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Collection Area Western Manuscripts Archive Reference (shelfmark) Add MS 83198-83258

1. Add MS 83198

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Add MS 83198
Title:
Scope & Content:
Higgens Papers. Vol. i (ff. 110). Correspondence of Grace Higgens; 1920s-1990s. The letters are arranged chronologically. 1. f. 1. Letter from Grace to her sister, Alice, at Banham, co. Norf.; circa 1920s. 2. ff. 2-25. Letters to Grace from Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant; circa 1928-circa 1930s...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1920-1999
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 83198-83199

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Add MS 83198-83199
Title:
A. Correspondence
Scope & Content:
Grace Higgens, née Germany; housekeeper of Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant at London and Charleston, county Sussex: Correspondence: 1920s-1990s. Duncan James Corrowr Grant, painter: Angelica Garnett, née Bell; 2nd wife (1942) of David Garnett: Vanessa Bell, née Stephen; wife of A C H Bell; painte...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1920-1999]
Extent:
2 items

3. Add MS 83198-83258

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Add MS 83198-83258
Title:
Higgens Papers
Scope & Content:
Papers of Grace Higgens (b.1903, d.1983), maid, cook and housekeeper to Clive and Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant; circa 1900-2001, n.d. Partly French. Born Grace Germany in Banham, Norfolk, Grace began her employment with the Bells in June 1920 and was initially responsible for looking after Ange...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1900-2001
Extent:
61 items

4. Add MS 83199

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Add MS 83199
Title:
Scope & Content:
Higgens Papers. Vol. ii (ff. 30). Transcripts of letters to Grace Higgens; 1990s. Transcripts of the letters (1920s-1930s) in sections 2 and 3 of Add. 83198 above. The transcripts were made by Grace’s son, John Higgens.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1990s
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 83200

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Add MS 83200
Title:
Scope & Content:
B. Postcards 83200. Higgens Papers. Vol. iii (ff. 81). Postcards of Grace Higgens; circa 1912-1983. 1. ff. 1-60. Postcards to Grace Higgens; circa 1912-1983. From: Clive Bell, Vanessa Bell, Amaryllis Garnett, Angelica Garnett, Bessie Germany (Grace's mother), Duncan Grant, 'Lady D' and B.B. [...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1907-1983
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 83201

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Add MS 83201
Title:
Scope & Content:
Higgens Papers. Vol. iv. Diary of Grace Higgens; 1920. Records birthdays throughout the year and, from August to September, entries relating to Grace's employment with a Dr. Spowart in Norwich and her engagements; also records wages received and books read. Written in a diary for 1915. ff. i + ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1920
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 83201-83245

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Add MS 83201-83245
Title:
C. Diaries The diaries cover the life of Grace Higgens in Norfolk, and in the service of Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant in Gordon Square, London, and Charleston, Sussex, as well as during her retirement in Ringmer, Sussex. The diaries of the 1940s and 1950s are largely appointment diaries whereas the earlier and later volumes contain detailed entries written in retrospect. The volumes recount the activities of Grace's fellow servants, members of the Bloomsbury circle and family and friends, ...
Scope & Content:
Grace Higgens, née Germany; housekeeper of Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant at London and Charleston, county Sussex: Diaries: 1920-1983.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1920-1983]
Extent:
45 items

8. Add MS 83202

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Add MS 83202
Title:
Scope & Content:
Higgens Papers. Vol. v. 'Grace Germany's Diary 1921 in Saint Tropez'; 1921-1922. Detailed entries of a holiday in St Tropez with the Bells, Duncan Grant and Roger Fry, Oct 1921-Jan 1922. At the end: brief autobiography and five pages of 'things I noticed in St Tropez', followed by diary entries ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1921-1922
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 83203

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Add MS 83203
Title:
Scope & Content:
Higgens Papers. Vol. vi. Diary of Grace Higgens; Feb.-July 1924. Gordon Square and Charleston. For entries in the 'Charleston Bulletin' for 1924 referring to events mentioned in the diary, see Add. 83317. ff. i + 51. 160 x 105 mm. Giles Lytton Strachey, writer: Entry in the diary of Grace Hig...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1924-Jul 1924
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 83204

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Add MS 83204
Title:
Scope & Content:
Higgens Papers. Vol. vii. Diary of Grace Higgens; Aug.-Oct. 1924. Charleston. For entries in the 'Charleston Bulletin' for 1924 referring to events mentioned in the diary, see Add. 83317. ff. ii+ 38. 205 x 160 mm. Barbara Bagenal, née Hiles; artist; wife of N Bagenal: Entries in the diaries of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Aug 1924-Oct 1924
Extent:
1 item