Add MS 82025

Strachey/Holroyd Papers. Vol. liii (ff. 198). Correspondence and papers relating to exhibitions of pictures relating to the Bloomsbury Group, and particularly to paintings by Dora Carrington, to Jane Hill’s biography The Art of Dora Carrington (Herbert Press, 1994), with a preface by Michael Holroyd, and to the exhibition linked to the book held at the Barbican Art Gallery, 21 Sept. to 10 Dec. 1995, to which Michael Holroyd lent some of the Carrington paintings in his possession; 1993-2001. Includes letters from Suzanne, Duchess of St. Alban’s, and Noel and Joanna Carrington to Michael Holroyd, a print-out of the listings on the Hulton Getty database of references to Dora Carrington.

includes:

• ff. 1, 4, 6-11, 13-16 Suzanne Mary Adele Beauclerk, wife of Charles, 13th Duke of St. Albans: Letters to M. Holroyd: 1970.
• ff. 2-3, 27, 130, 134 Joanna Carrington, afterwards Mason; daughter of Noel Carrington: Letters to M. Holroyd: 1968-1995.
• f. 5 Noel Carrington: Miss E. Lucy Norton, translator: Letter to Miss E. Lucy Norton from Noel Carrington: 1970.
• f. 12 W. Roger Smith, of William Heinemann Ltd: William Heinemann; publishers: Letter from W. R. Smith, of William Heinemann Ltd, to M. Holroyd: 1970: Signed.
• ff. 17-19, 21-22, 24-26, 29, 31-32 Noel Carrington: Letters to M. Holroyd: 1963-1980.
• ff. 23, 33 Laura Cohn, of Oxford Polytechnic: Oxford Polytechnic: Letters from L. Cohn, of Oxford Polytechnic, to M. Holroyd: 1977-1979: Partly signed.
• f. 28 London; Secular Institutions. National Portrait Gallery: Richard Ormond, of the National Portrait Gallery: Letter from R. Ormond, of the National Portrait Gallery, to M. Holroyd: 1978: Signed.
• f. 34 David Garnett, author: Letters to M. Holroyd: 1968-1980.
• f. 36 Augustus Dudley Peters, literary agent: Caroline Dawnay, of A D Peters and Co: Letter from C. dawnay, of A. D. Peters and Co., to M. Holroyd: 1987: Signed.
• ff. 37-41, 51-71, 75, 78-81, 90, 93 Jane Hill, biographer: Letters to M. Holroyd: 1993-1996: Partly signed.
• ff. 44-50, 76-77 Julia MacKenzie, of the Herbert Press: David Herbert, of the Herbert Press: Herbert Press: Correspondence of J. Mackenzie and D. Herbert, of the Herbert Press, and M. Holroyd: 1993, 1994: Partly signed, partly photocopy.
• f. 67 David Lambert: Letter from M. Holroyd: 1994: Photocopy.
• f. 74 Tony Bradshaw, of the Bloomsbury Workshop: Bloomsbury Workshop: Letter from T. Bradshaw, of the Bloomsbury Workshop, to M. Holroyd: 1994: Signed.
• f. 82 Edward Fitzgerald Brenan, writer: Jane Carrington, daughter of Noel Carrington: Incomplete letter to Jane Carrington from Edward Fitzgerald Brenan: [1995]: Photocopy.
• ff. 84-89 Jane Carrington, daughter of Noel Carrington: John Hoole, of the Barbican Art Gallery: London; Secular Institutions. Barbican Art Gallery: Correspondence of J. Hoole, of the Barbican Art Gallery, and J. Carrington: 1995: Photocopies.
• ff. 91-163, passim Dora de Houghton Carrington, painter and companion of Lytton Strachey: John Hoole, of the Barbican Art Gallery: London; Secular Institutions. Barbican Art Gallery: Papers, copies of press reports and correspondence of J. Hoole and others of the Barbican Art Gallery with M. Holroyd rel. to the exhibition mounted there of paintings and other works by D. Carrington: 1995: Partly printed, partly signed, partly photocopies.
• f. 102 Jane Hill, biographer: Jane Carrington, daughter of Noel Carrington: Draft letter from J. Hill to J. Carrington sent to M. Holroyd for comment: 1995: Photocopy.
• ff. 164-165 Kay Bryant, of the River and Rowing Museum: River and Rowing Museum; Henley on Thames: Letters from K. Bryant, of the River and Rowing Museum, to M. Holroyd: 1998: Signed.
• ff. 167-197 Dora de Houghton Carrington, painter and companion of Lytton Strachey: Hulton Getty Images: Print-outs of images from the Hulton Getty Image collection of paintings by D. Carrington and photographs of her and other members of the Bloomsbury set: 2001: Print-outs.