Russell: The Journal of Bertrand Russell Studies

RECENT ACQUISITIONS 'Bibliographies, cArchival Inventories, Indexes SHEILA TUReON Ready Division / McMaster University Library Hamilton, ON, Canada L8s 4L6 TURCON@MCMASTER.CA Allan, Eikan L. from BR, 17 Feb. 1947. Purchase. Added to Rec. Acq. 5°7· Allen, Anthony 2 Is. from BR, 1953. Courtesy of Sheila V. Grant. Re George Grant's "muddle-headed" "Pursuit of an Illusion", Dalhousie Review. 32 (1952): 97-109. Rec. Acq. 1,349· CORRESPONDENCE Berka, Karel L. from BR, 27 July 1966. P., courtesy of Karel Berka via John Shosky. Rec. Acq. 1,340. Berlin, Isaiah Postscript from BR added to letter from Patricia Russdl to Berlin, [April 1944]. P., courtesy of Henry Hardy via Kenneth Blackwell. Rec. Acq. 1,350. British Broadcasting Corp. (Talks Dept., T he previous general update of correspondence acquisitions appeared in Russell, n.S. 16 (1996): 173-6, although in n.s. 18 (1998): 145-59, the acquisition of the Anton Felton Papers was described. There are 18 entries in the listing below covering c. 406 items. Some were received from other institutions, to whom McMaster Library is very grateful. The latest acquisition reported is number 1,351; the latest arrived in August 1999. The following abbreviations are used: L(s). or I(s). =letter(s); P(s). or p(s). = photocopy(ies); p.c(s). = post card(s); and "Ts." = typescript. My previous update of manuscript acquisitions appeared in Russell, n.s. 16 (1996): 171-3. These entries bring the total to 560 entries of manuscript-related acquisitions since the Archives' arrival at McMaster in 1968. See the "25-Year Index" in n.s. 15 (1995) for citations of previous updates. The latest acquisition arrived in August 1999. Bold references are to Blackwell and Ruja's Bibliography ofBertrand Russell russell: the Journal of Bertrand Russell Studies McMaster University Press n.s. 19 (wimer 1999-2000): 183-91 ISSN 0036-01631 184 SHEILA TURCON Recent Acquisitions: Correspondence, Manuscripts and Archives 185 INTRODUCTION OFFICIAL ARCHIVAL ENTRIES IN MORRIS Far Eastern Service, General Over~ seas Dept., London Calling Asia, North American Service, German Service) 36 Is. from BR, 3 Is. from his secretaries; 92 Is. to BR, 1950-52. Rec. Acq. 1,35Ia. 78 Is. from BR, I telegram from BR, 1 from BR's secretary; 114 letters to BR, 1953-57. Rec. Acq. 1,35Ib. 20 Is. from BR, 2 Is. from BR's secretary, 9 Is. from Christopher Farley, 1958-68. Rec. Acq. I,351C. (Copyright Dept.) I I. from Farley, 2 Is. to BR, 1964-66. Rec. Acq. 1,35Id. Ps., courtesy of BBC Written Archives. Rec. Acq. 1,351· Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament BR's letter of resignation, 21 Oct. 1960. Purchase. Also ps. of letters from BR to Canon Collins, 15 May 1961, and Austin Underwood, 4 Feb. 1961. Rec. Acq. 1,323. Falk, J. 2 Is. from BR, 1905. P., courtesy of Ivor Grattan-Guinness. Re editing Boole's mss. Rec. Acq. 1,326. Felton, Anton See "The Bertrand Russell Papers of Anton Felton", Russell, n.s. 18 (1998): 145-59. ' Glynn, Joseph M., Jr. L. from BR, 5 Sept. 1959. Courtesy of Joseph M. Glynn Jr. Rec. Acq. 1,339. John, Augustus 5 Is. from BR, 193660 . Ps., courtesy of National Library of Wales. Re portraits; nudearprotest . Rec. Acq. 1,328. Keler, Vladimir R. (Editorial House Znanie) 2 Is. from BR, 1962-63. Ps., courtesy of Gennady Gorelek. Re publishing in Russian trans. in [Science and HumankindJ BR's unpublished "Nuclear War: an American Expert's Forecast" (see below). Rec. Acq. 1,331. Krassner, Paul L. from BR, 20 April 1959. P., courtesy of Paul Krassner via Bernd Frohmann. Rec. Acq. 1,322. Micheson, Mrs. 1. from BR, 14 Oct. 1924. Purchase. Rec. Acq. 1,345. Neville, Eric L. to BR, 22 Nov. 1923. From Russell's library, Hermann Weyl, Space-Time--Matter. Rec. Acq.I,344· Newman, M. H. A. (Milton) 8 Is. from BR, 1926-66. Ps., courtesy of Dr. William Newman. Re philosophy of matter; Turing; Godel. Rec. Acq. 1,320. Perkins, Elizabeth 15 Is. from BR, 191519 . Purchase. Re WWI and placing BR's mss. Rec. Acq. 1,330. Unknown recipient L. from BR, 14 June 1927, addressed "Dear sir" and...