K. Material of Annabel Farjeon 83189-83194. Eleanor Farjeon Papers. Vols. cxiii-cxviii. Material of Annabel Farjeon, especially relating to the preparation of her biography Morning has Broken: A Biography of Eleanor Farjeon (1985). Six volumes.
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...
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, ...
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Grace Higgens, née Germany; housekeeper of Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant at London and Charleston, county Sussex: Diaries: 1920-1983.
Duncan James Corrowr Grant, painter: Quentin Bell, professor, writer and artist: Angelica Garnett, née Bell; 2nd wife (1942) of David Garnett: Lydia Vasilievna Keynes, formerly Lopokova; wife of J M Keynes: Vanessa Bell, née Stephen; wife of A C H Bell; painter: Arthur Clive Heward Bell, art cri...
Manhood Papers. Vol.. ii-iv. Business correspondence; 1928-1971. Includes some correspondence direct between Manhood and publishers when transactions began with Manhood’s agents, and some social correspondence. Three volumes.