- McMaster University Archives and Research Collections
- Bertrand Russell fonds
- Legal Correspondence
Legal Correspondence
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- Held by
- — via McMaster University Archives and Research Collections
- Dates
- 1925-1949; 1960-1981 (indexed as 1925–1981)
- Level
- series
- Scope & content
- Series consists of correspondence with Russell's legal firm, Coward, Chance & Co., relating Russell's letting of Telegraph House from his brother, 1927-1931; divorce proceedings between Russell and Dora, 1932-1935, as well as custody and schooling for their children, John and Kate, 1932-1936 (as noted in the print finding aid for Archives 2, “this part of the correspondence is sometimes annotated by Russell in ball-point pen”); the mental health of Russell's eldest son John, 1960, 1964; custody, education, and finances of his grandchildren, Anne, Sarah, and Lucy (children of John Conrad and Susan Russell), 1961-1969; Russell's and Edith's week long imprisonment in Brixton Prison for the Committee of 100's anti-nuclear demonstrations, 1961; wills drafted for Russell and Edith, 1963; a legal amendment to the parentage of Harriet Russell (Dora Russell's daughter by Griffin Barry); and other matters. Also noted in the print finding aid: “Crompton Llewelyn Davies was Russell's chief contact” at Coward, Chance & Co. “until his death in 1935; L.E.P. Tylor succeeded him.”
- Location
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- Access & use
- This series contains embargoed documents.
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- Extent
- 76 cm of textual records (7 boxes)
- Harvested
- 2026-10-15T07:23:50Z · source datestamp n/a · ead