Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Stephen, Thoby, 1880-1906
- Abstract:
- A collection of letters from Thoby Stephen to his friend and fellow member of the Bloomsbury Group, Clive Bell.
- Extent:
- 1.2 Linear Feet (1 box)
- Language:
- Materials are in English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item]. Thoby Stephen letters to Clive Bell, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Background
- Scope and content:
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A collection of fifty-six letters from Thoby Stephen to friend and fellow Bloomsbury member Clive Bell; the letters discuss friends, art, literature, meeting plans, travel, and other personal matters. There are descriptions of the places and people he visited on his tour of Greece, including Montenegro and the Parthenon; there are also drawings by Stephen scattered throughout the letters.
- Biographical / historical:
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Julian Thoby Stephen (1880-1906) was a member and a central figure in the emergence of the Bloomsbury group--a group of friends, artists, writers, and intellectuals. He was the brother of author Virginia Woolf and painter Vanessa Bell. Stephen contracted typhoid at the age of 26 while on holiday in Greece, and died shortly after he was brought back to England.
- Acquisition information:
- Purchased from Sotheby's, lot 275, July 1980.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Rebecca Tuttle in April 1998; in June 2024, Gayle M. Richardson created the finding aid.
- Arrangement:
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Arranged chronologically.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
- Terms of access:
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The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item]. Thoby Stephen letters to Clive Bell, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
- Location of this collection:
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1151 Oxford RoadSan Marino, CA 91108, US
- Contact:
- (626) 405-2191