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1893-[ca. 1980], predominant 1920-1934 (Vervaardig)
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Dora Russell, educator, author and social reformer, was born in 1894 at Thornton Heath to Sir Frederick Black and his wife, Sarah, and educated at Girton College, Cambridge. She married Bertrand Russell on 27 September 1921. The couple had two children. Together they founded and ran Beacon Hill school, where their children began their educations. After her separation in 1932 followed by divorce in 1935, Dora Russell continued to operate the school. She was active in many causes. In 1924 she founded the Workers' Birth Control Group and ran as the Labour candidate for Chelsea in the general election. She was a founding member of the National Council for Civil Liberties. She was one of organizers of the Women's Caravan of Peace in 1958. Dora Russell was also the author of several books, beginning with The Prospects for Industrial Civilization (1923), written jointly with Bertrand Russell. She published a three volume autobiography, The Tamarisk Tree (1977-1985). She died in Cornwall on 31 May 1986.
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The fonds consists of correspondence (including many letters from Bertrand to Dora Russell), Bertrand Russell's manuscripts and typescripts, photographs, printed materials including Beacon Hill prospectuses, membership cards and programs, and a syllabus. The fonds is supplemented by books which have been catalogued as part of Russell's library and periodicals which have not been catalogued. See Katharine Tait, “Interim Report on the Beacon Hill School Materials,” Russell: the journal of the Bertrand Russell Archives n.s. 7 (1987): 137-40.
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Fonds was acquired from Dora Russell's estate in August 1987.
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Correspondence with Patricia Russell and Katharine Tait is closed until five years after their deaths.
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Finding aid: The correspondence and manuscripts are described in Russell: the journal of the Bertrand Russell Archives n.s. 9, no. 2 (winter) 1989-1990 157-167. Online finding aid available from http://library.mcmaster.ca/archives/findaids/.
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Researchers should also consult the Bertrand Russell fonds, including several recent acquisitions which contain Dora Russell materials. Access via index cards.
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Further accruals are not expected.
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Accession no.: Rec. acq. 1,027.