Identity area
Reference code
Mordell/1-40/34
Unique identifier
GB 275 Mordell/1-40/34
Title
Visa Correspondence
Date(s)
- 1953–1959 (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
1 folder
Context area
Name of creator
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Correspondence concerning LJM's application for a visa to visit USA as a visiting lecturer, the subsequent problems he encountered regarding the refusal of the visa on grounds of his being a danger to the USA and the efforts taken to find out why he had been so labelled and to overturn the decision. Includes official letters from US Government bodies, letters from the American Federation of Scientists, letters from relatives and friends and also correspondence with lawyers.