Dora Winifred Russell Papers
Period
1906-1986
(-1987)
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Biography
Maiden name: Dora Black; born in Thornton Heath, Surrey, England 1894, died in Porthcurno, Cornwall 1986; writer, socialist, feminist; second wife of Bertrand Russell; research fellow at Girton College, Cambridge, in 1915, after obtaining a degree in French and German; travelled to Russia in 1920, became deeply impressed by the Communist regime; accompanied Russell to Japan and China in 1920-1921; contributed to Bertrand Russell's books `The Practice and Theory of Bolshevism' 1920 and `The Problem of China' 1923; together they wrote `The Prospects of Industrial Civilization' 1923; Labour candidate in the general election of 1924; cofounder of the Workers' Birth Control Group; organized the London congress of the World League for Sexual Reform (WLSR) in 1929; with Russell she opened their progressive school at Beacon Hill in Sussex in 1927, where their two children John (1921) and Kate (1923) were educated; Dora had two more children Harriet (1930) and Roddy (1932) by the American journalist Griffin Barry; her open marriage with Russell ran into trouble and after their separation in 1932 she ran the school on her own until 1943; stayed with the Independent Labour Party (ILP) after its secession from the Labour Party in 1932; founding member of the Federation of Progressive Societies and Individuals (FPSI) in 1932, of the National Council for Civil Liberties (NCCL) in 1934, and of the Abortion Law Reform Association (ALRA) in 1936; worked for the Ministry of Information 1943-1950, mainly as science editor of Britanskij Sojuznik; active in many women's organizations, she led the Women's Caravan of Peace across Europe to Moscow and back in 1958; her publications include her autobiography `The Tamarisk Tree' 1975, 1980, 1985, in three volumes.
Content
Personal papers: correspondence 1906, 1920-1986, with Fenner Brockway 1968-1986, Doris Lessing 1976-1986, Sinclair Lewis n.d, Ottoline Morrell 1934, A. Sutherland Neill 1932-1944, George Bernard Shaw 1923-1950, G.P. Wells 1930-1935, H.G. Wells 1924-1936 and others; correspondence with family members, including Bertrand Russell 1928-1929, 1932-1967, John C. Russell 1933-1962, 1976-1977, Katharine Tait-Russell 1932-1970, Roderick Barry 1944-1983 and several others; diary 1912-1913; notebooks on journeys 1920-1921, 1978-1980; appointment diaries 1922-1986; membership cards 1922-1986; other personal papers 1909-1915, 1925-1986; manuscripts of books 1925-1986, including `The Religion of the Machine Age', `The Right to be Happy', `In Defense of Children', `We called on Europe: The Story of the Women's Caravan of Peace' and `The Tamarisk Tree'; manuscripts of articles and poems 1915-1986, including articles for El Sol 1926-1930; correspondence with publishers and some editors 1923-1986; prints and reprints of articles and reviews 1918-1985; press clippings of reviews of Russell's books 1925-1933, 1983-1986; some typescripts by others 1926, 1933, 1953; files relating to her employment at the Ministry of Information 1944-1950; files relating to the Abortion Law Reform Association (ALRA) 1936-1981, the Britain-China Friendship Association (BCFA), from 1965 the Society for Anglo-Chinese Understanding (SACU) 1950-1978, the Conservation Society 1966-1986, the FPSI, from 1940 the Progressive League 1935-1948, 1952, the National Assembly of Women (NAW) 1952-1978, the National Council for Civil Liberties (NCCL) 1935-1975, 1983-1984, the Permanent International Committee of Mothers (PICM) 1955-1961, the Women's Caravan of Peace 1957-1961, 1980-1986, the Women's International Democratic Federation (WIDF) 1951-1962, the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) 1956-1985, the Workers' Birth Control Group 1923-1928, the World League for Sexual Reform (WLSR) 1928-1936 and other organizations; documents relating to her involvement in local politics, in public debate and to political issues 1920-1986; files on lecturing, participation in conferences, interviews (1920-) 1949-1963, 1970-1986; documentation 1924-1986. Beacon Hill School: minutes of council meetings 1937-1940; general correspondence 1926, 1928-1943; documents relating to premises, finances, legal advice and staff 1928-1943; documents relating to pupils' activities 1932-1943; diaries of psychological observation 1927-1932, daily record books 1928-1930, intelligence tests 1929-1930, medical reports 1928-1939, term reports 1929-1939 and correspondence with parents 1931-1943; schoolbooks and other instruction material 1915-1939; some other documents including prospectuses and articles about the school. Papers of relatives: some correspondence, including letters received from Dora Russell, and other documents 1920-1987, of Harriet R. Barry (born 1930), Roderick Barry (1932-1983), E. M. (Bindy) Black, Sara I. Black-Davisson (1869-1956), Gordon (Pat) Grace (1910-1949), Bertrand Russell (1872-1970), John C. Russell (1921-1987), Katharine Tait-Russell (born 1923) and Fisher Unwin.
Schoolmagazine 1940 (added to inv.no. 603) and texts of plays 1938 (added to inv. no. 645).
NB. Letters by Bertrand Russell to Dora Russell at the McMasters University, Ontario, Canada.
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Inventory made by Tiny de Boer in 1993, updated by Wim Leendertse in 2008
INTRODUCTION
Biography
Dora Winifred Russell-Black
was born on 3 April 1894 in
Thornton Heath, Surrey, Great Britain. In 1912 she won a scholarship for Girton
College, Cambridge, obtaining an honours degree in modern languages in 1915.
She studied French and German language and literature and later became a
research fellow of Girton College, where she did about five years academic
research on eighteenth century French thought, specializing on the influence of
science on social and political and philosophical ideas.
Originally she
wanted to become an actress, but she gradually turned towards politics instead.
She became a humanist and a feminist, joining the freethinking Heretics Society
and supporting the Suffragette Movement. She also became interested in
socialism and pacifism.
During the First World War she joined her father,
a civil servant, as personal assistant on the official British War Mission to
the United States in 1917. Back in 1918 she returned to Cambridge, where she
continued her research, also becoming secretary of the Heretics and contributor
to the Cambridge Magazine in 1918.
In 1916 she met the philosopher and
mathematician
Bertrand Russell
for the first time and
after they met again in 1919 they became companions. When
Bertrand
Russell
went with a Labour delegation to Russia in 1920, he refused
to take her with him. However she went there on her own, spending several weeks
in Moscow and Leningrad, where she became deeply impressed by the Communist
regime, although she never became a Marxist. Subsequently she accompanied
Bertrand Russell
when he travelled to China and Japan as a
visiting lecturer. Together they spent a year teaching at the Peking National
University. They married in 1921 after returning from China and had two
children, John (1921) and
Kate
(1923), while Dora
eventually had two other children by the American journalist
Griffin
Barry
, Harriet (1930) and Roddy (1932). The last child proved to be
too much of a strain on their open marriage and led to their divorce in 1935.
In the early 1920s
Dora Russell
worked for some time
in the Women's sections of the
Labour Party
and in 1924
she was nominated as a Labour parliamentary candidate. She lobbied the first
labour government to support the official provision of birth control
information at health clinics and was cofounder of the
Workers' Birth
Control Group
.
At the same time she began writing her own
books. Earlier she had contributed to several books of
Bertrand
Russell
and together they wrote 'The Prospects of Industrial
Civilization' in 1923.
In 1925 her book "Hypatia: or Women and
Knowledge" was published, followed by 'The Right to be Happy' two years
later.
In addition she wrote articles on literary, social, political and
feminist topics for El Sol in Madrid, Spain, during 1926-1930.
Together
they had founded
Beacon Hill School
in 1927 and after
Bertrand Russell
had left the school in 1932,
Dora Russell
managed it by herself until 1943 when she was
forced to close it down.
Dora Russell
did a three
months lecture tour of the United States in 1928, revisited the Soviet Union in
1929 and then helped to organize the London congress of the
World
League for Sexual Reform (WLSR)
. She wrote 'In Defence of Children'
(1932) and did a lot of freelance journalism.
She also continued her
political activities. When the leftwing
Independent Labour Party
(ILP)
withdrew from the
Labour Party
in 1932
she stayed with the Independent
Labour Party
.
She
was a founding member of the
Federation of Progressive Societies and
Individuals (FPSI)
in 1932, of the
National Council for
Civil Liberties (NCCL)
in 1934, and of the
Abortion Law
Reform Association (ALRA)
in 1936. The
Progressive
League
later held meetings at her school.
When the school
closed she obtained a post at the Ministry of Information, working there for
almost seven years as editor of their publications in Russia.
She was
editor of the British Chronicle, a paper for specialists dealing with the arts
and sciences, published by the British Government in Moscow, as well as science
editor of the British Ally from 1944 to 1950, a British government
Russian-language weekly paper which was widely circulated in the Soviet Union,
until it was closed due to the 'Cold War'.
After 1950 she turned to
feminist and pacifist activities. She was active in many women's organizations,
including the Six Point Group, the
Married Women's Association
(MWA)
, the National Committee of International Women's Day, the
National Assembly of Women (NAW)
, the
Permanent
International Committee of Mothers (PICM)
and the
Women's
International Democratic Federation (WIDF)
.
In 1958 she led
the Women's Caravan of Peace across Europe to Moscow and back, visiting
fourteen European countries, including Yugoslavia, Albania, Bulgaria, Rumania,
Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland and the USSR. It was mainly supported by the
Permanent International Committee of Mothers (PICM)
of
which
Dora Russell
was the Chairman, although the Women's
Caravan of Peace constisted of women from various peace groups.
In the
1970s she resumed some of her earlier activities. She returned to the
freethought movement, becoming an Honorary Associate of the Rationalist Press
Association, speaking at meetings, and contributing to the New Humanist and The
Freethinker. She was deeply respected in the revived women's liberation
movement, being frequently interviewed by the media. She wrote more books,
including a three-volume autobiography 'The Tamarisk Tree' and 'The Religion of
the Machine Age', on which she had started many years earlier in the light of
her visits to the United States and the Soviet Union, and in which she
expressed her lifelong opposition to the mechanistic view of the world and of
humanity, anticipating many of the ideas of the ecology movement, in which she
was active for the
Conservation Society
, co-founded by her
in 1966.
During the 1980s she became active in the revived nuclear
disarmament movement, being a strong supporter of the Greenham Common Women's
Peace Camps, and she took part in peace demonstrations until her death at the
end of May 1986 at her home in Porthcurno, Cornwall.
Beacon Hill School
Having children of their
own and being dissatisfied with the existing educational methods Dora and
Bertrand Russell
became increasingly interested in the
problems of the education of children. They became convinced that a
fundamentally new approach to education, especially primary education was
required.
With this in view they founded in 1927
Beacon Hill
School
at Telegraph House, Harting, Petersfield, Sussex, where they
educated on progressive principles a small group of young children together
with their own children. They hoped their school would lay the foundation for
modern education by combining all that was best in available academic knowledge
(inv.no. 75).
Religious education was excluded and science, history and
politics were all treated on progressive lines. In addition to classes there
were many activities, such as arts and crafts, plays and puppet shows and the
care of the children's personal gardens and pets. Discipline was minimal and
free expression was encouraged. There was self-government by a council of
adults and children, in which everyone had one vote.
The children were
divided into three groups, called: 'bigs', 'middles' and 'smalls'.
Special attention was given to teaching methods, psychological theory and
practice, nutrition and health.
After
Bertrand
Russell
left the school in 1932,
Dora Russell
ran the school by herself. In 1934
Bertrand Russell
wanted
the school to vacate Telegraph House, which belonged to him after the death of
his brother. The school was then moved to Boyles Court, South Weald, near
Brentwood, Essex, and later in 1937 to Kingwell Hall, near Bath, Somerset,
since the outbreak of war was thought likely. In 1940, when invasion
threatened, the War Office requisitioned Kingwell Hall. No compensation was
forthcoming and the school faced ruin.
Dora Russell
managed to carry on with a small group at her private home in Porthcurno,
Cornwall, near Land's End until 1943, when she was forced to close down.
While
Bertrand Russell
was connected with the school he
wrote popular books to keep the school going. After he had left, the school had
recurring financial difficulties.
Her closest colleague in the later
years of the school was
Gordon (Pat) Grace
, whom she
married in 1940. He died in 1949. Along with A.S. Neill 'Summerhill'
Beacon Hill School
was the best known model reform school
before the Second World War.
Papers
The papers of
Dora
Russell
, packed in some sixty boxes, were acquired in 1988. They
contained the archives of the
Beacon Hill School
as well
as the
Dora Russell
papers, with the exception of the
letters received from
Bertrand Russell
.
These were
sold by the family to McMasters University, Ontario, Canada, where the archive
of
Bertrand Russell
remains. The papers almost cover Dora
Russell's whole life. Only of the
Beacon Hill School
rather little correspondence remained from the period 1927 until 1932, which
also seems to be the case in the
Bertrand Russell
archive,
according to Dora Russell's correspondence with the McMasters University in
Ontario (inv.no. 68).
In arranging the papers the existing order has been
maintained as far as possible, although inconsistencies have been corrected.
When using the resulting list the user must be aware of some peculiarities.
They concern in particular the series of correspondence, which do not exclude
each other completely.
To find all letters by a correspondent the
alphabetical and chronological correspondence should be checked and if a
correspondent was also involved in the
Beacon Hill School
or organizations
Dora Russell
took part in, letters may be
found in these files as well.
Books and periodicals have been transferred
to the library, photographs, films and one audiotape to the audiovisual
department of the Institute.
INVENTORY
DORA RUSSELL
GENERAL
- 17-102
-
Correspondence,
alphabetically arranged.
1920-1986
(1987).
65 covers and 21 folders.
- 34
- Croall, Jonathan . 1975-1982. With an addition of correspondence and copies from Croall. 1932, 1967-1987.
- 40
- Flugel, John Carl (Jack) and Ingeborg. 1949-1955 and n.d. With correspondence with others concerning his archive. 1977-1978.
- 44
- Gelb, Paul , and Heller, Grete . 1938-1984. With photographs and postcards from Gelb and Heller. N.d. (folder)
- 45
-
Gelb,
Paul
, and
Heller, Grete
. Correspondence and
documents from Gelb and Heller.
1935-1940 and n.d.
(folder)
NB. See also Beacon Hill School staff correspondence. 1938.
PRIVATE LIFE
Education and studies
- 112
- Notebook concerning French literature and poetry, notebook on Russian language, Sunday School booklet "Farewell Present" (n.d.) and booklet "Les grands musiciens" by Félix Clément (1908) with certificate of a French course. 1909-1910. 1 folder.
- 113
- Notebooks, notes and examination forms for the scholarship examination at Girton College, University of Cambridge. 1911-1912. 1 folder.
- 114-119
- Notebooks concerning studies in French and German language and literature and philosophy at Girton College, University of Cambridge. 1912-1914 and n.d. 6 folders.
Family
- 125-126
- Correspondence with Dartington Hall School on her children's education. 1932-1948. 2 folders.
- 127
- Correspondence with the British Army concerning an attempt to release Gordon Grace . 1940-1941. 1 cover.
Premises
PUBLIC LIFE
AUTHORSHIP
Manuscripts and notes
- 156-158
- Manuscript of the book 'The Religion of the Machine Age', published in 1983. With manuscripts of articles, documentation and proofs. 1920-1983. 3 boxes.
- 159
- Proof of the book 'Hypatia; Or Women and Knowledge', published in 1925. With drafts of letters concerning reviews. 1924-1925. 1 cover.
- 160-167
- Manuscript of the book 'The Right to be Happy', published in 1927. With press clippings and notes. 1926-1927 and n.d. 8 folders.
- 168-170
- Manuscript of the book 'In Defence of Children', published in 1932. With proof. N.d. 3 folders.
- 171-174
- Manuscript 'We Called On Europe; The Story of the Women's Caravan of Peace'. With correspondence, notes, postcards and photographs. 1958-1965, and 1980. 4 folders.
- 175-181
-
Manuscript of the
autobiography 'The Tamarisk Tree; My Quest for Liberty and Love' (Part I),
published in 1975-1977. With correspondence, notes, documentation, proof and
reviews
1927-1979 and
n.d.
4 folders and 3 boxes.
- 176
- Early typescript, pages 1-268, and copy of typescript for lawyers with lawyer's libel report. 1974-1975 and n.d. (box)
- 182-185
- Manuscript of the autobiography 'The Tamarisk Tree; My School and the Years of War' (Part II), published in 1980. With correspondence, reviews and photocopies of Beacon Hill School correspondence. 1921-1931, 1934, 1977-1980, 1985 and n.d. 2 boxes and 2 folders.
- 186-191
- Manuscript of the autobiography 'The Tamarisk Tree; Challenge to the Cold War' (Part III), published in 1985. With correspondence and documentation. 1976, 1983-1986. 5 folders and 1 box.
- 193-194
- Manuscript 'My Friend Ogden', contribution to a book on C.K. Ogden . With correspondence and documentation. 1919-1926, 1963-1973 and n.d. 2 folders.
- 195-196
- Manuscripts of articles for El Sol in Madrid. With correspondence and a list of the articles. 1926-1930 and n.d. 2 folders.
- 197-201
- Manuscripts of articles, short stories and lectures. With correspondence, notes and documentation. 1921-1986. 3 boxes and 2 folders.
- 202
- Manuscripts of poems and translations of poems. With some typed and printed poems by others. 1915-1976. 1 folder.
Contacts with literary agents and publishers
Publications and reviews
- 226-227
- Clippings and photocopies of reviews and articles on Dora Russell 's published books. With correspondence. 1925-1933, 1979-1986 and n.d. 2 folders.
EMPLOYMENT
Ministry of Information
Manuscripts and articles
Subject files
- 246
- Documents concerning the prohibition by the British government of the visit of British scientists to Moscow. 1945. 1 cover.
- 247
- Documents concerning the Society for Cultural Relations Between the Peoples of the British Commonwealth and the USSR. 1945-1949. 1 cover.
- 248
- Documents concerning the International Scientific Film Congress, held in London and organized by the Scientific Film Association. 1948. 1 cover.
Documentation
- 252
- Parts of Weekly Soviet News Summaries , from 1945 Soviet Intake Reports , issued by the Research Officer of the Soviet Relations Division of the Ministry of Information. 1944-1946. 1 folder.
- 255
- Texts of the science broadcasts to the USSR from the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) . 1947-1949. 1 folder.
- 256
- 'Summaries of World Broadcasts USSR and Eastern Europe', published by the Monitoring Service of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). 1948. 1 folder.
PARTICIPATION IN ORGANIZATIONS
Permanent International Committee of Mothers (PICM)
- 264-267
- Documents concerning the Permanent International Committee of Mothers , chronologically arranged. 1955-1961. 2 boxes and 2 folders.
Women's Caravan of Peace
Reporting and promotion
Conservation Society
- 311-315
- Documents concerning the Conservation Society , chronologically arranged. 1966-1979. 3 folders and 2 boxes.
Other organizations
- 349-355
- Documents concerning the Britain-China Friendship Association (BCFA) , from 1965 the Society for Anglo-Chinese Understanding (SACU) . 1950-1978. 7 folders.
- 356
- Documents concerning the British Society for Social Responsibility in Science (BSSRS). 1969-1973. 1 folder.
- 357-358
- Documents concerning the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND). 1958-1986. 1 box and 1 folder.
- 360-362
-
Documents concerning
the
Federation of Progressive Societies and Individuals
(FPSI)
, from 1940 the
Progressive League
.
1935-1948,
1952.
3 folders.
NB. See also inv.nrs. 574-577.
- 367-369
- Documents concerning the Labour Party and the Independent Labour Party (ILP) . 1925-1933. 3 folders.
- 377
- Documents concerning the National Committee for the Celebration of International Women's Day. 1945-1946, 1950-1953, 1977. 1 folder.
- 378-379
- Documents concerning the National Council for Civil Liberties (NCCL) . 1935-1975, 1983-1984. 2 folders.
- 383
-
Documents concerning
The Schizophrenia Association of Great Britain
. With
correspondence concerning relatives.
1959, 1963-1978 and n.d.
1 folder.
NB. Closed until 2036.
- 388
- Documents concerning the Women's Association for Radiation Information (WARI) . 1962-1963. 1 cover.
- 389-392
- Documents concerning the Women's International Democratic Federation (WIDF) . 1949-1962. 3 boxes and 1 folder.
- 393-397
- Documents concerning the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) . 1956-1986. 5 folders.
- 411-412
- Correspondence concerning the World League for Sexual Reform (WLSR) , alphabetically arranged. 1929-1934. 2 folders.
OTHER ACTIVITIES
Political activities
- 418-420
- Correspondence about various political issues. With notes and clippings. 1921-1978. 3 folders.
- 422
- Documents concerning her candidature for the Labour Party for St. Levan Parish Council election and for the West Penwith Rural District Council. 1963-1965. 1 folder.
- 424
- Documents concerning her membership of the Parish Council of St. Levan and supervision of the St. Buryan County Primary School on behalf of the council. 1964-1969. 1 folder.
Participation in public debate
- 427-431
- Carbon copies of letters to editors of newspapers. 1920, 1926, 1951-1986 and n.d. 5 folders.
- 433
- Correspondence, mainly with the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) on free expression of opinion. 1960-1980. 1 folder.
Lecturing
- 440
- 'Young China. Hints on Building the New Civilisation'. Printed text of the lecture. With correspondence and a clipping. 1920-1921. 1 cover.
- 444
- Documents concerning an invitation to speak at the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the West German Women's Peace Movement. 1959-1961. 1 cover.
Participation in conferences and meetings
N.B. See also participation in organizations.
- 448
- Documents concerning the conference on Education for Democracy and the Modern World, organized by the Association for Education in Citizenship, held in Bristol. 1938. 1 cover.
- 449
- Documents concerning the International Conference on Problems of Democracy, Peace and Humanity, held in Paris. 1939. 1 cover.
- 450-451
- Documents concerning the general conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) , held in Paris (1946). 1945-1947. 2 folders.
- 452-453
- Documents concerning the Peoples Congress for Peace, held in Vienna (1952). 1952-1953. 2 folders.
- 454-455
- Documents concerning the Conference of Consultative Non-Governmental Organizations, held in Geneva (1954). 1954, 1956. 2 folders.
- 456-458
- Documents concerning the meeting of the Council of the Women's International Democratic Federation (WIDF) , held in Peking. 1956. 3 folders.
- 459-460
- Documents concerning the meeting of the Women's International Assembly for Disarmament, held in Kungälv, Sweden. 1959. 2 folders.
- 461
- Documents concerning the meeting of the European Women's Assembly on the 'Responsability of Women in the Atomic Age', held in Salzburg (1960). 1959-1960. 1 folder.
- 462-463
- Documents concerning the conferences of the World Parliament Association (WPA), held in Berne (1959) and Venice (1960). 1959-1960. 2 folders.
- 464
- Documents concerning the conference on Popular Culture and Personal Responsibility, organized by the National Union of Teachers, held in London. 1960. 1 folder.
- 465
- Documents concerning the international meeting of Heads of Television, held at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in Paris. 1960. 1 cover.
- 466
- Documents concerning the Tenth Pugwash Conference on Science and World Affairs, held in London. 1962. 1 cover.
- 467-468
- Documents concerning the meeting of the World Forum of Women, held in Brussels. 1962. 2 folders.
- 469
- Documents concerning the World Gathering of Women for Disarmament, held in Vienna. 1962. 1 folder.
- 473
- Documents concerning the Third Conference on the Pathogenesis of War, held in Cambridge. 1963. 1 folder.
Interviews
- 478-480
- Documents concerning interviews with the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). 1970-1986. 3 folders.
Travelling
- 485-486
- Documents concerning a journey to the Soviet Union at the invitation of the Soviet Women's Anti Fascist Committee. 1951-1952. 2 folders.
DOCUMENTATION
- 493
- Clipping of the article "Where Eugene O'Neill Wrote His First Plays" by Griffin Barry , published in Everyman , Feb. 19, 1931. 1 piece.
- 506
- Articles written by Conrad Noel in The Cambridge Magazine , Febr. 1, 1917, vol. 8, no. 17, and Febr. 15, 1919, Vol. 8, no. 19. about Dora Russell 's article 'The Right to be Happy'. 1917, 1919. 1 cover.
BEACON HILL SCHOOL
General
Finances and legal advice
- 574-577
-
Correspondence about an
appeal for money for
Beacon Hill School
, including
correspondence with the
Federation of Progressive Societies and
Individuals (FPSI)
and some other correspondence concerning
Beacon Hill School
.
1935-1936.
4 folders.
NB. See also inv.nos. 360-362.
Pupils
Activities
- 596-601
- Exercise books, alphabetically arranged by the first names of the pupils. 1932, 1937-1943 and n.d. 5 boxes and 1 folder.
- 603-606
- (Illustrated) compositions, schoolmagazines, fingerpaintings and drawings. 1935-1942 and n.d. 3 folders and 2 boxes.
Reports
- 609-610
-
Files with general and
medical information.
1927-1932.
2 folders.
NB. Restricted until 2020.
Education
Educational organizations
ANNEX
Supplement 1994
PAPERS OF DORA RUSSELL
Correspondence and addresses
Finances and legal advice
- 672-676
- Legal and financial correspondence and some other correspondence regarding John C. Russell and other relatives. 1947-1986. 3 folders and 2 boxes.
- 677-680
- Legal correspondence with Lewis W. Taylor & Co., Solicitors, mainly regarding John C. Russell and other relatives. 1955-1983. 4 folders.