Letter from Har Dayal to Van Wyck Brooks (June 16, 1914)
Letter from Har Dayal to Van Wyck Brooks, dated June 16, 1914 and posted from Gstaad, Switzerland. The envelope for the letter contains interesting markings: "If not delivered return to A. Wursten, Sekundalehrer Gstaad (MOB) Switzerland," and "from Har Dayal for an account of Har Dayal see 'Young India' by Lajpat Rai."
Letter from Har Dayal to Van Wyck Brooks (November 24, 1914)
A lengthy letter from Har Dayal to Van Wyck Brooks, posted on November 24, 1914 from Geneva, Switzerland. Dayal discusses his position on the war and laments about the rise of reactionary European nationalism and entrenched American feudalism in the 20th century.
Letter from Har Dayal to Van Wyck Brooks (October 20, 1915)
Letter from Har Dayal to Van Wyck Brooks, posted on October 20, 1915 from Scheveningen, Holland. The return address includes the name Madame Kercher, and twice in the letter, Dayal tells Brooks that if he writes or wires back to not use the name "Har Dayal" but instead use "Israel Aaronson."
Letter from Har Dayal to Van Wyck Brooks (October 24, 1915)
Letter from Har Dayal to Van Wyck Brooks, posted on October 24, 1915 from Scheveningen, Holland. The return address includes the name Madame Kercher, and Dayal tells Brooks again that if he writes or wires back to not use the name "Har Dayal" but instead use "Israel Aaronson."
Dayal asks Brooks if he would be able to "render some little service" to the Indian National Party.
Letter from Har Dayal to Van Wyck Brooks (October 14, 1918)
Letter from Har Dayal to Van Wyck Brooks dated October 14, 1918 and posted from Stockholm, Sweden. Dayal goes into great detail about his experience of being "practically interned" in Germany over the last three years.
Letter from Har Dayal to Van Wyck Brooks (September 30, 1922)
Letter from Har Dayal to Van Wyck Brooks dated September 30, 1922 and posted from Mölnlycke, Sweden. Dayal describes his experience of being in Europe during the span of World War I, expressing that "those four years have taught me more than many books on politics & psychology." Dayal also expresses a great deal of admiration for Sweden's developed labor movement and education system.
Letter from Har Dayal to Van Wyck Brooks (April 10, 1934)
An envelope from Har Dayal to Brooks, dated April 10, 1934, containing a photograph of Dayal. The return address for the envelope is from Edgware, England, though the postal marks suggest that it was sent from France.
Letter from Har Dayal to Van Wyck Brooks (April 8, 1934)
Letter from Har Dayal to Van Wyck Brooks, dated April 8, 1934, and sent from Edgware, England. In the letter, Dayal mentions that he knows Larkin and Margaret Peters, presumably mentioned in Brooks' letter to him.
Letter from Har Dayal to Van Wyck Brooks (December 8, 1934)
Written from England, Har Dayal's December 8, 1934 letter to Van Wyck Brooks addresses Brooks' support of socialism in the U.S. Dayal admits that he does not "think much" of Communist parties outside Russia, and reports on the activities of socialists and liberals in the U.K. and their campaign against "War & Faciscm." Dayal also mentions a few people by name: Dr.
