Edward Morgan Forster (Jan. 1, 1879 – 7 June 7, 1970) was an English author. He studied at King's College, Cambridge, where he befriended Leonard Woolf.
Emilie Rose Macaulay (Aug. 1, 1881 – Oct. 30, 1958) was an English writer. Macaulay's novels were partly influenced by Virginia Woolf; she also wrote biographies and travelogues.
Harold George Nicolson (Nov. 21, 1886 – 1 May 1, 1968) was a British politician, biographer, novelist, and journalist. His wife was the writer Vita Sackville-West, a close friend and lover of Virginia Woolf.
Edith (Sept. 7, 1887 –Dec. 9, 1964), Osbert (Dec. 6, 1892 – 4 May 4, 1969), and Sacheverell Sitwell (Nov. 15, 1897 – Oct. 1, 1988) were sibling writers who were part of Virginia and Leonard Woolf’s social circle.
Sets of newspapers clippings from 1929-1970 which are reviews of works by Virginia Woolf adjacent authors: E.M. Forster, Rose Macaulay, Harold Nicolson, Edith Sitwell, Osbert Sitwell, and Sacheverell Sitwell.
For Forster and Macauley, there are a small number of handwritten 3x5 cards, each listing a periodical where additional reviews can be found, dating as late as 1986.
The collections is organized alphabetically by the reviewed author, with reviews organized chronologically within that. At the back of each author section may be found any reviews for which the dates were unclear. The 3x5 cards are located at the start of that author’s reviews.
This collection is open and available for research use.
Copyright restrictions apply.
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Literature Review Clippings, 1929-1986 (Cage 960)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
The origin of the collection is unclear. Based on notes on card headers, the collection appears to have been organized into its current structure by a Linda M. B. in about 1980; it is speculated that the project may have been arranged by Leila Luedeking, a Woolf bibliographer and MASC staff member. At some point prior to 1998 the clippings went into storage in card catalog boxes in the MASC book stacks.
In 2023 May, the collection was transfered from the MASC book stacks, where they had been stored since at least 1998, and formally converted into a manuscripts collection.
This collection was processed by University Archivist Mark O’English in 2023 May.
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