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Letter to Vanessa [Stephen] on Her Wedding Day [Handwritten]

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Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature

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William Beekman Collection of Virginia Woolf and Her Circle

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Series III: Letters and Documents

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Title
Letter to Vanessa [Stephen] on Her Wedding Day [Handwritten]
Additional title: Address of congratulation to our mistress on her approaching marriage
Names
Beekman, William (Collector)
Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941 (Author)
Bell, Vanessa, 1879-1961 (Addressee)
Collection

William Beekman Collection of Virginia Woolf and Her Circle

Series III: Letters and Documents

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1907-02-06
Library locations
Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature
Shelf locator: Berg Coll MSS Beekman
Topics
Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941
Weddings
Genres
Correspondence
Physical Description
Extent: 2 sheets
Description
A humorous “proclamation” written on the eve Vanessa Bell’s marriage, which Woolf wrote from the perspectives of three apes—Billy, Bartholomew, Mungo—and a Wombat. -- https://www.nypl.org/press/press-release/november-20-2019/new-york-public-library-acquires-collection-rare-virginia-woolf
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b22025350
MSS Unit ID: 25777
Archives EAD ID: 3189213
NYPL Exhibition ID: TL 22.01.019
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): bfaee420-d5cb-0138-c1f0-7bba21ea748c
Copyright Notice
© The Society of Authors as the Literary Representative of the Estate of Virginia Woolf. Users of the website may make copies of the Work under general copyright exceptions, but may not further copy, share or adapt the Work. You may not use the material for commercial purposes. Please credit the copyright holder when reusing this work.
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  • 1907: Created
  • 2022: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
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Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library. "Letter to Vanessa [Stephen] on Her Wedding Day [Handwritten]" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1907. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/436e6b00-8ced-013a-57a9-0242ac110003

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Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library. "Letter to Vanessa [Stephen] on Her Wedding Day [Handwritten]" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 1, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/436e6b00-8ced-013a-57a9-0242ac110003

APA Format

Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library. (1907). Letter to Vanessa [Stephen] on Her Wedding Day [Handwritten] Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/436e6b00-8ced-013a-57a9-0242ac110003

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Letter to Vanessa [Stephen] on Her Wedding Day [Handwritten]