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Reference Number COMFORT/E/2/46
TitleCorrepondence B 1984
Date1984
DescriptionBound volume of correspondence. Correspondents and subjects include:
Copy of Comfort's letter on the nuclear arms which was sent to press and senators - 4 January 1984
<li>Professional correspondence on gerontology. Publishers. Letters he wrote to newspapers.
<li>Correspondence from Alexander Lomako re nuclear missiles
<li>James Brabazon
<li>Elizabeth Rauschen
<li>Leonid A. Gavrilov (Russian scientist)
<li>Louis Kauffman re book on Iterants they are working on together
<li>Copy of letter to Science Digest written 10 January 1984 re the 'curious distribution of AIDS' written 10 January 1984
<li>George Feifer (who was asking to write a profile of Comfort. Comfort's replies show his opinion of how the press have mis-represented him) - January 1984
<li>Copy of letter Comfort sent to The Times on the intersection between theology and science, written 14 January 1984
<li>Text of speech? Given at the Neuropsychiatric Institute, UCLA, Speech entitled 'Twenty Years'. On the ISI [Indian Statistical Unit] Refers to the PCM.
<li>Radio transmitters
<li>Donation of Comfort'slibrary of books on sexual information to the Kinsey Institute at Indiana University (because he is going back to live in the UK)
<li>Comfort's reviews of others' work
<li>Correspondence with William H James re James' hypothesis on the transmission of AIDs
<li>Review of <i>Reality And Empathy</i>
<li>A proposal to make a live action video of Joy of Sex [Comfort consistently rejected this idea]
<li>Comfort comment piece on AIDs
<li>Re his chapter 'Sexuality in the Elderly' in 'Geriatric Mental Health: A Clinician's Guide
<li>regarding electrical circuits
<li>Re his column in the Seattle Times and the San Diego Tribune - answering readers' questions on aging
<li>Jarava Lal Mehta - Indian philosopher
<li>Correpondence with the 'Disabled on Channel Society' organization - to provide CB equipment for local disabled and housebound people.
<li>Correpondence his publisher Books & Broadcasts Inc
<li>Attempts to get Comfort's science fiction novel <i>Tetrarch</i> published
<li>Lots with Louis Kauffman
<li>Correspondence with Age Concern Norfolk re CB radio for the elderly
<li>S K Biswas at the Indian Statistical Unit
<li>Paper "Are swingers at risk from AIDs?" (March 1984), for publication in Memorandum [of the Department of Health & Human Services, Maryland?]
<li>views on the press - letter dated 24 March 1984
<li>Correspondence with publisher re sales of "What About Alcohol"?
<li>Copy of Comfort's letter on Capgras' syndrome to the American Journal of Psychiatry - written 30 April 1984
<li>Personal correspondence re move back to England
<li>Donation of his book on gerontology, geriatrics to the Royal Society of Medicine, London
<li>re reaction to <i>Tetratch</i>
<li>Paper on 'Psychic Electronics' with correspondence with <i>Practical Wireless</i> magazine
<li>Dr Reinisch (biologist)
<li>regarding Comfort's plans to focus on a geriatric curriculum doctors in Third World countries
<li>attempts to publish <i>The Patient</i> [Imperial Patient]
<li>regarding Comfort's contribution of a recipe for inclusion in a celebrity cook book for a charity (20 July 1984)
<li>regarding radio transmitters
<li>Comfort's views on cosmetology
<li>His letter to The Economist on American-Russian politics - written 3 September 1984
<li>regarding Experimental Gerontology magazine - of which Comfort was an associate editor
<li>Comfort's copy of letter to <i>The Economist</i> re American arguments over Catholicism and abortion (18 September 1984)
Extent1 volume
AccessStatusCertain restrictions apply
AccessConditionsSome letters in this file contain special category data as defined by GDPR and are closed. The rest of the file is open.
ClosedUntil01/01/2050
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