
Mary, Queen: Photograph; b&w; 10.5 x 9 cm. Taken at the Fitzwilliam
Museum.
New Place (home on Beech Road, Rosemont,
Penn. shared with Lucy Donnelly from 1936 to
1948):
2 photographs; b&w; 15 x 10 cm.
3 photographs; b&w; 11.5 x 17 cm.
candlesticks at: photograph; b&w; 25 x 20 cm. Edith’s note on
verso states that they were sold in 1951.
painting by P. Tchelitchew, Anemones, at: photograph; b&w;
19 x 23 cm. Doc. .311506.
Plas Penhryn:
1 photograph; colour; 10.5 x 7.5 cm. Taken by Hildegard Lueg, 1973.
2 photographs; colour; 12.5 x 8.5 cm. Taken by Martin Garstens, 1974..
3 photographs; colour; 12.5 x 9 cm. Taken in 1976 by Edith de Chadenedes.
Russell, Bertrand: 1 photograph; b&w;
9 x 13 cm. Of sketch of BR by Lorna Young.
Russell, Conrad: 1 photograph; colour; 8.5 x 8.5 cm. Taken in Baule, France,
in Aug. 1974.
Russell, Edith:
2 photographs; b&w; passport size; 1938.
1 photograph; b&w; passport size; 195?.
4 photographs; colour; 12.5 x 9 cm. Taken in 1976 by Edith de Chadenedes
with Hildegard Lueg. 2 photographs; colour; 10.5 x 7.5 cm. At Plas Penhryn,
1973.
with Irene Menkhof 2 photographs; colour; 9 x 12.5 cm. At Plas Penhryn,
1973.
with Martin Garstens and Sarah Russell. 1 photograph; colour; 12.5 x 8.5
cm. At Plas Penhryn, 1974.
Russell, Elizabeth: 2 photographs; colour; 8.5 x 8.5 cm. Taken in the
kitchen at Plas Penhryn with one of her sons, Easter 1974.
Russell, Sarah See Russell, Edith
Unidentified children with ponies and burros: 6 photographs; b&w;
assorted sizes, none larger than 9 x 8.5 cm. Also a photograph from a
newspaper, titled “Mrs. Finch’s Carriage”, 1903.
Additional photographs:
The following photographs were not in this file folder when Sheila Turcon arranged and described this accrual. They were found by her in 2018 when she was doing research. They have not been numbered as was done previously.
Bertrand Russell's dog, Peanut
Three photographs: b&w, n.d., 16x11.5 cm, col., September 1966, 9x9 cm, photograph taken by Mike Lester; b&w, 1963, 13 x 9 cm, photograph taken by Alastair Yule.
Plas Penrhyn
Three prints of the same photograph taken from the air, b&w, c. 1960, 16.5 x 12.3 cm.
Edith Russell and Plas Penrhyn
At Plas Penrhyn with two unidentified visitors, who of whom is Chinese, col., 13 x 9 cm, Chinese inscription on verso, August 1972. Taken on Plas Penryhn lawn with Chinese on verso, col., 13 x 9 cm, August 1972.>/p>
Other People:
Russell Byrne
Photograph of a mother and child with a photograph of Bertrand Russell on the wall, 18 x12.8cm, inscribed on verso "Russell Byrne and Bertrand Russell August 1962".
Gilly Marchant
Card, printed "to carry my best wishes to you", signed by Gilly Marchant, encl. col. Photograph, 12.7 x 9 cm, stamped 1959; depicts three young girls feeding a possibly injured cow.
Places:
Europe: Set of 13 b&w snapshots, including hte Acropolis in Atehns, c. 1920s based on an automobile pictured in one of the photographs. Also 2 b&w post cards from Chartres Cathedral.
Penberth Valley: b&w photograph, 6.5 x 10.7 cm, inscribed in unknown hand on verso, "Stream in Penberth Valley">
Unidentified, including mountains and chalet, 9 b&w snapshots, various sizes.
Other:
Tear-sheet from a Sotheby's catalogue depicting four paintings, b&w
Diaries,
Address Book, Appointment Lists
Box 15 (Shelf number 2.23)
Edith Russell’s pocket diaries, 1950-1968; The diaries list appointments
for her husband as well as herself. For some years she kept more than
one diary.
Box 16 (Shelf
number 2.24)
Edith Russell’s pocket diaries, 1970-1977
Address book, n.d. but 195?
Appointment lists for London, n.d. but 1960s. Ms./ts., 17 leaves with
emendations by Edith and BR.
Appointment lists for London, n.d. but 1970s. Ms., 3 leaves.
Biographical events list, 1948-52. Ms., 5 leaves; also brief biographical
events list, 1950-55, ts., 1 leaf.
List of BR’s visits to Bryn Mawr, 1939- 43. Ms., 1 leaf.
Bertrand Russell’s pocket diary for 1969-1970; there are no entries
in the diary.
Box 17 (Shelf
number 2.25)
Financial/Legal Documents and Correspondence
Statements from Brown, Shipley & Co., 1 folder.
Cheques and cheque stubs from Child & Co., 1 folder.
Correspondents:
Bell. J. W.
Brown, Shipley & Co. Ltd.
Child & Co.
Coward, Chance & Co. (later Coward Chance)
Drover, C. B.
Duffield, J. E.
Felton, Anton
Hancock, A. E.
Littlemore Hospital
Lock, Barry D. S.
Madams, H. E.
Ministry of Pensions & National Insurance
Pigott, H. S.
Pollock, G. F.
Popkin, Percy A. & Co.
Post Office, Richmond
Russell, Bertrand
Russell, Edith
Spark, J. J.
Tylor, Louis P.
U.S. Dept. of Internal Revenue
Watson, Louise
Waugh, D.J., Mrs.
Boxes 18
to 23 (Shelf numbers 2.26 to 2.32)
Domestic Records and Correspondence
This series concerns the running of their two homes.
Note: Bertrand Russell’s correspondence has been kept in separate
folders.
Box 18
(Shelf number 2.26)
Plas Penhryn, Penhryndeudraeth:
Lists of domestic staff, 1 folder.
Fabric samples and decorating lists, 2 folders.
This folder also contains a list by Edith Russell of furniture and other items from their home in Queen’s Road, Richmond, marked either to take, not take, or unsure. There are drawings by her of rooms with measurements, including the placement of bookshelves in the Sitting Room Little Room, and the Downstairs Backroom.
Correspondence, 5 folders, 1955-1977; names of correspondents listed below:
Abbott, R. J.
Army & Navy Stores
Aston, S., Mrs.
Astons
Barclays Bank Ltd.
Black, J.
Blount, G. F.
Brindle, L.
Burgess Coal Co., The John
Child & Co.
Coward, Chance & Co.
Crawshay-Williams, Elizabeth
Crawshay-Williams, Rupert
Deudraeth District Council
Dobies Ltd.
Dunn & Ellis
Edwards, M.
Edwards, Margaret (domestic staff)
Ellis, L.
Ellis, Mr.
Evans, M.
Farley, Christopher
Felton, Anton
Fletcher, Herbert
Focus Consumer Advertising
Forestier-Walker, Piers (gardener)
Graigddu Contractors
Griffiths, Bridget (domestic staff)
Griffiths, Ruby (domestic staff)
Harris, Margaret
Heal & Son Ltd.
Heald and Nickinson
Humphreys, Eirwen (domestic staff)
Jones & Sons, R. C.
Jones, D. J.
Jones, D. W.
Jones, Eleanor (Mrs. Lewis Jones)
Jones, Lewis (gardener)
Jones, R. P.
Kerfoots Ltd.
Kitching, William
Lloyd-Jones, E. J.
Lloyd, Kate (domestic staff)
Luxton, W. G.
Madams, H. E.
Mason and Nicholson
Merioneth County Council
Merseyside Electricity Board
Morgan, Nell (domestic staff)
Morris, G. E.
Mullock, Thomas W. (gardener)
Murphy, O. Duncan
Murrells of Shrewsbury
National Provincial Bank Ltd.
Nicholson, E.
Osborne, Richard (gardener)
Owen, J.
Paul, E.
Pegg, R. N.
Pendlebury, D. J.
Perry, C. F.
Peter Jones (a store)
Phillips, Margaret (domestic staff)
Popkin, Percy A.
Popkin, Percy A. & Co.
Portmadoc Waterworks
Post Office, Chester
Prestige Group Ltd.
Prytherch, Robert
Pugh Jones, John
Quaeck, G., & Co.
Roberts, Wyn
Rossi, Joseph
Russell, Bertrand
Russell, Edith
Russell, Gilbert, Mrs.
Smith, E. G. S.
Tandy, V., Miss
Thomas, K. M., Mrs.
Thomas, M., Mrs.
Tuck, C. J.
Tyreman, C.
Vasey, J. E.
Walkers Refrigeration Ltd.
Waterer, John, Sons & Crisp
Williams & Son
Williams-Ellis, Clough
Williams-Ellis, Roger
Williams, Osmond (“Michael”)
Williams, W. C.
Willson, Walter H., Ltd.
Winter, W. G.
Wood & Sons, Ltd., John
Worth (London) Ltd.
Box 19 (Shelf
number 2.27)
3 folders of bills
One folder of correspondence with Clough Williams-Ellis, 1960, re a maisonette.
One folder of correspondence with Mason and Nicholson Builders & Contractors, 1970, re renovations; removed from binder.
43, Hasker
Street, London SW1
Box 20 (Shelf number 2.28)
Keys.
Lease.
Miscellaneous lists by Edith Russell, printed matter, etc., 1 folder.
Bills, notices, etc., 1 folder.
Correspondents:
Atkins, M.
Boyd, J. Lister
Brooks & Son, E. H.
Brooks, Roy E.
Cadogan Settled Estates Co. (later Cadogan Estates Management Ltd.)
Chesterton & Sons
Child & Co.
Coward, Chance & Co.
Cowley & Andersen Ltd.
Farley, Christopher
Harrods
Hobbs, J.
Lair, P.
Locks Ltd.
Lomath Brothers Ltd.
London Electricity Board
May & Son (Builders) Ltd., A.
McMullen, M. T.
Miles, R. V.
Milton and Co., Andrew
Noller, Bertram, Chintz Shop
North Thames Gas Board
Paterson-Morgan, J. A.
Pollock, Mr.
Revoelectric Co. Ltd.
Russell, Bertrand
Russell, Edith
Stevens, A. W.
Sycamore Laundry
Telephone Answering Services
Tylor, Louis P.
Walker & Son, S. J.
Walker, Brian
Young, L. W.
Box 21 (Shelf
number 2.29)
Correspondence:
Redmond, Jean (the housekeeper at Hasker Street)
Redmond, Cecil
Box 22 (Shelf
number 2.30)
Miscellaneous:
Irish sweepstakes, and other lottery tickets, 1 folder.
Menus, 1 folder.
Gift catalogues, 1 folder.
Box 23 (Shelf
number 2.31)
Laundry bills, 1 folder.
Food bills, 1 folder.
General bills, 1932-50s, for both Edith and Bertrand Russell, including
the purchase of antiques, silverware, etc., 1 folder.
Miscellaneous printed matter, 1 folder.
Correspondents:
Automobile Assn.
Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation
Butcher, K A. G.
Daimler Hire Ltd.
Dent & Co. Ltd., E.
Edgar, H.
Fleet, Kenneth
Givan’s Irish Linen Stores
Harrods
Henlys Ltd.
Hilliers Couture Ltd.
Ibbotson, I. L.
Mappin & Webb Ltd.
Mrs. Stuart’s Workrooms
National Trust
Paragon Garage
Parr, Edith
Peter Jones (a store)
Rathbone, J. F. W.
Rootes Motors Ltd.
Russell, Edith
Selfridges
Wood, Pamela
Box 24
(Shelf number 2.32)
Lucy Donnelly materials.
Fellowship in Her Honour:
Ts. “Deed of Gift”.
Flyer, publicizing the foundation of the fellowship.
Legal Documents:
Death certificate, will, funeral bill.
Teaching contracts, photocopies.
Manuscripts:
“[Notes for article] The Celebrated Mrs. Macaulay”. N.d.;
three-ring black notebook. In The William and Mary Quarterly, 6
(April1949): 173-207.
Also the following; printed materials by Catharine Macaulay collected
for the above article: Loose Remarks on Certain Positions to Be Found
in Mr. Hobbes’s Philosophical Rudiments of Government and Society
(London: 1767); An Address to the People of England, Scotland,
and Ireland, on the Present Important Crisis of Affairs (London: E.
and C. Dilly, 1775).
See also Manuscripts by Edith Russell in Box 10 for an article she wrote
on Donnelly.
Memorial Service:
“Address of Learned Hand at the Meeting in Bryn Mawr ... in
Memory of Lucy M. Donnelly”. 24 Oct. 1948. Ts. mimeo; 7 leaves.
In Bryn Mawr Alumnae Bulletin, 19 (Nov. 1948): 8-10.
[Extract from Faculty Minutes on Lucy Donnelly].
8 Dec. 1948. Ts.; 2 leaves. Sent to Board
of Directors, her nephew and Edith Russell.
Programme, 24 Oct. 1948.
Miscellaneous:
Folder of miscellaneous items: printed materials, small tapestry,
leather writing case, map of Middle East with list of cities in Edith
Russell’s hand on verso, minutes of the Chinese Scholarship Committee,
16 Nov. 1920.
New Place (home on Beech Road, Rosemont, Penn. shared with Edith Russell
from 1936 to 1948):
Agreement of Sale and Conveyance, 1 Feb. 1949.
Blueprints for house.
Land Purchase Conveyance, 3 June 1935.
Release of Liens, 5 Aug. 1936.
Tax certificate, 11 Feb. 1949.
Tree Plan for Grounds.
Photographs:
Donnelly, Lucy:
with Mrs. Edward Bronson Finch; b&w; 9 x 6.5 cm. From Katherine Peek.
with Mrs. Edward Bronson Finch and Katherine Peek; b&w; 9 x 6.5 cm.
From Katherine Peek.
Correspondents:
Adams, C. K
Donnelly, Lucy
Durham & Irvine
James, Edward T.
Johnson, Joseph E., Mrs.
MacGeorge, Beatrice
McBride, Katharine
National Portrait Gallery
Notable American Women
Rambo, Eleanor F.
Robbins, Caroline
Russell, Edith
Smith, Logan Pearsall
Stephens, Viola (Mrs. John J. Stephens)
Whitly, Miss
Box 25 (Shelf
number 2.33)
Finch Genealogy Note: Contains
the only extant letter from Edith’s mother to her.
Book box, stamped Finch genealogy, containing
mss.
The European Magazine and London Review, 29 (June 1796).
Map of the War of the Revolution, Northern Colonies.
Pamphlet by John Dumont Reid, In Memoriam: The Rev. Peter Voorhess
Finch, n.d. but ca. 1902. Peter Finch was Edith Russell’s
grandfather.
Tear-sheets from A Complete English Peerage
on Finch, Earl of Winchilsea [sic], ending in the eighteenth
century.
Tear-sheets from The English Peerage on Finch, Earl of Winchelsea
and Finch, Earl of Aylesford, ending in the eighteenth century.
Tear-sheet of maps to illustrate wars of 1812-1814
Correspondents:
Adams, Sherman W.
British Museum
Connecticut State Library
Finch, Delia (Mrs. Edward B. Finch)
Finch, John
Finch, Peter Voorhees
Fortiscue (?), G. K.
Hoadly (?), Charles J.
Russell, Edith
Boxes 26-27
(Shelf numbers 2.34-35)
Press Clippings
Clippings pertaining to Bertrand Russell, 2 folders.
Clippings pertaining to Dora Russell, 1 folder.
Printed materials: booklists, pamphlets, mimeographed essays, flyers,
catalogues, periodicals and newsletters, 3 folders.
Miscellaneous clippings, 5 folders.
Correspondents: (the correspondence concerns
A. Solzenitsyn)
BBC Television
BBC, Complaints Commission
Charlton, Michael
Denselow, Robin
Farley, Christopher
Russell, Edith
Times, The
Miscellaneous
Box 28 (Shelf number 2.38).
Change purse and charge cards.
Happy Birthday tablet.
Keys to tape recorder.
Nuclear Disarmament pins (badges) with CND peace symbol.
Printed stationery.
Unidentified pictures.
Visiting cards.
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