Smith, H.W. mss., 1817-1987
Papers, 1817-1987, of Hannah Whitall Smith at the Lilly Library, Indiana
University, Bloomington, Indiana
Electronic finding aid encoded by Ryan K. Lee.
Summary Information
Repository
Lilly
Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)
Indiana University
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Phone: 812-855-2452
Fax: 812-855-3143
Email: liblilly@indiana.edu
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Creator
Smith, Hannah (Whitall)
TitleSmith, H.W. mss.,1817-1987
Collection No.
LMC 1982
Extent
ca. 30,500 items
Language
Materials are in English.
Abstract
Consists primarily of letters of Hannah
Whitall Smith, her two daughters Mary Berenson and Alys Whitall Pearsall Russell, and
Mary's two daughters Ray Strachey and Karin Stephen.
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research.
Biographical Note
Hannah Whitall Smith (1832-1911), American evangelist, writer, and reformer, was born in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She grew up in a strict Quaker home and from childhood had a
passion for religion and introspection. Hannah married Robert Pearsall Smith (1827-1899)
in 1851 and settled in Germantown, Pennsylvania. In 1864 they moved to Millville, New
Jersey, where they joined the Wesleyan-based Holiness movement. They had two daughters,
Mary (1864-1945) and Alys (1867-1951), and one son, Logan Pearsall (1865-1946). In the
late 1860's Hannah began preaching and writing on religious subjects, and later became
involved in the temperance and suffrage movements, founding the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union in 1874. When Mary married English barrister Frank Costelloe in 1888,
the family moved to England where Hannah continued her work. It was there that Alys
married philosopher Bertrand Russell. Alys joined her mother in working for women's
rights and had a keen interest in political issues.
Meanwhile Mary's marriage to Frank Costelloe failed soon after the birth of their second
daughter Karin. Mary left England to tour the museums and cathedrals of Europe with her
future husband, art critic Bernard Berenson. Mary's daughters Ray and Karin stayed in
England with their father and thrived under the influence of their grandmother Hannah.
Ray became the third generation of "Whitall" women to devote her life to women's issues,
while Karin became a pioneer in Freudian psychoanalysis and one of Britain's first
psychoanalysts. The circle of friends and relatives broadened further when Ray married
into the Strachey family and Karin wed Virginia Woolf's brother Adrian Stephen.
Arrangement/Organization
Arranged in the following series: I. General correspondence. II. Correspondence from
family members. III. Miscellaneous. IV. Photographs. V. Bound volumes.
Scope and Content Note
Consists primarily of letters of Hannah Whitall Smith, her two daughters Mary Berenson
and Alys Whitall Pearsall Russell, and Mary's two daughters Ray Strachey and Karin
Stephen. The correspondence is mostly among these five women, but included is
correspondence with other members of the Smith family, extended relations and friends
both in the U.S. and Europe.
Other correspondents include: Bernard Berenson, Dorothy Bussy, Frank Costelloe, Jane
Ellen Harrison, Bertrand Russell, Geoffrey Scott, Logan Pearsall Smith, Robert Pearsall
Smith, Lady Henry Somerset, Adrian Stephen, Alix Strachey, Barbara Strachey, Julia
Frances Strachey, Oliver Strachey, M. Carey Thomas, Frances Elizabeth Willard, and
Virginia Woolf.
Also present in the collection are juvenalia, writings, clippings, scrapbooks, diaries,
photographs, and other miscellaneous papers.
Note on Indexing Term - "Bloomsbury Group": The
family had many connections with the British literary intellectual community. Alys married philosopher
Bertrand Russell. Ray married into the Strachey family and Karin wed Virginia Woolf's brother Adrian
Stephen. In the collection there are letters from Clive Bell, Edward Morgan Forster, Roger Eliot Fry, John
Maynard Keynes, Giles Lytton Strachey and Virginia Woolf.
Note on Indexing Term - "Art": Of interest is
material concerning the art critic Bernard Berenson and his wife, Mary (Smith) Berenson.
Note on Indexing Term - "Travel": Of interest are the letters and diaries of Mary
Smith Berenson who traveled extensively in Europe.
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Indexing Terms
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The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
IUCAT, the IU Libraries' online
catalog. Materials about related topics, persons or places can be found by searching the
catalog using these terms.
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Names
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Woman's Christian
Temperance Union.
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Smith, Hannah Whitall,
1832-1911.
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Berenson, Bernard,
1865-1959.
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Berenson, Mary, 1864-
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Bussy, Dorothy.
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Costelloe, Frank,
1855-1899.
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Harrison, Jane Ellen,
1850-1928.
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Russell, Alys Whitall Pearsall,
1867-1928.
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Russell, Bertrand,
1872-1970.
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Scott, Geoffrey,
1885-1929.
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Smith, Logan Pearsall,
1865-1946.
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Smith, Robert Pearsall,
1827-1898.
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Somerset, Henry, Lady,
1851-1921.
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Stephen, Adrian.
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Stephen, Karin.
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Strachey, Alix,
1892-1973.
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Strachey, Barbara,
1912-
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Strachey, Julia Frances,
1901-1979.
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Strachey, Oliver,
1874-1960.
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Strachey, Ray,
1887-1940.
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Thomas, M. Carey (Martha Carey),
1857-1935.
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Willard, Frances Elizabeth,
1839-1898.
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Woolf, Virginia,
1882-1941.
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Places
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Great Britain --Social life and
customs.
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United States --Social life and
customs.
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
Purchased. 1989.
Usage RestrictionsPrior arrangements are not necessary before coming to the Library, however, patrons
from out of town are encouraged to communicate with the Library in advance of their
visits to ascertain availability of materials.
Photocopying permitted only with permission of the Curator of Manuscripts, Lilly
Library.
Preferred Citation
[Item], Smith, H.W. mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington,
Indiana.
Series:
General correspondence
(674 letters)
Letters from friends and colleagues. Arranged chronologically.
Circular Letters
The circular letters were written by Hannah (Whitall) Smith and sent to family and friends back in the United States after
the family's move to England. The letters are numbered and interfiled into Hannah's correspondence chronologically.
Circular Letters
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View All (126)
- 1. May 22,
1888
- 2. June 10-18, 1888
- 3. (missing)
- 4. July 27,
1888
- 5. Aug. 16,
1888
- 6. Sept. 12,
1888
- no # Sept.
15, 1888
- 7. Oct. 8,
1888
- 8. Oct. 16,
1888
- 9. Nov. 1,
1888
- 10. Nov. 11,
1888
- 11. Dec. 1,
1888
- 12. Dec. 22,
1888
- 13. Jan. 9,
1889
- 14. Jan. 26,
1889
- 15. Feb. 4,
1889
- 16. Feb. 7,
1889
- 17. Feb. 19,
1889
- 18. Mar. 1,
1889
- 19. Mar. 22,
1889
- 20. Apr. 13,
1889
- 21. May 6,
1889
- 22. June 9,
1889
- 23. June 20,
1889
- 24. July 14,
1889
- 25. Aug. 1,
1889
- 26. Aug. 17,
1889
- 27. Sept. 6,
1889
- 28. Sept. 23,
1889
- 29. Oct. 16,
1889
- 30. (missing)
- 31. Nov. 19,
1889
- 32. Dec. 15,
1889
- 33. Jan. 10,
1890
- 34. Feb. 14,
1890
- 35. Mar. 10,
1890
- 36. Apr. 5,
1890
- 37. (missing)
- 38. May 30,
1890
- 39. July l7,
1890
- 40. Aug. 4,
1890
- 41. (missing)
- 42. Sept. 12,
1890
- 43-44. Oct. 1-9, 1890
- 45-46. (missing)
- 47. Dec. 1,
1890
- 48. Jan. 20,
1891
- 49. Feb. 11,
1891
- 50. Feb. 16,
1891
- 51. Mar. 16,
1891
- 52. May 4,
1891
- 53. June 9,
1891
- 54. July 11,
1891
- 55. Aug. 7,
1891
- 56. Sept. 7,
1891
- 57. Oct. 5,
1891
- 58. Jan. 16,
1892
- 59. Feb. 16,
1892
- 60. Mar. 26,
1892
- 61. Apr. 26,
1892
- 62. May 26,
1892
- 63. July 10,
1892
- 64. Aug. 3,
1892
- 65. Sept. 6,
1892
- 66. Oct. 10,
1892
- 67. Nov. 15,
1892
- 68. Dec. 16,
1892
- 69. Jan. 17,
1893
- 70. Feb. 21,
1893
- 71. Mar. 25,
1893
- 72. Apr. 10,
1893
- 73. May 22,
1893
- 74. July 10,
1893
- 75. Aug. 9,
1893
- 76. Sept. 4,
1893
- 77. Oct. 17,
1893
- 78. Nov. 19,
1893
- 79. Dec. 26,
1893
- 80. Jan. 20,
1894
- 81. Mar. 10,
1894
- 82. May 16,
1894
- 83. July 9,
1894
- 84. Aug. 13,
1894
- 85. Sept. 12,
1894
- 86. Oct. 16,
1894
- 87. Nov. 26,
1894
- 88. Dec. 26,
1894
- 89. Feb. 6,
1895
- 90. Mar. 12,
1895
- 91. Apr. 15,
1895
- 92. June 3,
1895
- 93.(missing)
- 94. Aug. 19,
1895
- 95. Oct. 7,
1895
- 96. Nov. 26,
1895
- 97. Jan.5,
1896
- 98. Feb. 17,
1896
- 99. Apr. 7,
1896
- 100. July 4,
1896
- 101. Aug. 30,
1896
- 102. Oct. 26,
1896
- 103 Dec. 15,
1896
- 104-105. (missing)
- 106. June,
1897
- 107. Aug. 4,
1897
- 108. Sept.
17, 1897
- 109. Oct. 28,
1897
- 110. Jan. 7,
1898
- 111. Apr. 16,
1898
- 112-114. (missing)
- 115. Dec. 12,
1898
- 116. Feb. 27,
1899
- 117. May 30,
1899
- 118. July 31,
1899
- 119. Aug. 28,
1899
- 120. Dec. 20,
1900
- 121. Feb. 18,
1901
- 122. Apr. 9,
1901
- 123. June 10,
1901
- 124. July 25,
1901
- 125. Sept. 6,
1901
- 126. Nov. 18,
1901
- 127. Jan. 28,
1902
- 128. Apr. 7,
1902
- 129. Aug. 6,
1902
- 130. Nov. 13,
1902
Box 1
1710-1911
Box 2
1912-1987
Series:
Correspondence from family members
Arranged chronologically under each name.
Subseries:
Berenson, Mary (Smith)
(7,045 letters)
Box 2
1872-1887
Box 3
1888-1904
Box 4
1905-1913
Box 5
1914-1944
Subseries:
Russell, Alys Whitall Pearsall (Smith)
(5,358 letters)
Box 5
1868-1915
Box 6
1915 June-1925
Box 7
1926-1934 August
Box 8
1934 September-1950
Subseries:
Smith, Hannah (Whitall)
(7,113 letters)
Box 8
1836-1872
Box 9
1873-1893
Box 10
1894-1906 June
Box 11
1906 July-1911
Subseries:
Stephen, Karin (Costelloe)
(2,884 letters)
Box 11
1892-1911 May
Box 12
1911 June-1927
Box 13
1928-1945
Subseries:
Strachey, Ray (Costelloe)
(4,535 letters)
Box 13
1890-1911
Box 14
1912-1931
Box 15
1932-1940
Series:
Miscellaneous
Includes juvenalia, clippings, writings, printed materials, etc.
Subseries:
Berenson, Bernard
Box 15
Folder 19
Cipher (for bookplate?)
Folder 20
Printed material about Berenson
Folder 21
Clippings, 1951-1984
Folder 22
Clippings, 1951-1984
Folder 23
Clippings - obituaries
Subseries:
Berenson, Mary (Smith)
Box 15
Folder 24
Juvenalia
Folder 25
Juvenalia
Folder 26
"Confessions of M.W.C.,"
1890
Folder 27
Life of B.B., chap. I-IX
Folder 28
Life of B.B., chap. I-IX
Folder 29
"Reminiscences of Walt Whitman"
Folder 30
Misc. poetry
Folder 31
Misc. prose
Folder 32
Lecture invitations and handbills
Folder 33
Lock of hair
Box 16
Folder 1
Miscellaneous
Folder 2
Miscellaneous
Folder 3
Miscellaneous
Folder 4
Clippings, 1885-1950
Subseries:
Costelloe, Frank
Box 16
Folder 5
Election posters; "A wife shd"; photocopy of will
Folder 6
Clippings, 1885-1886
Subseries:
Halpern, Barbara (Strachey)
Contains research materials on:
Box 16
Folder 7
Bernard Berenson
Folder 8
Mary (Smith) Berenson
Folder 9
Mary (Smith) Berenson
Folder 10
Mary (Smith) Berenson
Folder 11
Mary (Smith) Berenson
Folder 12
Mary (Smith) Berenson
Folder 13
Mary (Smith) Berenson
Folder 14
Mary (Smith) Berenson
Folder 15
Mary (Smith) Berenson
Folder 16
Mary (Smith) Berenson
Folder 17
Mary (Smith) Berenson
Folder 18
Mary (Smith) Berenson
Folder 19
Mary (Smith) Berenson
Folder 20
Mary (Smith) Berenson
Folder 21
Mary (Smith) Berenson
Folder 22
Frank Costelloe
Folder 23
Alys Whitall Pearsall (Smith) Russell
Folder 24
Hannah (Whitall) Smith
Folder 25
Hannah (Whitall) Smith
Folder 26
Hannah (Whitall) Smith
Folder 27
Hannah (Whitall) Smith
Folder 28
Hannah (Whitall) Smith
Box 17
Folder 1
Logan Pearsall Smith
Folder 2
Logan Pearsall Smith
Folder 3
Robert Pearsall Smith
Folder 4
Karin (Costelloe) Stephen
Folder 5
M. Carey Thomas
Folder 6
Horace Traubel and Walt Whitman
Subseries:
Heithersay, Margaret L.
Box 17
Folder 7
Memoirs
Subseries:
Russell, Alys Whitall Pearsall (Smith)
Box 17
Folder 8
Broadcast scripts
- In my experiences... Sunday, Nov. 7, 1948
- A visit to Tennyson... Thursday, Nov. 3, 1949>
Box 17
Folder 9
Loose material from scrapbook, 1892-1896
Folder 10
Loose material from scrapbook, 1898-1900
Folder 11
Reminiscences about Bertrand Russell, notebook (Alys'
hand?)
Folder 12
Miscellaneous
Folder 13
Printed: clippings, handbills
Subseries:
Smith, Hannah (Whitall)
Box 17
Folder 14
Contracts and copyright agreements
Folder 15
Oxford meetings, 1874
Folder 16
Woman's Christian Temperance Union Writings
Folder 17
Autobiography
Folder 18
Memoirs
Folder 19
"On authority of a husband"
Folder 20
Misc. writings
Folder 21
Printed: Yellowstone Park articles
Folder 22
Printed: Misc.
Folder 23
Writings by others on the Holiness Movement
Folder 24
Miscellaneous
Folder 25
Miscellaneous
Folder 26
Scrapbook, clippings and printed material, 1873-1884
Folder 27
Clippings, 1876-1951
Folder 28
Clippings, 1876-1951
Folder 29
Clippings, 1876-1951
Subseries:
Smith, Logan Pearsall
Box 17
Folder 30
Miscellaneous writings and photocopy of will
Subseries:
Smith, Robert Pearsall
Box 17
Folder 31
Handbill, biographical information
Subseries:
Stephen, Adrian
Box 17
Folder 32
Printed writings, photocopy of portion of diary
Subseries:
Stephen, Karin(Costelloe)
Box 17
Folder 33
Juvenalia
Folder 34
Human misery, 1952
Typescript [237]p.
Folder 35
Lecture
Folder 36
Speeches
Folder 37
Miscellaneous
Folder 38
Printed articles by Stephen
Folder 39
Clippings, 1907-1976
Subseries:
Strachey, Oliver
Box 17
Folder 40
Misc. writings
Subseries:
Strackey, Ray (Costelloe)
Box 17
Folder 41
Juvenalia
Folder 42
Transcript of letters, July 2-Nov. 24,
1908
Box 18
Folder 1
"Ray's journal," 1905
Folder 2
1918
election: handbills, clippings
Folder 3
Women's suffrage, 1909
Folder 4
Miscellaneous
Subseries:
Strachey family
Box 18
Folder 5
Miscellaneous clippings, handbills, school reports: James, Alix,
Julia, Philippa Strachey
Subseries:
Thomas, M. Carey
Box 18
Folder 6
Miscellaneous
Folder 7
Printed by Thomas
Folder 8
Clippings, 1885-1904
Subseries:
Whitall, John and Mary
Box 18
Folder 9
Misc. writings, printed material
Subseries:
Miscellaneous
Box 18
Folder 10
Printed material relating to Smith family and unidentified
items
Series:
Photographs
("Circ." refers to Circular letters written by Hannah (Whitall) Smith.
See: Appendix for the location of the Circular letters. For photographs in
"Bound" volumes refer to the BOUND VOLUMES series which follows
PHOTOGRAPHS)
Box 18
Folder 11
Berenson, Bernard
(see also: Box 18, folder 14, 15, 25; Circ. 125)
Folder 12
Berenson, Mary Smith
(see also: Box 18, folder 12, 18, 22, 22a, 25, 28, 34, 35; Circ. 6, 87, 100,
102, 115, 125; Volumes 24, 35, 36, 41, 44)
Folder 13
Costelloe, Frank
(see also: Box 18, folder 12, 18; Circ. 29)
Folder 14
Halpern, Barbara (Strachey)
(see also: Box 18, folder 11)
Folder 15
Hultin, Roger
(see also: Box 18, folder 11, 12, 25, 26)
Folder 16
Russell, Alys Whitall Pearsall (Smith)
(see also: Box 18, folder 18, 22, 22a, 28, 35; Circ. 6, 14, 65, 67, 83, 87,
92, 108, 115, 123; Volumes 24, 41, 44)
Folder 17
Smith, Hannah (Whitall)
(see also: Box 18, folder 12, 16, 18, 22, 22a, 27, 35; Circ. 6, 14, 87, 115,
127; Volumes 24, 27, 35, 36, 41, 44)
Folder 18
Smith, Logan Pearsall
(see also: Box 18, folder 16, 22, 22a, 28, 35; Circ. 6, 87; Volume 24)
Folder 19
Smith, Rachel Pearsall
(see also: Box 18, folder 22, 28)
Folder 19
Smith, Robert Pearsall
(see: Box 18, folder 16, 17, 22, 22a; Circ. 6, 14, 87; Volume 24)
Folder 20
Smith family
Folder 21
Smith family
Folder 22
Smith family
Folder 22a
Smith family
(folio - filed separately)
Folder 23
Stephen, Karin (Costelloe)
(see also: Box 18, folder 11, 12, 13, 22, 22a, 25, 34; Circ, 87, 102, 125;
Volumes 27, 28, 34, 35, 36, 41, 44, 45)
Folder 24
Strachey, Christopher
(see also: Box 18, folder 26)
Folder 25
Strachey, Ray
(see also: Box 18, folder 11, 12, 13, 16, 22, 22a; Circ. 6, 29, 59, 63, 87,
102, 125, 129; Volumes 27, 28, 34, 35, 36, 41, 45)
Folder 26
Strachey family
Folder 27
Whitall family
Folder 28
Family and friends
(from disbound scrapbook)
Folder 29
Family and friends A - Z
Folder 30
Family and friends A - Z
Folder 31
Family and friends A - Z
Folder 32
Family and friends A - Z
Folder 33
Family and friends A - Z
Folder 34
Residences
Folder 35
Travel photos
(from disbound scrapbook)
Folder 36
Copies
Series:
Bound Volumes
Includes diaries, scrapbooks, and address books
Volume 1
An account of the illness and death of Elizabeth and Rebecca Reeves,
1832
Subseries:
Berenson, Mary (Smith)
Volume 2
Diary, Oct. 16, 1876-May 14, 1877
Subseries:
Russell, Alys Whitall Pearsall (Smith)
Volume 3
Address book
Volume 4
Diary, Jan. 1, 1877-July 3, 1878
Volume 5
Diary, Nov. 5, 1883-Feb. 1894
Volume 6
Scrapbook, 1892-1896
(
see also: Box 17, folder 9)
Volume 7
Scrapbook, 1898-1900
(
see also: Box 17, folder 10)
Subseries:
Smith, Hannah (Whitall)
Volume 8
Address book
Volume 9
Commonplace book, 1879
Volume 10
Diary, vol. 2, Feb. 15-Oct. 6,
1849
Volume 11
Diary, vol. 3, Oct. 7, 1849-Feb. 11,
1850
Volume 12
Diary, vol. 4, 1850
Volume 13
Diary, vol. 5, Mar. 7-Oct. 26,
1851
Volume 14
Diary, vol. 6, Nov. 12, 1851-Jan. 2,
1856
Volume 15
Diary, vol. 7, Jan. 3, 1856-Dec. 28,
1857
Volume 16
Diary, vol. 8, Jan. 2, 1858-Sept. 9,
1867
Volume 17
Diary, vol. 9, Dec. 25, 1867-Sept. 25,
1868
Volume 18
Diary, vol. 10, Sept. 25, 1868-Dec. 30,
1880
Volume 19
"Heavenly Bridegroom,"
extracts, May 1873-Nov. 1874
Volume 20
Letters, Jan. 13-May 19, 1874
Volume 21
Letters from England, copies, vol. 1, Jan.-Mar. 1874
Volume 22
Letters from England, copies, vol. 2, Mar.-July 11, 1874
Volume 23
Letters from England, copies, vol. 3, July 17-Sept. 12, 1874
Volume 24
Letters from England, May 25-June 27,
1875
Volume 25
Nelly, 1852-1858
Subseries:
Stephen, Karin (Costelloe)
Volume 26
"The Blue Book," Apr. 10, 1905-Sept. 13,
1906
Volume 27
Diary, Aug. 2, 1904-Dec. 13, 1905
Volume 28
Diary, July 4, 1906-Aug. 11, 1908
Volume 29
Diary, Feb. 5, 1913-Mar. 15, 1915
Subseries:
Strachey, Ray (Costelloe)
Volume 30
Address book
Volume 31
Aesthetic Criticisms
Volume 32
Conversations, 1906-1909
Volume 33
Diary, May 9-Aug. 31, 1900
Volume 34
Diary, Apr. 1, 1902-Sept. 15, 1903
Volume 35
Diary, Oct. 13, 1903-Sept. 12, 1904
Volume 36
Diary, Oct. 3, 1904-Sept. 8, 1908
Volume 37
Diary, Sept. 24, 1909-Nov. 23, 1914
Volume 38
Diary, Nov. 11, 1911-Mar. 26, 1916
Volume 39
Diary, Mar. 1924-Dec. 8, 1935
Volume 40
Diary (re: Barbara S. Halpern), Sept. 23, 1915-Apr. 29, 1916
Subseries:
Children's scrapbooks
Contain letters and drawings by Ray and Karin to Hannah and Mary, letters from
Hannah to Mary, and photographs
Volume 41
Jan. 1896-Mar. 1897
Volume 42
Mar.-Nov. 1897
Volume 43
1897-1898
Volume 44
Apr.-Dec. 1898
Volume 45
Dec. 1898-Feb. 1899
Subseries:
Family scrapbooks
Contain mostly newspaper clippings
Volume 46
1870-1899
Volume 47
1880-1902