Found 3 collections related to Letters

The Octavia Hill letters to Stella Duckworth and Julia Stephen collection consists of holographic letters written by Hill to Duckworth and Stephen on the topic of housing reform. Duckworth and Stephen were, respectively, the half-sister and mother of the English author Virginia Woolf. The main focus of the collection are letters from Hill to Duckworth, relating to the two's philanthropic efforts. In addition to the letters, there are six checks signed by Hill for specific housing projects. less

Thornton Wilder (1897-1975) was an American novelist and playwright. This collection, dated 1928 to 1974, consists of letters, postcards, and telegrams written by Wilder to his friend Ann Baumer, secretary Eleanor Murphy, and various other recipients. The majority of the correspondence chronicles Wilder's social life as he was working on his final books, The Eighth Day and Theophilus North. less

The Bloomsbury Group was an informal group of early twentieth-century English writers, artists, critics, and intellectuals. This collection, dated 1898 to 1950, consists of a selection of letters and invitations written by or to persons associated with this group. The most frequent correspondent is Vita Sackville-West (1892-1962), the writer and lover of Bloomsbury group member Virginia Woolf, and the majority of the collection is made up of letters written in the immediate aftermath of Woolf's suicide. less