<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Thank you for the warm welcome! I feel a bit like a fish out of water, as I’m so new to Woolf and the rest of the Bloomsbury group. I guess that just means I’ll have to catch up faster.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">About my grandmother, I don’t know if the facts will shed any light but I am happy to share them. She graduated from UCLA around 1939 with a degree in art history. She married my grandfather right out of college, and as I far as I know she never worked outside the home. My grandparents were very well off financially, and spent their time traveling the world and exploring global cultures. As an example, they volunteered on several archeological digs in the Middle East. My grandmother also volunteered at the LA County Museum of Art and the Huntington Library. That is just about all I know, since after my parents divorced in the late 70s, I did not see her again. She passed away in 2011, and her possessions were in the care of my uncle until he passed away earlier this year. Which is how they came to me.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I have no idea what drove her interest in Woolf and Bloomsbury, except they are inherently interesting. I know that two of the Bell paintings (the one of Julia Stephen that I included in my initial note to Kristin, and a still life) were purchased from a London gallery around 1975. They both have gallery identification on the reverse and one has a letter from the gallery. Two of the Duncan Grant paintings are costume designs for a ballet, and I know that they were in her possession in the early 1970s because I remember them vividly from visiting her then. They were my favorites back then, I am ~thrilled~ to have them.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">My grandmother collected other artists as well, especially etchings by Whistler, Morrisot and the like. But the Bloomsbury work is what has captured my imagination.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">As for the books, my sister is still unpacking. There are boxes and boxes. She has found multiple copies of VW books, as well as Bloomsbury and Hogarth related authors like T.S. Elliot. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">One other fun thing I found in some of her papers - a flyer for the initial fundraising to restore Charleston Farmhouse. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">As I mentioned to Kristin in a subsequent email, my obsession with the Nurse Lugton illustration has become the subject of much ridicule around my house. So it is a huge relief to find other people who find it interesting! Thanks you again for making me feel so welcome.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Aug 28, 2016, at 12:56 PM, Helen Southworth <<a href="mailto:helen@uoregon.edu" class="">helen@uoregon.edu</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">Welcome to the listserv, Lisa!</span><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">Could you tell us about your grandmother. Who was she? What was her interest in Woolf/Bloomsbury? What do you know about her acquisition of the books and artwork?</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">All very fascinating.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">Thanks to you and to Kristin!<br class="">Helen<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">Helen Southworth</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; 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