DL/A-Z//CLARK R - [Correspondence with Ronald W. Clark]

Reference code

DL/A-Z//CLARK R

Level of description

File

Title

[Correspondence with Ronald W. Clark]

Date/s

1974

Quantity & Format

3 Letters (typescript)

Creator

Clark, Ronald W.

Creator

Lessing, Doris May, 1919-2013

Scope and content

3 items, some highlighted. Covers the conflict between Bertrand Russell and Canon Collins.

DL/A-Z//CLARK R/001 [from Ronald Clark to Doris Lessing, 18/06/1974]

Letter, 1 leaf, typed.
Writes that he is writing a biography on Bertrand Russell, and asks for Lessing's help regarding the particulars of the conflict between Russell and Canon Collins. Asks for some information about the time Lessing went to Plas Penrhyn to mediate the conflict.

DL/A-Z//CLARK R/002 [from Doris Lessing to Ronald Clark, 29/06/1974]

Letter, 1 leaf, typed.
Writes that she did not go to Plas Penrhyn in the hopes of mediating, for she had "no such illusions". Mentions Mervyn Jones and Janet Hase. References the "New Left". Writes that she regrets going at all, that the quarrel was "poisonous". Says that it is because of this that she wishes not to be quoted.

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