- McMaster University Archives and Research Collections
- Bertrand Russell fonds
- 90th Birthday mementoes/tribute
90th Birthday mementoes/tribute
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- — via McMaster University Archives and Research Collections
- Dates
- 1960-1962 (indexed as 1960–1962)
- Level
- series
- Scope & content
- Russell's 90th birthday on 18 May 1962 was celebrated the next evening at the Royal Festival Hall in London with a musical tribute. Series consists primarily of birthday letters/cards received by Russell from individuals and organizations all over the world, as well as copies of his replies. As noted in the Archives 2 print finding aid, series also includes letters “written chiefly in response to Ralph Schoenman's requests for tributes to be printed in the tribute booklet, Into the Tenth Decade (1962).” Also found in the series are a program for the musical tribute and a signed scroll presented by British Members of Parliament.
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- Extent
- 15.5 cm of textual records (2 boxes)
- Harvested
- 2026-10-15T07:23:50Z · source datestamp n/a · ead