| Description | Correspondence to and from Ben Rogers (the biographer) about the biography and as research for the biography with various family and friends relating to information about Ayer's personal life with his family, also orginal and photocopied material for research for the biography.
Includes:
Copy of letter to A.J. ''Freddie'' Ayer from Jonathan [Cohen?], professional correspondence thanking Freddie for the offprints and giving his opinion on the content of the article and the book 'Part of my Life' (1978)
Original handwritten note to Ben Rogers' from "D" (Dee Wells) editing and offering commentary to the preface of the bibliography, (c1980-1990)
Copy of typed list of names and addresses for invitation to 'Ayer Meeting', (late 1980s - early 1990s)
Original handwritten letter to A J ''Freddie'' Ayer from Gael de Chambenet offering condolence for the death of his wife, potentially Vanessa Addison (Salmon) (1985)
Original typed letter to Ben Rogers from "D" (Dee Wells), editing the biography and offering her opinions on the characterisation of Ayer (1988)
Original handwritten letter to A J Freddie Ayer from [Imran John?], personal correspondence. (1989)
Handwritten letter to Ben Rogers from 'Sally' agreeing to the use of the chapter pertaining to the diaries of Philip in the biography. (1998)
Copy of e-mail correspondence to Ben Rogers from Crispin Wright, Oxford colleague, suggesting John Foster and Michal Lockwood as two people to speak to as Ayer taught them (1998)
Copy of e-mail correspondence to Ben Rogers from Graham Macdonald offering personal reminiscences of Ayer and his character (1998)
Typed and handwritten notes of an interview with Horatia Lawson, Ayer's step-daughter through Vanessa Addison (Salmon) reminiscing about her family and Ayer as a family man (1998)
Original typed letter to Ben Rogers from Peter D. Skiff, Professor Physics at Bard College includes recollections about A.J. Ayer and his son Nick (1998)
Original newspaper cutting, "Compulsive fornicators don't have much fun", The Guardian (1998)
Original typed letter to Ben Rogers from Celia, sending corrections of the biography and personal congratulations (1998)
Copy of letter to Ben Rogers from The Duchess of Bedford, a recollection of a story between Ayer and Bertie (1998)
Typed and handwritten notes of an interview with Julian Ayer, Ayer's adopted son with Rene Ayer, offering recollections of Ayer as a family man and his opinion of the manuscript of the bibliography. (1998)
Original handwritten letter to Ben Rogers from Brian enclosing four photographs for the biography, asking to recoup payment for the prints from the publisher and personal correspondence. (1999)
Copy of typed letter to Ben Rogers from Leslie A. Morris, Curator of Manuscripts at The Houghton Library giving permission for Rogers to quote from letters written by A.J. Ayer to E.E. Cummings with the shelfmark bMS Am 1823.2 (15), a letter from Dee Wells to Cummings, bMS Am 1823 57); one time only use permission (1999)
Copy of letter to Ben Rogers from Maryette Charlton confirming the use of Marion Morehouse's photograph of A.J. ''Freddie' Ayer in the bibliography and the projected costs for the use of the image (1999)
Copy of e-mail from Leslie Morris, Curator of Manuscripts at The Houghton Library, confirming the address of the Cummings Estate. (1999) |