Photocopies of the correspondence of Bertrand Russell, 3rd Earl Russell

This material is held atBodleian Library, University of Oxford

  • Reference
    • GB 161 MSS. Facs. c. 111-13
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1904-25
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English.
  • Physical Description
    • 3 shelfmarks

Scope and Content

Photocopies of the correspondence of Bertrand Russell, 3rd Earl Russell comprising:

  • correspondence of Russell and Margaret Llewelyn Davies (McMaster Coll. VI, 1) comprising letters from Russell, 1905-24; and letters to Russell, 1905-18, n.d.
  • letters to Russell from various correspondents, 1904-25 (McMaster Coll. VI. 1), containing letters from: Mary Sheepshanks, 1904-16; Oliver Strachey, 1905-13; Mary Ward, 1906; Lady Jane Strachey, 1908-9; Helen Swanwick, 1908-25; and Harold Laski, 1912
  • letters to Russell and miscellaneous papers relating to women's suffrage, 1907-16 (McMaster Coll. IX. 2)

Administrative / Biographical History

Bertrand Arthur William Russell (1872-1970), 3rd Earl Russell, was a philosopher and social reformer. The photocopies include material relating to women's suffrage, Russell stood for Parliament in Wimbledon as women's suffrage candidate in 1917.

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Note

Collection level description created by Susan Thomas, Department of Special Collections and Western Manuscripts.

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