George Milton Collection on the Bloomsbury Group, 1882-1979, Date acquired: 06/01/1983

 

Collection context

Summary

Creator:
Milton, George
Extent:
305.00 items
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Title of Item], [Date of Item], The Bloomsburys and Supporting Cast, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/MSS-83-4

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of portrait paintings, books, and a variety of papers by and about the Bloomsbury Group and individuals associated with Bloomsbury.

According to George Milton, the donor, "These portraits are strictly personal impressions, gleaned from a study of letters, memoirs, autobiographies, biographies, as well as photographs, several trips were made to England, in order to visit residences, and places frequented by many of the subjects."

Subjects and persons significant to this collection include: Bloomsbury maps, exhibits, Ottoline Morrell, Virginia Woolf portrait and diary, Leonard Woolf, Lytton Strachey, Queen Victoria, Florence Nightingale, Queen Elizabeth, Aldous Huxley letters, Roger Fry, Rupert Brooke, India, poetry, Marianne Thornton, D. H. Lawrence, Quetzalcoatl, women in literature, women authors, Augustus John, V. Sackville-West, John Maynard Keynes, Katherine Mansfield, Western philosophy, the Sitwell family, and James Stephens.

Biographical / historical:

The Bloomsbury Group was an informal but influential group of intellectuals, artists and writers associated with the residential district of Bloomsbury in west central London in the early 20th century. Notable members include Virginia Woolf, John Maynard Keyes, Clive Bell, and Lytton Strachey.

Acquisition information:
Gift of George Merritt Milton
Processing information:

Processed June 1983

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

This collection is open to all researchers.

This collection is in an offsite storage location. Please contact lib-specialcollections@fsu.edu with requests for access or for more information.

Terms of access:

All requests for permission to quote, publish, broadcast or otherwise reproduce from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Associate Dean for Special Collections & Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Florida State University Libraries as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.

Preferred citation:

[Title of Item], [Date of Item], The Bloomsburys and Supporting Cast, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/MSS-83-4

Location of this collection:
116 Honors Way
Tallahassee
FL
32306-2047
USA