Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Bell, Vanessa, 1879-1961
- Abstract:
- A collection of letters from Vanessa Bell, English painter, to her friend Madge Vaughan.
- Extent:
- 1.25 Linear Feet (1 box)
- Language:
- Materials are in English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item]. Vanessa Bell letters to Madge Vaughan, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Background
- Scope and content:
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A collection of letters, primarily from Vanessa Bell to her friend Margaret "Madge" Symonds Vaughan; the letters discuss their families, friends, and other personal subjects. There are numerous references to Virginia Woolf scattered throughout the letters, and three letters in particular discuss Virginia at length and give details relating to her 1904 breakdown. The collection also includes two letters from Margaret Vaughan, sister-in-law of Madge Vaughan.
- Biographical / historical:
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Vanessa (Stephen) Bell (1879-1961) was a British painter, interior designer, and a central figure in the Bloomsbury group -- a group of friends, artists, writers, and intellectuals united around a belief in the importance of the arts. She was the sister of author Virginia Woolf and the wife of art critic Clive Bell whom she married in 1907. The Bells had two sons Julian Bell and Quentin Bell; the couple also had an open marriage and Vanessa Bell had a daughter, Angelica, with the painter Duncan Grant.
- Acquisition information:
- Purchased from Sotheby's (lot 232), December 1980.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Rebecca Tuttle in April 1998; in December 2023, Gayle M. Richardson created the finding aid.
- Arrangement:
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Arranged chronologically.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
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]. Vanessa Bell letters to Madge Vaughan, 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