Papers of Virginia Woolf, 1902-1956

6 boxes, 217 items (2.25 linear ft.)

Collection number: MS 1

Abstract:

Influential English writer best remembered for her innovative stream-of-consciousness novels. Papers include correspondence, reading notes, drafts of essays and short stories, corrected page proofs of novels and collected essays, printed ephemera, and photographs.

Mortimer Rare Book Room
Smith College
Northampton, MA

Biographical Note

1882	25 January: Born Adeline Virginia Stephen.
1895	5 May: Death of mother, Julia Stephen.
1899	Virginia's brother, Thoby Stephen, attends Cambridge, where he meets members of the future Bloomsbury Group (Lytton Strachey, Leonard Woolf, Clive Bell).
1904	22 February: Death of father, Leslie Stephen. Travels in Italy. Moves to Gordon Square. 14 December: Virginia's first publication, an unsigned review, appears in the Guardian.
1905	Travels in Spain and Portugal.
1906	Travels in Greece. 20 November: Death of brother, Thoby Stephen.
1907	7 February: Marriage of Vanessa Stephen and Clive Bell. April: Moves to 29 Fitzroy Square.
1908	4 February: Nephew Julian Bell is born.
1909	17 February: Lytton Strachey proposes marriage to Virginia, and she accepts. The engagement is soon called off.
1910	19 August: Nephew Claudian [Quentin] Bell is born.
1912	10 August: Marries Leonard Woolf.
1913	Suicide attempt.
1915	March: The Voyage Out (originally entitled Melymbrosia) is published.
1917	Formation of Hogarth Press.
1918	May: Lytton Strachey's Eminent Victorians is published.
1919	July: The Woolfs buy Monk's House. 20 October: Publication of Night and Day.
1921	March: Publication of Monday or Tuesday.
1922	October: Jacob's Room published. December: Meets Vita Sackville-West.
1924	Moves to 52 Tavistock Square.
1925	April: Publication of The Common Reader. May: Publication of Mrs. Dalloway
1927	May: To the Lighthouse is published.
1928	Awarded Femina Vie Heureuse prize. October: Publication of Orlando. At Cambridge reads two papers on which A Room of One's Own is based.
1929	October: Publication of A Room of One's Own.
1930	February: Meets Ethel Smyth.
1931	October: Publication of The Waves.
1932	January: Death of Lytton Strachey. July: Letter to a Young Poet is published.
1933	Flush is published by Hogarth Press.
1934	September: Death of Roger Fry.
1937	March: Publication of The Years. July: Julian Bell dies in Spanish Civil War.
1938	June: Publication of Three Guineas.
1939	August: Virginia and Leonard move to 37 Mecklenburgh Square.
1940	July: Publication of Roger Fry: A Biography.
1941	26 February: Between the Acts is completed. 28 March: Commits suicide.

Scope and Contents of the Collection

The Virginia Woolf Papers consist of 2.25 linear feet of material, dating from 1902 to 1956. Types of materials include correspondence, reading notes, drafts of essays and short stories, corrected page proofs of novels and collected essays, printed ephemera, and photographs. The bulk of the collection was assembled by Frances Hooper (1892-1986) and bequeathed to Smith College in 1986. A few additional manuscripts have been added through purchase and gift. The papers are arranged in six series.

This collection is organized into six series:

I. Correspondence of Virginia Woolf and Lytton Strachey, 1906-1956
II. Letters by Virginia Woolf, 1916-1939
III. Manuscripts by Virginia Woolf, 1916-1941
IV. Hogarth Press Ephemera, 1917-1939
V. Manuscripts by Others, 1904-1926
VI. Photographs, 1902-1927

Information on Use

Terms of Access and Use

Preferred Citation

Please use the following format when citing materials from this collection:

Papers of Virginia Woolf, Mortimer Rare Book Room, Smith College.

History of the Collection

The bulk of the collection was assembled by Frances Hooper (1892-1986) and bequeathed to Smith College in 1986. A few additional manuscripts have been added through purchase and gift.

Additional Information

Contact Information

Mortimer Rare Book Room

William Allan Neilson Library
Smith College
Northampton, MA 01063

Phone: (413) 585-2906
Fax: (413) 585-2904

Email: mrbr@smith.edu
URL: http://www.smith.edu/libraries/libs/rarebook

Language

English.

Sponsor

Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Series Descriptions

Series I. Correspondence of Virginia Woolf and Lytton Strachey		0.5 linear feet
This series includes 101 letters from Woolf, with an additional postcard addressed to Duncan Grant, and 39 letters from Strachey. Enclosures include a poem by Strachey (Box 1, folder 61) and a letter from Richard Aldington to Woolf (Box 2, folder 123). A few letters are also written by Leonard Woolf (Box 1, folders 45, 77, 78). The correspondence is accompanied by an autograph manuscript preface by James Strachey for the 1956 Hogarth Press edition of Letters: Virginia Woolf & Lytton Strachey (Box 1, folder 2). Of the 32 letters from Woolf not published in this edition, most are invitations written on halfpenny and penny postcards. One is illustrated with an anti-war graphic (Box 2, folder 137). Picture postcards in the collection depict Alfoxton House, Holford (Box 1, folder 46) and other landscapes in England and Europe. A portrait of George Eliot, with a caption by Virginia Woolf, illustrates a 14 May 1931 card to Strachey (Box 2, folder 143). The correspondence begins in 1906 after Virginia's elder brother, Thoby Stephen, died of typhoid fever. The correspondence ends in 1931 when Strachey died from stomach cancer. In addition to family and friends, Woolf and Strachey discuss literature and their travels. They mention Ralph Partridge, Dora Carrington, Lady Ottoline Morrell, Henry James, Katherine Mansfield, Duncan Grant, and Vanessa and Clive Bell.

Series II. Letters by Virginia Woolf		0.5 linear feet
This series includes 36 letters written by Virginia Woolf about her novels and essays to editors, publishers, booksellers, private readers, and famous writers, such as Enid Bagnold, Katherine Mansfield, and Hugh Walpole. Woolf also writes to her nephew, Quentin Bell, and to a few friends, such as Vita Sackville-West, about illness, furniture, clothes, and the dangers of traveling by automobile and airplane. A series of letters to Angus Davidson, an employee of the Hogarth Press, describe Woolf's travels in Cornwall, Greece, and Italy via Holland and Germany. There are also ten letters to Robert and Mela Spira, who were Austrian refugees during World War II (Box 2, folder 164). Woolf wrote an affidavit for Robert Spira who was interned on the Isle of Man. A 1931 letter to the book dealer, Mr. Wilson, asks for a complete set of Macaulay's works. Woolf also writes to a bibliographer of Leslie Stephen about her father's work (Box 2, folder 167).

Series III. Manuscripts by Virginia Woolf
Boxes 3-5 hold series III., Manuscripts by Virginia Woolf, which is arranged alphabetically by title.

Series IV. Hogarth Press Ephemera		.25 linear feet (15 items)
Box 5 holds series IV., Hogarth Press Ephemera, which is arranged chronologically by item number from A Checklist of the Hogarth Press by J. Howard Woolmer

Series V. Manuscripts by Others,	1904-1926	.25 linear ft.
This series includes a letter from Anne Thackeray Ritchie to Mr. Darwin (probably one of the sons of Charles Darwin). Ritchie's letter discusses the declining health of Leslie Stephen, who died in 1904. In addition, the series contains a holograph draft by Arnold Bennett, "Books and Persons," which is a review of The Common Reader, Mrs. Dalloway, and Jacob's Room. The review appeared in the Evening Standard on 2 December 1926 under the title "Another Criticism of the New School." The other manuscripts in this series are letters written by Richard Aldington, James Strachey, Lytton Strachey, and Leonard Woolf which are housed in Series I.

Series VI. Photographs,	1902-1927
The only original work in this series is the 1923 framed photograph of Virginia Woolf at Garsington (box 7, folder 204). The other two photographs are modern reprints.

Contents List

Series I. Correspondence of Virginia Woolf and Lytton Strachey

Notes about the correspondence: holograph by James Strachey,	1952	1 leaf (1 page)	Box 1: folder 1

Preface to Virginia Woolf & Lytton Strachey Letters: holograph by James Strachey,	[1956]	3 leaves (3 pages)	Box 1: folder 2

Woolf to Strachey,	[1906 Nov 22]	ALS, 1 leaf (1 page) with envelope.	Box 1: folder 3

Woolf to Strachey,	[1908 Apr 22]	ALS, 1 leaf (4 pages) with envelope.	Box 1: folder 4

Strachey to Woolf,	1908 Apr 23	ALS, 2 leaves (7 pages).	Box 1: folder 5

Woolf to Strachey,	[1908 Apr 28]	ALS, 1 leaf (4 pages) with envelope.	Box 1: folder 6

Woolf to Strachey,	[1908 May 18]	ALS, 1 leaf (2 pages) with envelope.	Box 1: folder 7

Woolf to Strachey,	[1908 Jul 28]	ALS, 1 leaf (1 page) with envelope.	Box 1: folder 8

Strachey to Woolf,	1908 Aug 24	ALS, 1 leaf (4 pages).	Box 1: folder 9

Woolf to Strachey,	[1908 Aug 30]	ALS, 1 leaf (4 pages) with envelope.	Box 1: folder 10

Strachey to Woolf,	1908 Sep 27	ALS, 1 leaf (4 pages).	Box 1: folder 11

Woolf to Strachey,	[1908 Oct 4]	ALS, 1 leaf (2 pages) with envelope.	Box 1: folder 12

Woolf to Strachey,	[1908 Oct 14]	ACS, 1 leaf (1 page).	Box 1: folder 13

Woolf to Strachey,	[1908 Nov 11]	ALS, 1 leaf (1 page) with envelope.	Box 1: folder 14

Strachey to Woolf,	1908 Nov 17	ALS, 1 leaf (4 pages).	Box 1: folder 15

Woolf to Strachey,	[1908] Nov 20	ALS, 2 leaves (4 pages) with envelope.	Box 1: folder 16

Woolf to Strachey,	[1908 Nov 23]	ALS, 1 leaf (1 page) with envelope.	Box 1: folder 17

Woolf to Strachey,	[1908 Dec 1]	ALS, 1 leaf (1 page) with envelope.	Box 1: folder 18

Woolf to Strachey,	[1908 Dec 7]	ALS, 1 leaf (1 page) with envelope.	Box 1: folder 19

Woolf to Strachey,	[1908 Dec 19]	ALS, 1 leaf (1 page) with envelope.	Box 1: folder 20

Woolf to Strachey,	[1908 Dec 25]	ALS, 1 leaf (1 page) with envelope.	Box 1: folder 21

Strachey to Woolf,	1909 Jan 3	ALS, 1 leaf (4 pages).	Box 1: folder 22

Woolf to Strachey,	[1909 Jan 4]	ALS, 1 leaf (4 pages) with envelope.	Box 1: folder 23

Woolf to Strachey,	[1909 Jan 26]	ALS, 1 leaf (1 page) with envelope.	Box 1: folder 24

Strachey to Woolf,	1909 Jan 27	ALS, 1 leaf (3 pages).	Box 1: folder 25

Woolf to Strachey,	[1909 Jan 28]	ALS, 1 leaf (3 pages).	Box 1: folder 26

Strachey to Woolf,	1909 Jan 31	ALS, 1 leaf (3 pages).	Box 1: folder 27

Woolf to Strachey,	[1909] Feb 1	ALS, 1 leaf (4 pages) with envelope.	Box 1: folder 28

Woolf to Strachey,	[1909 Feb 9]	ALS, 1 leaf (1 page) with envelope.	Box 1: folder 29

Woolf to Strachey,	[1909 Feb 16]	ALS, 1 leaf (2 pages) with envelope.	Box 1: folder 30

Strachey to Woolf,	1909 Feb 17	ALS, 1 leaf (1 page).	Box 1: folder 31

Strachey to James Strachey,	1909 Mar 9	Typescript extract of letter, 1 leaf (1 page).	Box 1: folder 32

Woolf to Strachey,	[1909] Jun 4	ALS, 1 leaf (4 pages) with envelope.	Box 1: folder 33

Woolf to Strachey,	[1909 Jun 25]	ALS, 1 leaf (2 pages) with envelope.	Box 1: folder 34

Woolf to Strachey,	[1909 Oct 6]	ALS, 1 leaf (3 pages) with envelope.	Box 1: folder 35

Strachey to Woolf,	1909 Oct 13	ALS, 1 leaf (1 page).	Box 1: folder 36

Strachey to Woolf,	[1909] Nov 26	ALS, 1 leaf (1 page).	Box 1: folder 37

Woolf to Strachey,	[1910 Jan 21]	ALS, 1 leaf (1 page).	Box 1: folder 38

Woolf to Strachey,	[1910 Nov]	ACS, 1 leaf (1 page).	Box 1: folder 39

Woolf to Strachey,	[1911 Nov 6]	ALS, 1 leaf (2 pages).	Box 1: folder 40

Woolf to Strachey,	[1911 Nov 20]	ALS, 1 leaf (3 pages).	Box 1: folder 41

Woolf to Strachey,	[1912 Feb 13]	ACS, 1 leaf (1 page).	Box 1: folder 42

Woolf to Strachey,	[1912 Feb 16]	ALS, 1 leaf (1 page).	Box 1: folder 43

Woolf to Strachey,	[1912] May 21	ALS, 2 leaves (4 pages).	Box 1: folder 44

Woolf to Strachey,	1912 Jun 6	ALS, 1 leaf (1 page). With signature of Leonard Woolf	Box 1: folder 45

Woolf to Strachey,	[1912 Aug 16]	ACS, 1 leaf (1 page).	Box 1: folder 46

Woolf to Strachey,	1912 Sep 1	ALS, 2 leaves (4 pages).	Box 1: folder 47

Strachey to Woolf,	1912 Nov 8	ALS, 1 leaf (2 page).	Box 1: folder 48

Woolf to Strachey,	[1912] Nov 16	ALS, 2 leaves (4 pages).	Box 1: folder 49

Strachey to Woolf,	1912 Dec 1	ALS, 2 leaves (4 pages).	Box 1: folder 50

Woolf to Strachey,	[1912] Dec 26	ALS, 1 leaf (3 pages).	Box 1: folder 51

Woolf to Strachey,	[1914 Jan 17]	ALS, 1 leaf (1 page).	Box 1: folder 52

Woolf to Strachey,	[1914] Jan 29	ALS, 1 leaf (1 page).	Box 1: folder 53

Woolf to Strachey,	[1914] Feb 7	AL, 1 leaf (1 page).	Box 1: folder 54

Woolf to Strachey,	[1914 Dec 8]	ALS, 1 leaf (2 pages).	Box 1: folder 55

Woolf to Strachey,	[1915 Jan]	ALS, 1 leaf (1 page).	Box 1: folder 56

Strachey to Woolf,	1915 Feb 28	ALS, 1 leaf (2 pages).	Box 1: folder 57

Woolf to Strachey,	[1915] Oct 22	ALS, 1 leaf (2 pages).	Box 1: folder 58

Strachey to Woolf,	1916 Feb 25	ALS, 2 leaves (3 pages).	Box 1: folder 59

Woolf to Strachey,	[1916] Feb 28	ALS, 1 leaf (2 pages).	Box 1: folder 60

Strachey to Woolf,	1916 Apr 15	ALS, 1 leaf (1 page).	Box 1: folder 61
Note: With poem enclosure, typewritten, 3 leaves (3 pages)
Strachey to Woolf,	1916 Jul 17	ALS, 1 leaf (4 pages).	Box 1: folder 62

Woolf to Strachey,	[1916] Jul 25	ALS, 1 leaf (2 pages).	Box 1: folder 63

Strachey to Woolf,	1916 Jul 28	ALS, 1 leaf (4 pages).	Box 1: folder 64
Note: With autograph transcription by James Strachey, 1948 Feb 24, 1 leaf (1 page)
Strachey to Woolf,	1917 Feb 21	ALS, 1 leaf (3 pages).	Box 1: folder 65

Woolf to Strachey,	[1917 May 12]	Hogarth Press prospectus, 1 leaf (1 page).	Box 1: folder 66

Woolf to Strachey,	[1917 Jul 5]	ACS, 1 leaf (1 page).	Box 1: folder 67

Strachey to Woolf,	1917 Aug 13	ALS, 1 leaf (1 page).	Box 1: folder 68
Note: With autograph transcription by James Strachey, 1948 Feb 24, 1 leaf (1 page)
Woolf to Strachey,	[1917] Aug 14	ALS, 1 leaf (1 page).	Box 1: folder 69

Woolf to Strachey,	[1917 Dec 6]	ACS, 1 leaf (1 page).	Box 1: folder 70

Strachey to Woolf,	1917 Dec 21	ALS, 1 leaf (2 pages).	Box 1: folder 71
Note: With autograph transcription by James Strachey, 1948 Feb 24, 2 leaves (2 pages)
Woolf to Strachey,	[1917 Dec 28]	ALS, 2 leaves (4 pages) with envelope.	Box 1: folder 72

Woolf to Strachey,	[1918] Mar 15	ALS, 1 leaf (2 pages).	Box 1: folder 73

Strachey to Woolf,	1918 Mar 19	ALS, 1 leaf (2 pages).	Box 1: folder 74

Woolf to Strachey,	[1918 Mar 24]	ALS, 1 leaf (2 pages).	Box 1: folder 75

Woolf to Strachey,	[1918] Apr 23	ALS, 1 leaf (2 pages).	Box 1: folder 76

Woolf to Strachey,	1918 May 24	ALS, 1 leaf (2 pages).	Box 1: folder 77
Note: Begins with TLS from Leonard Woolf
Woolf to Strachey,	[1918 Jun 11]	Telegram, 1 leaf (1 page).	Box 1: folder 78
Note: Also from Leonard Woolf
Woolf to Strachey,	[1918] Oct 12	ALS, 1 leaf (2 pages).	Box 1: folder 79

Strachey to Woolf,	1919 Jan 29	ALS, 1 leaf (1 page).	Box 1: folder 80

Woolf to Strachey,	[1919 Jan 30]	ACS, 1 leaf (1 page).	Box 1: folder 81

Woolf to Strachey,	[1919 May 26]	ALS, 2 leaves (4 pages).	Box 1: folder 82

Strachey to Woolf,	1919 May 27	ALS, 1 leaf (2 pages).	Box 1: folder 83

Woolf to Strachey,	[1919 Sep] 14	ALS, 1 leaf (2 pages).	Box 1: folder 84

Strachey to Woolf,	1919 Sep 28	ALS, 1 leaf (2 pages).	Box 1: folder 85

Woolf to Strachey,	[1919] Oct 28	ALS, 2 leaves (3 pages).	Box 1: folder 86

Woolf to Duncan Grant,	[1919 Nov 7]	ACS, 1 leaf (1 page).	Box 1: folder 87

Woolf to Strachey,	[1919 Nov 26]	ALS, 1 leaf (2 pages).	Box 1: folder 88

Strachey to Woolf,	1919 Nov 27	ALS, 1 leaf (2 pages).	Box 1: folder 89

Woolf to Strachey,	[1919 Nov 30]	ALS, 1 leaf (2 pages).	Box 1: folder 90

Woolf to Strachey,	[1920] Feb 21	ALS, 1 leaf (1 page).	Box 1: folder 91

Strachey to Woolf,	1920 Apr 3	ACS, 1 leaf (1 page).	Box 1: folder 92

Woolf to Strachey,	[1920 Jul 30]	ACS, 1 leaf (1 page).	Box 1: folder 93

Strachey to Woolf,	1921 Jan 24	ALS, 1 leaf (1 page).	Box 1: folder 94

Woolf to Strachey,	[1921] Jan 25	ALS, 1 leaf (1 page).	Box 1: folder 95

Woolf to Strachey,	[1921] Mar [30]	ALS, 2 leaves (3 pages).	Box 1: folder 96
Note: With picture postcard
Woolf to Strachey,	[1921] Apr 17	ALS, 1 leaf (2 pages). With envelope	Box 1: folder 97

Strachey to Woolf,	1921 Aug 23	ALS, 1 leaf (2 pages).	Box 1: folder 98

Woolf to Strachey,	1921 Aug 29	ALS, 1 leaf (2 pages).	Box 1: folder 99

Woolf to Strachey,	[1922 Feb 1]	ALS, 1 leaf (2 pages).	Box 1: folder 100

Strachey to Woolf,	1922 Feb 6	ALS, 1 leaf (2 pages).	Box 1: folder 101

Strachey to Woolf,	1922 Feb 10	ALS, 1 leaf (2 pages).	Box 1: folder 102

Woolf to Strachey,	[1922] Feb [11]	ALS, 1 leaf (2 pages).	Box 1: folder 103

Woolf to Strachey,	[1922 Feb 23]	ALS, 1 leaf (2 pages).	Box 1: folder 104

Strachey to Woolf,	1922 Aug 22	AL, 1 leaf (2 pages).	Box 1: folder 105

Woolf to Strachey,	1922 Aug 24	ALS, 1 leaf (2 pages).	Box 1: folder 106

Strachey to Woolf,	1922 Sep 19	ALS, 1 leaf (3 pages).	Box 1: folder 107

Strachey to Woolf,	1922 Oct 9	ALS, 1 leaf (2 pages).	Box 1: folder 108

Woolf to Strachey,	1922 Oct 9 [?10]	ALS, 1 leaf (1 page).	Box 1: folder 109

Woolf to Strachey,	[1923 Jun 1]	ACS, 1 leaf (1 page).	Box 2: folder 110

Strachey to Woolf,	1923 Jul 20	ALS, 1 leaf ( 1 page).	Box 2: folder 111

Woolf to Strachey,	[1923 Jul ?21]	ALS, 1 leaf (1 page).	Box 2: folder 112

Woolf to Strachey,	[1923 Oct 4]	ACS, 1 leaf (1 page).	Box 2: folder 113

Strachey to Woolf,	1923 Oct 6	ALS, 1 leaf (2 pages).	Box 2: folder 114

Woolf to Strachey,	1924 Mar 21	ALS, 1 leaf (2 pages).	Box 2: folder 115

Strachey to Woolf,	1924 May 1	ALS, 1 leaf (1 page).	Box 2: folder 116

Woolf to Strachey,	[1924 May 2]	ALS, 1 leaf (1 page).	Box 2: folder 117

Woolf to Strachey,	1924 Nov 11	ALS, 1 leaf (1 page). With Hogarth Press invoice.	Box 2: folder 118

Woolf to Strachey,	[1925 Jan 31]	ALS, 1 leaf (1 page).	Box 2: folder 119

Woolf to Strachey,	[1925] Sep 8	ALS, 1 leaf (2 pages).	Box 2: folder 120

Strachey to Woolf,	1925 Sep 11	ALS, 1 leaf (2 pages).	Box 2: folder 121

Woolf to Strachey,	[1925 Nov 25]	ACS, 1 leaf (1 page).	Box 2: folder 122

Woolf to Strachey,	[1926] Jan 26	ALS, 1 leaf (2 pages). With TLS, Richard Aldington to Woolf, 1926 Jan 23, 1 leaf (1 page)	Box 2: folder 123

Woolf to Strachey,	[1926 May]	AL, 1 leaf (1 page).	Box 2: folder 124

Woolf to Strachey,	[1926 Nov 17]	ACS, 1 leaf (1 page).	Box 2: folder 125

Woolf to Strachey,	[?1927]	ALS, 1 leaf (1 page).	Box 2: folder 126

Woolf to Strachey,	[1927 Mar 21]	ALS, 1 leaf (1 page).	Box 2: folder 127

Woolf to Strachey,	[1927 Mar 28]	ALS, 1 leaf (1 page).	Box 2: folder 128

Woolf to Strachey,	1927 Apr 12	ACS, 1 leaf (1 page).	Box 2: folder 129

Woolf to Strachey,	1927 Sep 3	ALS, 2 leaves (4 pages).	Box 2: folder 130

Strachey to Woolf,	1927 Sep 16	ALS, 1 leaf (1 page).	Box 2: folder 131

Woolf to Strachey,	[1927 Nov 23]	ACS, 1 leaf (1 page).	Box 2: folder 132

Woolf to Strachey,	[1928 Nov 7]	ALS, 1 leaf (1 page).	Box 2: folder 133

Strachey to Woolf,	1928 Dec 21	ALS, 1 leaf (1 page).	Box 2: folder 134

Woolf to Strachey,	[1928] Dec 25	ALS, 1 leaf (1 page).	Box 2: folder 135

Woolf to Strachey,	[1930 Jan 21]	ACS, 1 leaf (1 page).	Box 2: folder 136

Woolf to Strachey,	[1930 Mar 25]	ACS, l leaf (1 page).	Box 2: folder 137

Woolf to Strachey,	[1930 May 28]	ACS, 1 leaf (1 page).	Box 2: folder 138

Woolf to Strachey,	[1930 May 30]	ACS, 1 leaf (1 page).	Box 2: folder 139

Woolf to Strachey,	[1930 Jul 1]	ACS, 1 leaf (1 page).	Box 2: folder 140

Woolf to Strachey,	[1930 Nov 17]	ACS, 1 leaf (1 page).	Box 2: folder 141

Woolf to Strachey,	[1930 Dec 7]	ACS, 1 leaf (1 page).	Box 2: folder 142

Woolf to Strachey,	[1931 May 14]	ACS, 1 leaf (1 page).	Box 2: folder 143

Woolf to Strachey,	[1931] Dec 10	ALS, 1 leaf (3 pages).	Box 2: folder 144

Series II. Letters by Virginia Woolf

Woolf to Leigh Ashton,	1930 May 27	ALS, 1 leaf (2 pages).	Box 2: folder 145

Woolf to Leigh Ashton,	[1930 May 29]	ALS, 1 leaf (2 pages).	Box 2: folder 146

Woolf to Enid Bagnold,	1928 Oct 28	ALS, 1 leaf (2 pages).	Box 2: folder 147

Woolf to Miss Batchelder,	1934 Nov 3	TLS, 1 leaf (1 page).	Box 2: folder 148

Woolf to Quentin Bell,	1929 Feb 17	ALS, 4 leaves (8 pages).	Box 2: folder 149

Woolf to Charles E. Brumwell,	1938 Jul 12	TLS, 1 leaf (1 page).	Box 2: folder 150

Woolf to Catherine Carswell,	[1933] Aug 3	ALS, 1 leaf (1 page).	Box 2: folder 151

Woolf to Angus Davidson,	[1926] Dec 25	ALS, 1 leaf (1 page).	Box 2: folder 152

Woolf to Angus Davidson,	[1927 Apr]	ALS, 2 leaves (3 pages).	Box 2: folder 153

Woolf to Angus Davidson,	1927 Apr 14	ALS, 1 leaf (2 pages).	Box 2: folder 154

Woolf to Angus Davidson,	[1927] Dec 22	ALS, 1 leaf (2 pages).	Box 2: folder 155

Woolf to Angus Davidson,	[1935] Apr 11	ALS, 1 leaf (2 pages).	Box 2: folder 156

Woolf to Angus Davidson,	1938 May 26	ALS, 1 leaf (1 pages).	Box 2: folder 157

Woolf to Crosby Gaige,	1928 Oct 29	TLS, 1 leaf (1 page).	Box 2: folder 158

Woolf to Duncan Grant
Note: See: box 1, folder 87
Woolf to William Jackson,	1930 Apr 29	TLS, 1 leaf (1 page).	Box 2: folder 159

Woolf to Katherine Mansfield,	[1921] Feb 13	ALS, 2 leaves (4 pages).	Box 2: folder 160

Woolf to Robert Nichols,	1936 Sep 24	1 leaf (2 pages).	Box 2: folder 161
Note: Postcard with envelope. Written on one of Leonard Woolf's printed postcards.
Woolf to Margery Olivier,	[1916] Jan 13	ALS, 1 leaf (2 pages).	Box 2: folder 162

Woolf to Margery Olivier,	[1916] Jan 21	ALS, 1 leaf (2 pages).	Box 2: folder 163

Woolf to Vita Sackville-West,	[1939 Feb 26]	ALS, 1 leaf (2 pages).	Box 2: folder 163a
Note: Purchased.
Woolf to Mela and Robert Spira,	1939 Jan 11-1940 Oct 2	ALS & TLS & Postcard 11 letters ,11 leaves, (15 pages).	Box 2: folder 164
Note: (with 8 envelopes, bound)
Woolf to J. C. Squire,	[1919] Nov 18	ALS, 1 leaf (2 pages).	Box 2: folder 165

Woolf to Hugh Walpole,	1932 Mar 3	ALS, 1 leaf (1 page).	Box 2: folder 166

Woolf to Carlton F. Wells,	1936 Nov 19	TLS, with envelope 1 leaf ( 2 pages).	Box 2: folder 167

Woolf to Mr. Wilson,	1931 Dec 8	TLS, 1 leaf (1 page).	Box 2: folder 168

Woolf to Unidentified,	1928 Oct 17	TLS, 1 leaf (1 page).	Box 2: folder 169

Series III. Manuscripts by Virginia Woolf

"As to Criticism": holograph,	[1924?] Feb 4	6 leaves (6 pages).	Box 3: folder 170

The Common Reader. Donald C. Brace to Crosby Gaige,	1925 Jul 14	ALS, 1 leaf (1 page).	Box 3: folder 171

The Common Reader.		Orange quarter leather case for page proofs.	Box 3: folder 172

The Common Reader: page proofs, corrected, .	1925	157 leaves (314 pages).	Box 3: folder 173-74
Note: Stamped: FIRST PROOF, R. & R. Clark, LTD., EDIINBURGH, 13-19 MAR. 1925. Corrected by Virginia Woolf for the American edition (published 14 May 1925, by Harcourt, Brace and Company, Inc.) Includes tear sheets of "Miss Ormerod" from The Dial, December 1924 77:6, 466-74. Printer's annotations throughout.
Italian: autograph manuscript notebook, .	1916 Jun 7	70 leaves (87 pages).	Box 3: folder 175
Note: Begins with lesson XXXI. Includes notes, translations, and exercises in Virginia Woolf's hand from an Italian grammar. Purchased.
Letters: Virginia Woolf &Lytton Strachey
Note: See: box 1, folders 1-144
Orlando.		Orange quarter leather case for page proofs.	Box 4: folder 176

Orlando: page proofs, corrected, .	1928	155 leaves (310 pages).	Box 4: folder 177
Note: Inscribed by author: Corrected page proofs for Mr Gaige. Proofs stamped: FIRST PROOF, R. &R. CLARK, LTD., EDINBURGH, 9-14 JUN. 1928; THIRD PROOF, R. &R. CLARK, LTD., EDINBURGH, 18 JUL. 1928. Printer's annotation on page 257 of the third proof: July 22, 1928. Includes a later proof of pages 257-272. Corrected by Virginia Woolf for the American edition (published 2 Oct 1928 by Crosby Gaige in a limited edition; 18 Oct 1928 by Harcourt, Brace, and Company in a trade edition). Printers annotations throughout.
"The Patron and the Crocus": holograph,	1924 Feb 26-Mar 15	14 leaves (14 pages).	Box 4: folder 178
Note: See also: The Common Reader, Box 3, folder 174.
Reading notes on Sons and Lovers by D. H. Lawrence: holograph,	[1931]	3 leaves (3 pages).	Box 4: folder 179

Reading notes on novels by Anthony Trollope, Thomas Peacock, Honore de Balzac, Leo Tolstoy, and Samuel Richardson: holograph,	1926	22 leaves (22 pages).	Box 4: folder 180
Note: With Hogarth Press envelope. Includes Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Clarissa Harlowe by Richardson, Crotchet Castle by Peacock, Eugenie Gradet by Balzac, and The Warden by Trollope.
"Reviewing," typescript, corrected,	[1939]	19 leaves (19 pages).	Box 4: folder 181
Note: Gift of Ann Safford Mandel, with "The Searchlight."
Roger Fry: holograph notes,	[1938]	33 leaves (33 pages). With Hogarth Press envelope.	Box 4: folder 182

The Roger Fry Memorial Exhibition:	[1935]	typescript (carbon), corrected, 6 leaves (6 pages).	Box 4: folder 183
Note: Address given by Virginia Woolf.
"The Searchlight":	[1939]	typescript, corrected, 8 leaves (8 pages).	Box 4: folder 184
Note: Gift of Ann Safford Mandel.
"The Searchlight,"	[1941]	holograph, 6 leaves (6 pages).	Box 4: folder 185

To the Lighthouse.		Orange quarter leather case for page proofs.	Box 5: folder 186

To the Lighthouse: .	1927	page proofs, corrected, 186 leaves (370 pages).	Box 5: folder 187-89
Note: Stamped: FIRST PROOF, R. &R. CLARK, LTD., EDINBURGH, 1927 JAN 13-FEB 12. Includes two sets of corrected proofs for pages 273-322. Corrected by Virginia Woolf for the American edition (published 5 May 1927 by Harcourt, Brace, and Company). Printer's annotations throughout.

Series IV. Hogarth Press Ephemera

. Prospectus for Two Stories (No. 1)	1917
Note: See: box 1, folder 66.
. Advertisement for The Note-Books of Anton Tchekhov together with Reminiscences of Tchehkov by Maxim Gorky. (No. 14)	1921		Box 5: folder 190

. Advertisement for The Note-Books of Anton Tchekhov (No. 14) and previous publications	1921		Box 5: folder 191

. Advertisement for Stories of the East by Leonard Woolf (No. 16)	1921		Box 5: folder 192

. Advertisement for Monday or Tuesday by Virginia Woolf (No. 17)	1921		Box 5: folder 193

Hogarth Press invoice.	1924 Nov 11
Note: See: box 2, folder 118
. [Lopokova, Lydia] Interpretations. (No. 128.1)	1927		Box 5: folder 194
Note: Gift of Elizabeth Power Richardson.
. Hogarth Press. Virginia Woolf New Uniform Edition.	1929	3 copies.	Box 5: folder 195
Note: Catalogue of The Voyage Out, Jacob's Room, Mrs. Dalloway, and The Common Reader. Gift of Elizabeth Power Richardson.
. Hogarth Press. Two New Novels.	1930		Box 5: folder 196
Note: Catalogue of Dawn on Mont Blanc by Wilfred Benson (No. 216) and Occupied Territory by Alice Ritchie (No. 233). Gift of Elizabeth Power Richardson.
. Hogarth Press. Autumn List.	1932		Box 5: folder 197

. Hogarth Press. Complete Catalogue of Works in Print.	1932		Box 5: folder 198
Note: Gift of Elizabeth Power Richardson.
. Hogarth Press. The Works of Virginia Woolf.	1932	3 copies.	Box 5: folder 199

. Advertisement for Hogarth Sixpenny Pamphlets (Nos. 445, 459, 443, 442).	1939		Box 5: folder 200
Note: Gift of Elizabeth Power Richardson.

Series V. Manuscripts by Others,	1904-1926

Aldington, Richard to Virginia Woolf,	1926 Jan 23	TLS
Note: See: box 2, folder 123.
Bennett, Arnold, "Books & Persons": holograph,	[1926 Dec?]	3 leaves (3 pages).	Box 5: folder 201
Note: From Hugh Walpole's library. Essay about three books by Virginia Woolf: The Common Reader, Mrs. Dalloway, and Jacob's Room.
Brace, Donald C. to Crosby Gaige,	1925 Jul 14	ALS
Note: See: box 3, folder 171
Ritchie, Anne Thackeray to Mr. Darwin,	[1904]	ALS, 4 leaves (4 pages).	Box 5: folder 202
Note: Bound with TLS, Laurence Gomme to Frances Hooper, 1952 Sep 2, and chronology of Anne Thackeray Ritchie. Binding stamped: Anne Ritchie's original letter about Leslie Stephen.
Strachey, James. Holograph notes and preface to Letters: Virginia Woolf &Lytton Strachey.
Note: See: box 1, folders 1-2.
Strachey, Lytton, to James Strachey,	1909 Mar 9	Typescript extract.
Note: See: box 1, folder 32.
Woolf, Leonard to Lytton Strachey,	1912 Jun 6	ALS.
Note: See: box 1, folder 45.
Woolf, Leonard to Lytton Strachey,	1918 May 24	TLS.
Note: See: box 1, folder 77
Woolf, Leonard to Lytton Strachey,	[1918 Jun 11]	Telegram.
Note: See: box 1, folder 78.

Series VI. Photographs,	1902-1927

George Beresford, Virginia Stephen, (modern print). Bloomsbury Iconography A33.	1902		Box 6: folder 203
Note: Gift of Blanche Cooney.
Virginia Woolf at Garsington,	1923?	Framed.	Box 6: folder 204
Note: Bloomsbury Iconography B19. Note: Purchased 1988.
Virginia Woolf, Bloomsbury Iconography B52.	circa 1927.		Box 6: folder 205
Note: Gift of Esther Dunn, 1977.

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Subjects

Bell, Quentin.
Bloomsbury group.
Davidson, Angus.
Hogarth Press.
Mansfield, Katherine, 1888-1923.
Novelists, English--20th century--Biography--Sources.
Sackville-West, V. (Victoria), 1892-1962.
Strachey, Lytton, 1880-1932.
Walpole, Hugh, Sir, 1884-1941.
Women novelists, English--20th century--Biography--Sources.
Woolf, Leonard, 1880-1969.
Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941.

Contributors

Strachey, Lytton, 1880-1932.
Woolf, Leonard, 1880-1969.
Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941 Common reader.
Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941 Orlando.
Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941 To the lighthouse.

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