Finding Aid
Dora Russell fonds. – 1893-[198-]; predominant 1920-1934. – 1 m of textual records and graphic material.
Series 1:
Correspondence. – 1921-1970; predominant 1921-1933. – 25 cm of textual records. – Title based on content of series. – Series has been described by correspondence type: publishing; political organizations; personal; personal (embargoed and formerly embargoed ); family; invitations; legal and business. The numbers in front of each section are classification numbers which match the classification numbers used in the Bertrand Russell archives. Arrangement, however, is alphabetical. Correspondence is incoming to Bertrand Russell unless noted otherwise.
Box 1 (shelf number 7.28)
(410) Publishing Correspondence:
Allen & Unwin (Stanley Unwin, E.L. Skinner). 10 letters 1922-23.
Atlantic Literary Agency (Walter G. Fuller). 4 letters 1922-23.
Beseda, Berlin (Maxim Gorky). 1 letter 1923.
Brandt & Kirkpatrick (Carl Brandt). 1 letter 1923. (U.S. literary agent.)
The Cambridge Review (editor). 1 letter 1914. Requests review of Broad’s Perception, Physics and Reality. Found between pp. 254 and 255 of Russell’s copy of same.
Cambridge University Press (S.C. Roberts). 2 letters 1923.
Carr, Ernest A. 1 letter 1922.
The Central Union of Chinese Students in Great Britain and Ireland (Robert K.S. Lim). 2 letters 1923. (Publisher of The Chinese Student.)
The Century Co. (Joseph Anthony). 4 letters 1922-23.
Christophers (Bertram Christian). 1 letter 1923.
The Daily Herald (W.J. Turner). 1 letter 1922.
The Dial (Gilbert Seldes). 4 letters n.d. (but 1923).
The English Review (Austin Harrison). 1 letter 1923.
The Freeman (Albert Jay Nock, Van Wyck Brooks, Suzanne La Follette). 6 letters and 1 telegram. 1922-23.
Harper & Brothers (Cass Canfield). 1 letter 1927.
Hearst’s International. 1 letter 1923. Payment for “How the Chinese Are Happy”. Apparently not published until its appearance as “Eastern and Western Ideals of Happiness” in Sceptical Essays (1928).
Heinemann, Dora. l letter 1923.
Willam Heinemann Ltd. (C.S. Evans). 3 letters 1923.
Hethey, Margarete. 2 letters (1 1etter to “Frau Russell”). 1922-23.
B.W. Huebsch, Inc. (B.W. Huebsch). 2 letters 1922-23.
International Association for Labour Legislation (Stephen Bauer). 1 letter 1923. (Publisher of L’Avenir du Travail.)
International Magazine Co. (Frazier Hunt). 3 letters 1922-23, n.d.
The Japan Chronicle (A. Morgan Young). 1 letter 1922.
The Kaizo (S. Yamamoto). 2 letters 1922. Also 1 letter to DR. 1921.
Alfred A. Knopf Inc. (A.A. Knopf, Storm Jameson). 2 letters. 1923.
The Labour Magazine (W.W. Henderson). 1 letter 1922.
The Manchester Guardian (C.P. Scott). 1 letter 1923. Re article on Boxer Indemnity.
Mosher, Thomas Bird. 2 letters 1923.
Muirhead, J.H. 2 letters 1923. Re “Logical Atomism”.
La Nación, Buenos Aires (L. Spearman Oxx). 1 letter 1923.
The Nation & the Athenaeum (Alice L. Jones). 1 letter 1923.
The New Leader (H.N. Brailsford, A. Fenner Brockway). 3 letters 1923. BR to, 1 letter 1932. Also 1 letter to DR, 1932. Encl. letter from Walter J. Fuller of Atlantic Literary Agency.
Ogden, C.K. 1 letter 1922. Re Introduction to Wittgenstein’s Tractatus.
Pennsylvania, University of (Edward W. Mumford). 1 letter 1923. Re report for Pennsylvania U. P. Also 2 letters from Henry B. Smith.
Rationalist Press Association (Charles A. Watts). 1 letter 1922.
Raymond, Bernard. 2 letters 1922-23.
Shun Pao, Shanghai (Francis Zia). 1 letter 1923.
Sociological Review (Alexander Farquharson). 1 letter 1921.
von Osten Sacken, Eveline. 1 1etter 1922.
Williams and Norgate. 1 letter 1932.
(500) Political Organizations
Chelsea Trades Council and Labour Party (Frank Selfe). 1 letter 1923.
Edinburgh University Labour Party (John L. Gray). 3 letters 1923. Re invitation to run for Lord Rectorship.
The Fabian Society (F.W. Galton). 4 letters 1923. Re invitations to lecture and preparation of syllabus.
Independent Labour Party, Chelsea Branch (Phillis A. Skinner). 1 letter 1923.
Independent Labour Party, London & Southern Counties Divisional Council No. 6 (Ernest E. Hunter, Reginald Stamp). 1 letter 1923.
(710) Personal Correspondence
Amos, Maurice S. 1 letter 1923. Encl. copy of letter to Percival.
Anonymous. 2 letters 1923, n.d.
Baxter, Sylvester. 1 letter 1922.
Bayley, Frederick S. 1 letter 1923.
Bentwich, Naomi. 1 letter 1921.
Black, C. (relative of DR). 1 letter 1922.
Briffault, Robert. 2 letters 1922.
BrihIey, Clarence C. 1 letter 1922.
Brooks, Rachel. 1 letter to BR and DR 1922.
Burmeister, Christian. 1 letter 1921. Encl. copy of Danish newspaper containing review of Principles of Social Reconstruction.
Canada, Dept. of Agriculture (J.A. Ruddick, Dairy Commissioner). 1 letter 1926. BR’s reply ts. carbon, encl. quote from The Times. (A typed copy of BR’s reply is in the National Archives of Canada [RA Rec. Acq. 800].)
Carnap, Rudolf. 2 letters 1921-23. Encl. ts., mimeos, clipping of review by E. von Aster.
Chao, Yuen Ren (BR’s Chinese interpreter). 1 letter to BR and DR. 1921. 1 letter to BR. 1923.
Chen, P.O. 1 letter 1923.
Cobden-Sanderson, Anne. 1 letter 1923.
Dewey, Alice. 1 letter n.d. but from Peking.
Driesch, Hans. 1 letter 1922.
Duddington, Nathalie. 1 letter 1922.
Dudley, Helen. 2 letters n.d.
Dunton, W.F. 3 letters 1923. Encl. letter ts. carbon of letter to David Adams and newsclipping.
Dziewicki, M.H. 3 letters 1923. (Says BR gave him his own copy of The Principles of Mathematics and knows he might have to ask for it back.)
Esser, Franz (BR’s doctor in China). 1 letter 1923.
Fan, Chen-ling. 1 letter to BR and DR. 1922.
Ferris, Thomas R. 1 letter to DR. 1932. Encl. pamphlet; reply from BR (ts. carbon).
Fry, Roger. 1 letter 1922. Also 1 letter to DR. 1922.
Fu, S.N. 1 letter 1923. Encl. ms. on Boxer Indemnity Fund.
Greenwood, Georgie. 2 letters n.d.
Hensley, Jessica. 1 letter 1927. Re Beacon Hill School (with message to DR at top from BR).
Hogben, Lancelot. 1 letter 1923.
Howard, A. (“Frank Godwin”). 1 letter 1922. Encl. ts. articles on Japan.
Howe, P.P. 1 letter n.d.
Jackson, Annabel Ruth (“Tiny”), nee Grant Duff. 1 letter 1923.
Jenkin, Charles Frewen. 1 letter 1922.
Johnston, R.A. 1 letter 1923.
Kaufmann, Felix. 1 letter 1920.
Keynes, J.M. 2 letters 1923.
Klyce, S. 1 letter 1923. Encl. ts. about his book.
Koo Su-sung, T.Y. Chi, C.C. Yii. 1 letter 1923. Re Boxer Indemnity Fund.
Kulischer [Coulichère], A.R. (Petrograd Physico-Mathematical Society). 2 letters 1922. Encl. information on activities of Society.
Littlewood, J.E. 1 letter n.d.
Lossky, N. (with translation from his Russian by N. Duddington). 1 letter 1922.
Lupton, Arnold. 1 letter 1922.
Meynell, Vera. 1 letter to BR and DR. n.d.
Morrell, Lady Ottoline. 2 cards, 1 pmk. 1923, and 11 letters, 1922, n.d. Encl. letter from R.C. Trevelyan 1922. Also 3 letters to DR. 1925-34.
Nash, V. Leslie. 1 letter 1927.
Nearing, Scott. 2 letters 1923, n.d. With financial calculations by BR.
Neville, Eric. 1 letter 1922.
Nichols Robert Moose Bowyer. 1 letter N.d.
Nicholson, John William (Dorothy Wrinch’s husband). 1 letter n.d. (but 1922).
Nicod, Jean. 1 letter 1922.
Norton, H.K. 2 letters 1922.
Odinot, Louis. 1 letter 1921.
Ogden, C.K. Photocopies of 3 letters from BR. 1920, n.d. Originals in DR’s papers, International Institute for Social History, Amsterdam.
Österreichische Künstlerhilfe für die Hungernden in Russland (J.B. Schweide, Frederick Kuh). 2 letters 1922. Re message and items for sale.
Pai Kien. 1 translation of his letter n.d. (but 1921).
Paquet, Alfons. 1 letter 1923.
Pearson, AJ.G. 1 letter to DR. 1932.
Popoff, Nicholas. 1 letter 1922.
Portus, G.V. 1 letter 1921.
Power, Eileen. 1 letter n.d. (but 1922).
Radhakrishnan, S. 4 letters 1923. Re proposed lecture tour of India by BR. With financial calculations by BR.
Rees, George G. 2 letters 1922.
Religiöse Geselletterschaft der Freunde (Quäker), Berlin (Jane Bell). 1 form letter 1922.
Renwick, E.M. Transcript of 1 letter 1932. Also 3 letters to DR, 1933-35. Encl. partial ts. of her “Children’s Difficulties in Arithmetic”. 1 letter from DR; 1 letter from DR’s secretary. 1933-35. All photocopies. Original letters in DR’s papers, International Institute for Social History.
Robb, A.A. 1 letter [1914]. Found in BR’s copy of A Theory of Time and Space.
Rolland, Madeleine. 2 letters 1922. Re conference BR was to attend.
Roy, Dilip Kumar. 2 letters 1923.
Sanger, A Dorothea. 1 letter n.d.
Schlick, Moritz. 2 letters 1923.
Scholz, Heinrich. 1 letter 1922.
Seidenberg, Roderick. 2 letters 1923.
Sen, G.N. 1 letter 1942.
Sheffer, H.M. 1 letter 1923.
Sheridan, Frank. 1 letter 1923.
Siegfried, Andre. 1 letter 1923.
Silcox, Lucy. 1 letter n.d. but mid-1920s.
Sinclair, Upton. 1 letter 1922.
Smellie, K. 3 letters n.d. Providing references for The Prospects of Industrial Civilization.
Stephen, Karin. 1 letter [1922].
Swanwick, Helena. 3 letters 1922-23. Re Boxer Indemnity.
Swinnerton, Frank. 1 letter 1922.
Tawker, T.B. 1 letter 1923. Re birth control.
Ting, Y.K 1 letter 1922.
Tsen, S.T. 1 letter 1921.
Venables, Ethel. 1 letter 1923.
Waley, Arthur. 1 letter n.d.
Walston, Charles. 1 letter 1922.
Watney, Charles. 2 letters 1923. Encl. pamphlet re Boxer Indemnity.
Webb, Beatrice. 2 letters 1923.
Weinhandl, Ferd. 1 letter 1923.
Wellock, Wilfred. 1 letter 1923. Re BR’s Introduction to his book, The Spiritual Basis of Democracy (1924).
Wells, H.G. 1 letter 1925.
Whitehead, A.N. 2 letters 1923. Encl. letter to Whitehead from R. Money Kiple.
Williams, Miss L.G. 1 letter 1923.
Wittgenstein, Ludwig. 3 letters 1923, n.d. but probably 1922.
Wrinch, Dorothy (with J.W. Nicholson). 1 letter 1920.
Wu, John C.H. 2 letters 1923.
Yii, C.C. 2 letters 1923. See also Koo Su-sung.
Yourin, Ignace. 2 letters 1921.
(730-37) Family Correspondence
Russell, Lady Agatha. 2 letters 1922-23.
Russell, Arthur. 1 letter 1922.
Russell, Mary Annette (“Elizabeth”), Lady. 1 letter 1922. Re Wittgenstein’s visit.
Russell, John Francis (“Frank”) Stanley, 2nd Earl. 4 letters 1923. Encl. extracts from letter from Agnes, Lady Grove, and his reply, and copy of letter from R.W.B. Buckland to him.
(740) Invitations
China Society (Lionel Giles). 1 letter 1923.
Deutsches Friedens Kartell / Bund der Kriegsdienstgegner (Robert Pohl). 1 letter 1922. To address the German Pacifist Congress.
Internationale Frauenliga für Freiden und Freiheit. 2 letters 1922.
Leicester Secular Society (Herbert E. Anderson). 1 letter 1923.
The New School for Social Research (Alvin Johnson). 1 letter 1922.
P.E.N. (CA Dawson Scott, M. Scott, John Galsworthy). 3 letters 1922-23. Encl. “Rules”
Reid, Charles I. 1 letter 1923. Re lecture tour of U.S.
Social Problem Circle, Liverpool (A. Bretherton). 2 letters 1922.
Tönnies, Ferdinand. 1 letter 1922.
University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire Political Union Committee (H.A. Marquand). 2 letters 1922.
Wells, Catherine (“Jane”). 1 letter n.d.
(811) Legal and Business Correspondence
Central Estate Offices (F.W. Gibb). 1 letter 1923. Re E.R. Hulett as tenant.
The Chelsea Copying Office (May Carter). 1 letter 1923.
Child & Co. 1 letter 1923.
Dickens & Co. 1 letter 1923.
Drake, Son & Parton 1 letter 1922.
William B. Feakins, Inc. 4 letters 1923-28. Encl. statements of BR’s earnings and expenses. Also photocopy of 1 letter to DR, 1928, with encl. Original in DR’s papers, International Institute for Social History.
B. Jolley & Sons. 1 letter 1922. Also summary of account with L. Wittgenstein, 1919, listing furniture & linen.
Lort-Williams, John. 1 letter 1923. Re starting a legal action on birth control.
J.A. Treglown & Sons. 3 letters 1922. Re purchase of Carn Voel.
Vaughan Williams, C.E. 1 letter 1923. Re E.R. Hulett as tenant.
Wheeler Bros. 4 letters 1922-23. Re various tenants of 31 Sydney Street.
Witcop, Rose. 1 telegram to DR relaying solicitor’s message. 1923.
Withers, Bensons, Currie, Williams & Co. 7 letters 1922. Encl. copy of letter from Frank Russell to Withers of 22 May 1922 and copy of letter from Phoenix Assurance Co. of 18 May 1922 with BR’s financial calculations on verso. Also BR’s Marriage Settlement Trust (1894) status in 1922.
Box 2 (shelf number 7.29)
(710) Personal Correspondence (Embargoed and formerly embargoed)
Most of the material in this grouping is no longer embargoed. Documents relating to Patricia Russell are embargoed until 26 September 2009; to Katharine Tait indefinitely. Some enclosures in this class are not embargoed.
Barry, Griffin. 1 letter to DR, 1929; 1 letter from BR, 1933 (typed copy).
Russell, Dora. There are 267 letters from BR, dated as follows:
1922 1 letter
1923 3 letters
1924 27 letters and 2 telegrams
1925 13 letters
1926 5 letters
1927 37 letters.
Encl. copy of letter from G.C. Cole (surveyor), and letters from Jessica Hensley and Barry Fox. Also ms., 1 leaf, outlining John’s activities for 27 July.
1928 9 letters. Encl. balance sheet.
1929 31 letters, 2 telegrams, and 1 p.c.
Encl. letter from Kit Hines. Also ms., 1 leaf, [24 Nov. 1929], to be shown to Griffin Barry if DR wished, concerning DR’s unborn child.
1930 7 letters
1931 14 letters
1932 74 letters.
Encl. letter from Robert O. Henry. 7 replies from DR (ts. carbons). Pencilled note in DR’s hand.
1933 26 letters.
Also 1 letter to “Madam” and 1 letter to Miss Mollard. Ts. carbon of a telegram from Alice. 5 letters to BR (ts. carbons) from unidentified secretary
1934 2 letters and 1 p.c.
Also 1 letter to “Madam” and 1 letter to “Dear Sir” (re Beacon Hill School). 4 letters (ts. carbons) from secretary and 1 letter from DR.
1938 1 telegram.
1939 2 letters Also 1 ts. carbon from DR.
1940 1 letter.
Encl. ts., 2 leaves, 22 Feb. 1940, concerning John and Kate. 1941 1 letter (ts. carbon) from DR.
1945 1 letter
1946 2 letters
1949 5 letters
1957 1 letter
1958 2 letters. 1 letter (ts. carbon) from DR.
1959 1 letter
1960 1 letter
1963 1 letter
1964 2 letters
1965 2 letters
1968 1 letter
1969 1 letter
1970 2 letters from Edith Russell.
Russell, John Conrad, 4th Earl. 1 letter to DR, 1929 (possibly from Kate); 1 letter from BR, 1929; 1 p.c. from BR, 1935, and 2 letters from BR (also addressed to Kate); 1 letter from BR, 1939 (also addressed to Kate); 1 telegram to DR and Pat Grace.
Spence (later Russell), Patricia Helen (“Peter”). 7 letters to DR, 1931-32, n.d.; 1 letter to Griffin Barry, 1931; 1 letter to Miss Mollard, 1933; 2 letters to “Madam” 1934-35; 1 letter (ts. carbon) from secretary, 1933.
Tait, Katharine Jane. 1 letter to DR, 1929 (possibly from John); 1 letter from BR, 1933; 2 letters from BR, 1935 (also addressed to John); 1 letter from BR, 1936; 1 letter from BR, 1939 (also addressed to John); 1 telegram to DR, 1945.
Series 2:
Manuscripts and typescripts. – 1893-1940; predominant 1920-1927. – 62.5 cm of textual records. – Title based on content of series. – The numbers in front of each section are classification numbers which match the classification numbers used in the Bertrand Russell archives. Book and article manuscripts are interfiled.
Boxes 7-8 (shelf numbers 7.34-5)
(210) Book Manuscripts
“Art and Education in Bolshevik Russia”. [1920]. Chapter IV of The Practice and Theory of Bolshevism. Ts./ms.; 25 leaves (mainly ms.). Ts.; 20 leaves. The ts. is corrected and revised in BR’s hand throughout. (Cf. the Preface to the book: “The chapter on Art and Education is written by her [Dora] throughout” (Allen & Unwin, 1920 ed., p. 10).
“Science of Social Structure.” [1920]. Preface to the Chinese [Five Lectures on Science of Social Structure] (1921). Ms.; 1 leaf. Published in English in Russell, n.s. 9 (Summer 1989): 5-6. Filed in folder 13 of The Prospects of Industrial Civilization, where the mss. for the lecture series may be found.
The Problem of China. 1922. Ms. of most chapters. Ts. 320 leaves.
The Prospects of Industrial Civilization. 1923. Ms. Ts. and ts. carbon (U.K. printer’s copy). Ts. carbon and some new ts. (U.S. printer’s copy). 595 leaves. Includes revised tear sheets from periodical publications. Preface in DR’s hand. Note: filed separately in Boxes 5-6 (shelf numbers 7.32-33)
The A.B.C. of Atoms. 1923. Ms. (U.K. printer’s copy); 123 leaves. Page proofs.
“The Reith Lectures”.1949. Ts. mimeo of Authority and the Individual. 68 leaves. Casebound in quarter leather. Issued by the BBC Transcription Service. An introductory note reads: “The lectures as broadcast, December-January, 1948-1949 and circulated in this form in April 1949.” Note: filed separately in Box 4 (shelf number 7.31)
(220) Article Manuscripts
“Notes from Herma[n]/May Term 1893./Revision”. Physics notebook in hard covers. 258 pp. Notes in this sequence cover rectos in one direction; see the first item under class 230 for the other direction. As identified by N. Griffin, the notes are on a coaching work by Robert Alfred Herman. Filed in Box 4.
“Notes on Helmholz [sic].” [1893]. 10 leaves, inserted in above notebook. They concern Hermann Helmholtz’s Wissenschaftliche Abhandlungen, Vol. II.
“A Free Man’s Worship”. [1903]. Galley proofs; 6 narrow sheets. Marked “Duplicate”: For the Thomas Bird Mosher edition of 1923, for which Russell wrote a new Preface.
[Introduction to Wittgenstein’s Tractatus]. [1920]. Draft ts/ms.; 35 leaves. (Fos. 1-8; 25-35, are typed with emendations in BR’s hand; fos. 9-26 are in Dorothy Wrinch’s hand with some revisions in BR’s.) New ts. prepared by C.K. Ogden, corrected by BR, and marked up for printing with Odgen’s translation in 1922; 21 leaves, with emendations; paragraph addition to fol. 1 in BR’s hand. Attached are the dedication and the English text of the Preface from the printer’s copy.
“Ethics”. n.d. [ca. 1920-26]. Ms.; 1 leaf.
“Industry in Undeveloped Countries”. [1920]. Ms.; 25 leaves. Ts. carbon; 19 leaves. Address to the Chinese Social and Political Science Association, 3 Dec. 1920. In The Chinese Social and Political Review, Peking, 5a (Dec. 1920); 239-54; also The Atlantic Monthly, 127 (June 1921): 787-95.
“To the Editor of Shanghai Life”. [21 Dec. 1920]. Ms.; 3 leaves. Russell kept a ts. carbon (RA 710.0482590). Letter to the editor.
“To the Editor of the Peking Leader”. Christmas Day 1920. Ms.; 3 leaves (in Dora’s hand). As “Bolshevism-Some Light on the Theory”, The Peking Leader, 28 December 1920, p. 8.
“China’s Road to Freedom”. [Note on fol. 1 of ms.: “Farewell Address, Peking, 5 July 1921”.] Ms.; 20 leaves (1st 13 in DR’s hand, next 7 in BR’s). Ts. carbon; 12 leaves. In The Peking Leader, 7 July 1921, p. 3.
“Communist Ideals”. [1921]. Ms.; 5 leaves. Ts. carbon; 5 leaves. Note on fol. 1 of carbon: “[Printed in Chinese by the Shanghai communists as a leaflet, which was suppressed by the Government.]” In The Daily Herald, London, 19 Oct. 1921, p. 4.
“China and Chinese Influence”. [1921]. Ts and ts. carbon; 10 leaves each. Ts. carbon; 9 leaves. As “China and Chinese Influence”, The Manchester Guardian, 29 Nov. 1921, p. 6.
“Manchuria and Shantung”. [1921]. Ts. carbon; 8 leaves. 2nd ts. carbon; 9 leaves. As “The Problems of China. Manchuria and Shantung: the Past and the Future”, The Manchester Guardian, 30 Nov. 1921, p. 6.
“III. Is Chinese Independence Possible?” [1921]. Ts. carbon; 8 leaves. As “Chinese Independence. Is it Possible? The Facts about the Customs”, The Manchester Guardian, 2 Dec. 1921, p. 16.
“Behaviourism”. [1923]. Ms.; 12 leaves. Ts. carbon; 11 leaves. As “An Essay on Behaviourism”, Vanity Fair, New York, 21, no. 2 (Oct. 1923): 47, 96, 98.
“To the Editor of the Manchester Guardian”. [9 April 1923]. Ms.; 2 leaves (in Dora’s hand). As “Missionary Influence in China”, The Manchester Guardian, 13 April 1923, p. 7.
“Preparing for the Next War”. [June 1923]. Ms.; 7 leaves. As “Preparándonos para la guerra próxima”, La Nación, Buenos Aires, 8 July 1923, sec. 3, p. 2.
“Possibilities of Fascismo”. [June 1923]. Ms.; 6 leaves. As “Posibilidades del fascismo”, La Nación, 1 Aug. 1923, sec. 1, p. 4.
“Psychological Dangers in Europe”. [1923?]. Ms.; 6 leaves. Similar in length and tone to the Nación series, this ms. appears to be unpublished.
“The editor, The Daily Herald”. 19 Nov. 1924. Ts.; 3 leaves (much revised in DR’s hand). Signed by BR and DR. In reply to a letter or article by Sir Charles Addis and a leader, “Mr. Russell on China” in The Morning Post, 9 Oct. 1924, on Russell’s New Leader article of 19 Sept. 1924 titled “British Imperialism in China; Brigands and British Banks” not published (and possibly not sent).
“To the Editor of The Daily Herald”. [1926]. Ms.; 1 leaf. Re Mr. Middleton and birth control. In The Daily Herald, 9 October 1926, p. 4.
“Infancy and Character-Formation”. [1927]. Ms.; 16 leaves (lacks fo. 16 but has fo.17). As “The Training of Young Children”, Harper’s Magazine, 155 (Aug. 1927): 313-19.
Box 4 (shelf number 7.31)
(230) Mathematical Philosophy Manuscripts
“Notes on Non-Euclidean Geometry”. May 1895. This sequence covers the versos of the pages in the notebook described first under class 220.
“Notes on Mathematical Philosophy”. Jan. 1897. Notebook, soft covers. 124 pp. Russell wrote originally on the rectos. Later, in 1900, he made comments on the opposing versos. His early notes on Cantor are to be found here.
Series 3:
Photographs, notes, accounts, printed materials, other documents. 1922-[198-]; predominant 1922-1937. 12.5 cm of textual records and graphic material. Title based on content of series.
Box 3 (shelf number 7.30)
Photographs:
F.1 Bertrand Russell and Ludwig Wittgenstein,Innsbruck, 1922. 2 photographs, badly faded.
F.2 Dora Russell in old age, 1970s or early 1980s
F.3 Bertrand Russell with Mischa Elman on boardship, 1921 1 photograph, faded.
F.4 Family snapshots Cornwall photos
- Bertrand Russell
- Russell with his children, John and Kate
- Russell with John, Kate, and Alice (governess)
- John and Kate
- Dora Russell
- Peter (Spence) Russell, and Peter with John and Kate
F.5 Family snapshots - Conrad Russell as infant
- Bertrand Russell with infant son, Conrad
- Peter Russell with infant son, Conrad
- John and Kate with half-brother, Conrad
- Conrad with nurse
F.6 Family snapshots Russell, John, Kate
- Russell with Kate
- Kate as baby
- John and Kate
- John with Russell; John is sitting on toy train that was a gift from Collette
- John with smaller toy train, also a gift from Collette
Box 3 Notes; typescripts by others:
– 3 pages of manuscript notes by Dora Russell, on letterhead of R.M.S. “Queen Mary”
– Soliloquy by Kate Tait, as a child, 19 April 1926
– Tss. By others, including Chiawei Kwo
Various printed materials:
– “To the Electors of Chelsea”; Beacon Hill school prospectus; “Can Industrialism be Civilized?”; membership cards and programmes
Box 1 (shelf number 7.28)
– Accounts, 1922-1925, 1931
– Book purchases, 1922
– Typist bills, 1923, 1925
– Royalties, 1921-1923
– Income Tax, 1922
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