- McMaster University Archives and Research Collections
- Bertrand Russell fonds
- Radio and television requests
Radio and television requests
series1927, 1948-1965RC0096-430
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- — via McMaster University Archives and Research Collections
- Dates
- 1927, 1948-1965 (indexed as 1927–1965)
- Level
- series
- Extent
- 18.5 cm of textual records (2 boxes)
- Scope & content
- Series consists of correspondence and other documents regarding Russell's radio broadcasts and television appearances, primarily with the BBC, but also including US networks ABC, CBS and NBC; Canada’s CBC; Australia’s ABC; Polskie Radio, Radio Free Europe, and many others. The BBC material includes a file on “The Life and Times of Bertrand Russell”, a 92nd birthday tribute; it contains a script, shot lists, and other documents relating to the May, 1964 broadcast, featuring Robert Bolt (interviewer), A.J. Ayer, Robert Boothby, Michael Foot, Julian Huxley, Miles Malleson and Leonard Woof. Also included are letters regarding a 1959 broadcast relating to Wisdom of the West, and correspondence with journalists such as Alistair Cooke, Kenneth Harris and Woodrow Wyatt. Most of the series was acquired with Archives 1, with a few additional items acquired with Archives 2.
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