Quentin Bell Papers

Imbroglios

DeSalvo/Leaska

1 file ms, ts papers
Contains 72 letters, 1981-85 between QB, Louise DeSalvo and Mitchell Leaska relating to the editing and publishing of Virginia Woolf's 1897 journal.
File includes transcript version of the journal.

Grosskurth, Phyllis

1 file ts, printed papers
Contains 4 letters between Phyllis Grosskurth and QB, Nov.-Dec.1980 with PG's review of Vol. 6 of The letters of Virginia Woolf : Leave the letters till we're dead with subsequent published correspondence in Times Literary Supplement, Oct.-Dec. 1980.

Henig, Suzanne

3 files ms, ts and printed papers:
1. Contains an exchange of 56 letters, 1967-74, between Suzanne Henig and QB in respect of Virginia Woolf copyright requests and refusals.
2. Contains: documents relating to "Registration of a Claim to Copyright...in the United States of America" in respect of Virginia Woolf's "A cockney's farming experiences" and "Experiences of a pater familias"; Virginia Woolf Quarterly V.1, No.1. Fall 1972; reviews by Suzanne Henig, J. W.Bicknell of QB's Virginia Woolf : a biography.

3. Contains typescript of Suzanne Henig's rejected book The Hogarth Press : a history (1917-1946). Ts. 248pp.

Marcus, Jane

1 file ms, ts papers
Contains an exchange of 50 letters between Jane Marcus and QB, 1975-91 on a variety of topics relating chiefly to Virginia Woolf's politics and sometimes generating controversy. QB's essay "A radiant friendship", published by Critical Inquiry V.10, No.4, June 1984 is central to most of this imbroglio.

Rothenstein, John

1 file ms, ts and printed papers
Contains an exchange of 15 letters, 1957-81, between John Rothenstein and QB concerned chiefly with Rothenstein's attack on Bloomsbury in his Modern English Painters. File also contains reviews and draft reviews of C.M. Mount's biography of John Singer Sargent, published in 1957, which gave rise to this imbroglio.

Keynes, John Maynard

1 file ms, printed papers
Contains: 2 letters from Lydia Keynes to QB 1955-65; obituary notices, memorial services etc. for JMK 1946.</dd>

King's College, Cambridge

1 file ms, ts and printed papers
Contains documents relating to the Charleston Papers deposited by QB at King's College, Cambridge in 1965 and sold in 1980 to help fund the restoration of Charleston. File includes 56 letters 1966-94 between QB and the librarians and archivists of the college, with related lists, notes, etc.

Presscuttings, publicity

1 file printed papers
Contains; biographical articles on QB, book reviews by QB, exhibition publicity, letters to the press, etc., with reviews of books written by QB. From various British, European and American journals and newspapers, 1940s -1980s

Society of Authors

1 file ms, ts papers
Contains correspondence between QB and officers of the Society of Authors who undertook the administration of Virginia Woolf's literary estate in 1993. File includes 60 letters, 1993-96, memoranda of agreement, royalty statements , etc.

Sotheby

2 files ms, ts and printed papers, photographs

1. 60 letters, 1972-90, between QB and Sotheby relating to QB's advice on Bloomsbury art, authentication, identification, etc. with accompanying photographs of the art works in question.

2. 26 letters, 1968-73 relating to the possible sale of letters and manuscripts owned by Vanessa Bell, Duncan Grant and others.

Spectator

1 file ms, ts and printed papers
Contains book reviews contributed to The Spectator by QB in 1975 with some related correspondence.

Stock (and other French)

1 file ms, ts papers
Contains 40 letters, 1973-75 relating to the French translation of QB's biography of Virginia Woolf.

Strachey Trust

1 file ms, ts papers
Contains 28 letters, 1972-95 between QB and officers of the Strachey Trust including Michael Holroyd, Paul Levy. File also includes draft Trust Deed dated 6.5.1971 and papers relating to the founding of the Location Register of Twentieth Century English Literary Manuscripts and Letters.

Tate Gallery

1 file ms, ts papers
Contains 40 letters 1970-93 between QB and officers of the Tate Gallery Archives relating chiefly to Vanessa Bell's papers and their acquisition by the Gallery.

Times/Times Literary Supplement

1 file ts, printed papers
Contains articles, book reviews, letters, etc. contributed by QB 1968-87.

Watson, Elizabeth

1 file ms, ts papers, photographs
Contains correspondence, 1992, relating to a proposal to publish Elizabeth Watson's Second World War memoir Don't wait for it. File includes photographs of Elizabeth Watson's paintings.

Woolf Archive

1 file ms, ts and printed papers
Contains 58 letters, 1972-73 between QB, Olivier Bell and officers of the University of Sussex (chiefly the Librarian) relating to the donation of the Monks House Papers to the University.

Woolf, Leonard

1 file ms, ts and printed papers, photographs
Contains: 25 letters from LW to QB, 1962-69 with 4 letters of QB to LW; published reviews, and obituaries of LW 1969. File also contains photocopies of selected pages of the minute book of Rodmell Labour Party.