| StorageSite | UCL Special Collections |
| Level | Item |
| Reference Number | HALDANE/4/18/1 |
| Title | Letters between the General Secretary of P.E.N. and J B S Haldane |
| Date | May 1944 - Mar 1945 |
| Description | Letters between the General Secretary of P.E.N. and J B S Haldane, consisting of:
Letters dated May 1944 - February 1945 covering the P.E.N.'s decision to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the publication of Milton's Areopagitica with a conference on the issues raised by the book; Haldane's invitation to speak and discussions about the title of his speech and his preferred line of argument; discussion of the proposed publication of the speeches from the conference in a compendium, and whether Haldane is permitted to publish his speech in a magazine.
Letters dated Jun 1944 regarding Haldane's election to the P.E.N. as a member of the London Centre, and a copy of the P.E.N. London Centre Prospectus.
A letter dated 15 February 1945 enclosing draft extracts of Haldane's speech from the conference, and confirming permission for Haldane to publish his contribution in a magazine.
A letter dated 16 March 1945 enclosing the final typewritten proof of Haldane's speech at the conference titled "Spiritual Values are Determined by Economic Forces". |
| Extent | 15 letters, 1 prospectus, plus enclosed copies of article |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| AccessConditions | The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking. |
| Copyright | P.E.N.; Haldane |
| Related Material | See HALDANE/4/18/2 for related correspondence with the <i>Modern Quarterly</i>. |
| PublnNote | Unknown [Haldane's article was published in a P.E.N. book, title unidentified, by Hutchinson & Co. Ltd., and also in an issue of <i>Modern Quarterly</i>]. |