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1. Add MS 83201-83245

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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

2. Add MS 83201

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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

3. Add MS 83206

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Higgens Papers. Vol. ix. Diary of Grace Higgens; 1927. Largely empty after a few entries concerning Grace's arrival in France. ff. 83. 80 x 55 mm. Charleston, Sussex; home to Clive and Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant: Entries in the diaries of Grace Higgens rel. to Charleston: 1921-1983.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1927
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 83207

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Higgens Papers. Vol. x. Diary of Mrs Bessie Germany, Grace's mother, of Banham, co. Norf.; 1938. Largely empty, entries refer to life in Banham. Written in a diary for 1938 but records the deaths of people until 1952. ff. 66. 75 x 55 mm. Charleston, Sussex; home to Clive and Vanessa Bell and D...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1938
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 83214

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Higgens Papers. Vol. xvii. Diary of Grace Higgens; 1955. The diary has been used by Grace only for memoranda at either end and contains a few entries in another hand. ff. i + 127. 125 x 80 mm. Charleston, Sussex; home to Clive and Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant: Entries in the diaries of Grace ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1955
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 83205

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Higgens Papers. Vol. viii. Empty diary; 1926. Maxims of various authors have been pasted into the diary. ff. iii + 121. 200 x 130 mm. Charleston, Sussex; home to Clive and Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant: Entries in the diaries of Grace Higgens rel. to Charleston: 1921-1983.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1926
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 83245

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Higgens Papers. Vol. xlviii. Diary of Grace Higgens; 1983. Ringmer. ff. i + 100. 215 x 155mm. Charleston, Sussex; home to Clive and Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant: Entries in the diaries of Grace Higgens rel. to Charleston: 1921-1983. Quentin Bell, professor, writer and artist: Entries in the...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1983
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 83234

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Higgens Papers. Vol. xxxvii. Diary of Grace Higgens; 1974. Ringmer. ff. i + 93. 150 x 75 mm. Charleston, Sussex; home to Clive and Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant: Entries in the diaries of Grace Higgens rel. to Charleston: 1921-1983. John Peter Higgens, son of Grace Higgens; of Charleston, cou...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1974
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 83242

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Higgens Papers. Vol. xlv. Diary of Grace Higgens; 1980. Ringmer. ff. i + 34. 110 x 75 mm. Charleston, Sussex; home to Clive and Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant: Entries in the diaries of Grace Higgens rel. to Charleston: 1921-1983. John Peter Higgens, son of Grace Higgens; of Charleston, county...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1980
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 83210

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Higgens Papers. Vol. xiii. Diary of Grace Higgens; 1949. Charleston. ff. ii + 20. 130 x 60 mm. Charleston, Sussex; home to Clive and Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant: Entries in the diaries of Grace Higgens rel. to Charleston: 1921-1983. Arthur Clive Heward Bell, art critic: Entries in the diari...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1949
Extent:
1 item