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If you're interested, and happen to be in Hamilton, Ontario, he donated his archives to McMaster University. They have thousands of documents and things like hi
by interestica 6y ago
If you're interested, and happen to be in Hamilton, Ontario, he donated his archives to McMaster University. They have thousands of documents and things like his Nobel Peace prize. It looks like a lot has been digitized now.
https://www.mcmaster.ca/russdocs/russell.htm https://www.mcmaster.ca/russdocs/russell.htm
- anaphor 6y agoI've been to the archives (used to be a philosophy student there) and got to go through some of his letters. I remember reading a bunch of letters he wrote back and forth with Muhammad Ali during the vietnam war. They actually have some of his furniture and a portrait, IIRC too. They recently moved it all from the university archives into a dedicated house as well! The university has a special visiting professorship related to it as well https://philos.humanities.mcmaster.ca/visiting-bertrand-russell-professors/ https://philos.humanities.mcmaster.ca/visiting-bertrand-russ... It's a really interesting story of how they even acquired the archives https://brighterworld.mcmaster.ca/articles/celebrating-50-years-the-bertrand-russell-archives/ https://brighterworld.mcmaster.ca/articles/celebrating-50-ye...
- seesawtron 6y ago*Nobel prize in Literature. (Had to look up wondering why he would get a peace prize in that era)
- interestica 6y agoYes! Thanks for the correction. >> The Nobel Prize in Literature 1950 was awarded to Earl (Bertrand Arthur William) Russell "in recognition of his varied and significant writings in which he champions humanitarian ideals and freedom of thought." https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/1950/summary/ https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/1950/summary/