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Cage 674
Leonard and Virginia Woolf
Insert Papers, ca. 1875-1974

This collection of laid in inserts from books that were originally part of the personal library of Leonard and Virginia Woolf (including those books housed in their Monks House and Victoria Square residences in England) became available for purchase shortly after Leonard Woolf's death in 1969. In the ensuing years additional titles from Leonard Woolf's estate surfaced. These were also purchased in whole or in part by the Washington State University Libraries. In 1974 the Libraries purchased a collateral lot of Hogarth Press editions, some from the Woolfs' own collection. The bulk of what now constitutes the Libraries' printed Woolf holdings (and collateral print collections) was purchased in six lots between 1971 and 1983. Robert N. Matuozzi arranged and cataloged this collection of loose insert items in March of 2000.

Number of items: 70
Number of containers: 1

Arrangement and Description

The laid in Insert Papers collection from the personal library of Leonard and Virginia Woolf consists of manuscripts, letters, and miscellaneous material that, for a variety of reasons, were placed by Leonard and Virginia Woolf in books from their working library. Other casual inserts were slipped into titles that had been sent to them as review copies or as gifts. Most of this insert material, then, has some relationship to the title it was originally associated with although the precise nature of a given item or item-book association is not always clear. Of special interest among the manuscripts are the literary and scholarly fragments, some with definite authorship. Published (printed) insert material was left in the books. The collection is organized chronologically into two series: Series 1, Correspondence, 1909-1974, n.d. and Series 2, Manuscripts, 1875-1938, n.d. This arrangement has been imposed by the archivist.

Where possible, items are minimally described according to elements selected from the information present on documents or that was established by previous research; bracketed information is supplied. The electronic version of this finding aid offers direct World Wide Web links to selected bibliographic records for those copies of books from which a given insert was removed. These records may contain additional information about these items.

For more detailed information on the provenance and scope of Leonard and Virginia Woolf's personal library, see the following journal: Virginia Woolf Miscellany 22 (Spring 1984).

Series 1: Correspondence, 1909-1974, n.d.

Folder Description
Book call numbers
1 G.E. Moore to Woolf. 29 January 1909.
2 A.V. Dicey to Julian Heward Bell. 4 February 1909.
3 Glynde to Woolf. 12 February [19]13.
4 O.M.D. to Clive Bell. 5 November 1913.
5 Margaret to Virginia [Woolf]. 3 September 1915.
6 J.C. Squirre to Woolf. 3 March 1916.
7 "The Nation" to Woolf. 1916.
DA565.C4 G3 (volume 4)
8 Unidentified to [Virginia Woolf]. 29 May 1917.
9 S.E. Chavasse to Mrs. MacCarthy. ca. 1917.
10 Stanley Unwin to L.S. Woolf. 12 February 1920.
11 E. Blunden to Mr. Woolf. 14 October 1920.
12 E. Blunden to Mr. Woolf. ca. 1920.
13 W.J. Turner to Leonard Woolf. 25 January 1921.
14 W.W. Henderson to L.S. Woolf. 24 March 1922.
15 Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries to L. Woolf. 4 August 1922.
16 W.W. Henderson to Leonard S. Woolf. 1 November 1923.
17 William Heinemann, Ltd. to [Leonard Woolf]. 8 November 1923.
18 W.J. Townsend Collins to L.S. Woolf. ca. 1923.
19 Stationery Office, Dublin to The Literary Editor. 3 October 1924.
20 Theodora Bosanquet to Elizabeth Robins. ca. 1925.

Series 1: Correspondence, 1909-1974, n.d.
Folder Description
Book call numbers
21 The British Office of Indian Affairs to Leonard Woolf. 16 November 1926.
22 E.H. Jerkins to Mrs. Woolf. 1 March 1928.
23 Clive Bell to the Editor of the Times Literary Supplement. 22 February 1929.
24 E. Blunden to Mrs. Woolf. 3 December 1930.
24.1 Virginia Woolf to Dear Madam. 10 December 1930.
PR6045.O72O5 (copy 1)
25 Leonard Ehrlich to Mrs. Woolf. 10 March 1934.
26 [Unidentified] to Angelica Bell. 9 August 1937.
N/A
27 Beetle to Angelica Bell. 10 August 1937.
N/A
28 W. Surrey Dane to Mr. Woolf. 3 May 1939.
29 Naomi Michison to Leonard and Virginia [Woolf]. ca. 1939.
30 The Labour Book Service to Leonard Woolf. 5 February 1940.
HX246 .D8 (copy 2)
31 MacMillan & Co. Ltd. to The Literary Editor. 1 April 1940.
32 LW [Leonard Woolf] to The Hogarth Press. 14 September 1940.
33 Paulie to Trekkie Parsons. 8 January 1947.
34 Vanessa Bell to Mr. Gwynne Hughes. 10 February 1957.
PR6045 .O72 M62 (copy 2)
35 R.R. Crossette-Thambian to Leonard Woolf. 5 September 1960. With reply, 26 October 1960.
36 Ralph Schoenman to Mr. Woolf. 27 September 1962.
37 Oliver to Patsy. 6 November 1966.
38 Philip [Sidney Woolf] to Leonard [Woolf]. ca. 1966.

 Series 1: Correspondence, 1909-1974, n.d.
Folder Description
Book call numbers
39 Leonard Woolf to J.R. Windle. 22 May 1968.
PR6005.U6 P3 (copy 2)
40 Trekkie Parsons to Mr. G. Donald Smith. 5 December 1973.
N/A
41 Nigel Nicolson to Mr. Farrelly. 9 March 1974.
N/A
42 Nigel Nicolson to Mr. Farrelly. 17 March 1974.
N/A
  Correspondence with incomplete date or no year.  
43 Lilla to Trekkie [Parsons].
44 Bertrand Russell to Virginia [Woolf]. July 13, n.y.
N/A
45 Philip Sassoon to Virginia [Woolf]. June 13, n.y.


Series 2: Manuscripts, 1875-1938, n.d.

Folder Description
Book call numbers
46 Notes on literature. 1 leaf. Leslie Stephen. ca. 1875.
PR625 .W3 (volume 1)
47 Historical notes and map. 1 leaf. Unidentified. ca. 1896.
48 "Empedocles: Sex[tus] Emp[iricus] VII. 123". 2 leaves. Leonard Woolf. ca. 1899.
49 Literary fragment and drawing. 2 leaves. Leonard Woolf. ca. 1900.
50 "Grammar. First Exam in Tamil". 4 leaves. Unknown. ca. 1905.
51 "To V.S. With a Book". 1 sheet folded. CB [Clive Bell]. 1909.
52 Translation of Mallarmé poem. 1 leaf. Roger Fry? ca. 1913.
53 Notes. 1 leaf. Leonard Woolf. ca. 1915.
54 "The International Review" (sketch drawing of title page layout.) 1 leaf. Leonard Woolf. ca. 1919.
55 "XXI - XXII - XXIII" (typescript poems). 2 leaves. "Stephen Spender Sept.". ca. 1930.
56 "Peace and Justice at Dumbarton Oaks". Attributed to "A Former Member of the League Secretariat." Typescript. 7 leaves. ca. 1938.
N/A
  Manuscripts with no date.  
57 Autograph map. 1 leaf. Leonard Woolf.
58 Autograph signature "Bunny Garnett". 1 leaf.
59 Accounting notes. 1 leaf.
60 Bibliographic notes. 1 notecard.
61 Bibliographic notes. 1 notecard.
62 Correspondence note. 1 leaf. Lytton Strachey?
63 Genealogical notes. 2 leaves. Leslie Stephen?
PR5600 .E69 (volume 8)
64 "The House". Typescript poem. 1 leaf. Barbara Noel Scott.
65 Literary fragments. 2 leaves. Philip Syndey Woolf?
66 Map and notes. 2 leaves.
67 Travel notes. 1 sheet folded.
N/A
68 Travel notes. 1 leaf.