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...
'The Son of Heaven: A tragic melodrama' by Lytton Strachey, including advertisements for Duncan Grant and Vanessa Bell as decorators and for the literary works of the Bloomsbury group, 1925 (ff. 8);
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.
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...
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 ...
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.
Higgens Papers. lix. Painted wooden gift from Julian Bell (83256 A); circa 1920. Label: 'Given to Grace by Julian Bell when he was quite young' (B. f. 1).
Scope & Content:
Julian Heward Bell, son of A C H Bell: Grace Higgens, née Germany; housekeeper of Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant at London and Charleston, county Sussex: Wooden gift from Julian Heward Bell to Grace Higgens: circa 1920.
Vol LIV, ff. 24, 1970s-2001. Grace Higgens, née Germany; housekeeper of Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant at London and Charleston, county Sussex: Recipes collected by Grace Higgens: 1930s-1970s.
Vol. LV, ff. 28, 1970s-2001. Grace Higgens, née Germany; housekeeper of Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant at London and Charleston, county Sussex: Recipes collected by Grace Higgens: 1930s-1970s.