Catalogue of the papers of Sir Isaiah Berlin, 1897-1998, with some family papers, 1903-1972 This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2019-10-14 Finding aid written in English Bodleian Libraries Weston Library Broad Street Oxford, , OX1 3BG [email protected] https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/weston Catalogue of the papers of Sir Isaiah Berlin, 1897-1998, with some family papers, 1903-1972 Table Of Contents Summary Information .............................................................................................................................. 4 Language of Materials ......................................................................................................................... 4 Overview ............................................................................................................................................. 4 Biographical / Historical ..................................................................................................................... 4 Scope and Contents ............................................................................................................................. 5 Arrangement ........................................................................................................................................ 5 Custodial History ................................................................................................................................. 5 Immediate Source of Acquisition ........................................................................................................ 5 Conditions Governing Access ............................................................................................................. 5 Preferred Citation ................................................................................................................................ 5 Related Materials ................................................................................................................................. 5 Administrative Information ...................................................................................................................... 6 Collection Inventory ................................................................................................................................. 7 Diaries, 1923-1998 ............................................................................................................................... 7 Pocket diaries, 1923-1979 ................................................................................................................ 7 Pocket diaries (Oxford), 1979-1998 ............................................................................................... 13 Pocket diaries (Abroad), 1979-1996 .............................................................................................. 16 Secretary's appointment diaries, 1974-1997 ................................................................................... 18 Correspondence and papers, 1927-1997 ............................................................................................ 22 General correspondence, 1927-1997 .............................................................................................. 22 Letters of major correspondents, 1928-1997 ................................................................................ 213 Family correspondence, 1928-1978 ............................................................................................. 250 Correspondence and papers on academic matters, 1932-1997 .................................................... 257 Correspondence with publishers and agents, 1934-1995 ............................................................. 276 Correspondence on broadcasting, 1946-1996 .............................................................................. 278 Correspondence and papers on Israeli and Jewish organizations and affairs, 1946-1985 ........... 278 Correspondence and papers relating to Music and the Arts, 1955-1991 ..................................... 282 Letters of congratulation and condolence, 1957-1998 ................................................................. 284 Correspondence and papers on other subjects, 1942-1994 .......................................................... 286 Academic and literary research papers and publications, 1929-1998 .............................................. 288 Published works, 1929-1998 ........................................................................................................ 288 Unpublished works, 1935-c.1995 ................................................................................................. 335 Research and lecture notes, 1930s-1997 ...................................................................................... 346 Works and papers by others, 1939-1997 .......................................................................................... 370 Reviews of Berlin's published works, 1939-1982 ........................................................................ 371 Interviews with Berlin, 1965-1997 ............................................................................................... 374 Critiques of and other writings on Berlin, 1949-1998 ................................................................. 375 Other papers, c.1920-1965 ........................................................................................................... 376 Personal papers, 1922-1997 ............................................................................................................. 378 Juvenilia, 1922-1932 .................................................................................................................... 378 Financial and legal papers, 1932-1997 ......................................................................................... 380 Honours, 1945-1997 ..................................................................................................................... 383 Official and semi-official papers, 1940-1988 .............................................................................. 384 Miscellaneous personal papers, c.1932-1988 ............................................................................... 386 Memorabilia and printed papers, 1932-1998 ................................................................................... 387 Greetings cards and postcards, c.1932- c.1997 ............................................................................ 387 Invitations, 1932-1995 ................................................................................................................. 389 Concert Programmes, 1933-1996 ................................................................................................. 390 Other memorabilia, 1897-1998 .................................................................................................... 390 News cuttings, 1932-1997 ............................................................................................................ 393 Printed papers relating to Russia and the Soviet Union (in Russian and English), 1919-1994 ... 394 Other printed papers, 1922-1995 .................................................................................................. 396 Papers of Mendel and Marie Berlin, 1884-1974 .............................................................................. 396 Diaries, 1939-1957 ....................................................................................................................... 396 - 2 - Catalogue of the papers of Sir Isaiah Berlin, 1897-1998, with some family papers, 1903-1972 Correspondence, 1922-1971 ......................................................................................................... 397 Financial papers, 1925-1972 ........................................................................................................ 398 Official papers, 1939-1974 ........................................................................................................... 399 Autobiographical and historical accounts, 1946-1972 ................................................................. 400 News cuttings, 1903-1971 ............................................................................................................ 401 Miscellaneous papers and memorabilia, 1884-1971 .................................................................... 402 - 3 - Catalogue of the papers of Sir Isaiah Berlin, 1897-1998, with some family papers, 1903-1972 Summary Information Repository: Bodleian Libraries Title: Papers of Sir Isaiah Berlin, 1897-1998, with some family papers, 1903-1972 Full range of MSS. Berlin 1-826 shelfmarks: Collection ID (for CMD ID 11369 staff): Date: 1897-1998 Physical 61.38 Linear metres (826 physical shelfmarks) Description: Language of Materials English, Russian, Yiddish, Hebrew Overview Correspondence and papers of Sir Isaiah Berlin (1909-1997), philosopher and historian of ideas, with correspondence and papers of his parents, Mendel Borisovich Berlin (1884-1953), timber and bristle trader, and (Mussa) Marie Berlin (1880-1974). Biographical / Historical Sir Isaiah Berlin (1909-1997), philosopher and historian of ideas, was born in Riga, Latvia, of Jewish parents. After spending his early years mainly in Riga and in Petrograd (St Petersburg), Russia, he moved with his parents to London in 1921. Thereafter he was educated at St Paul's School and at Corpus