[Vwoolf] Purple ink??

Fri Apr 11 09:29:58 EDT 2025

 I'm relishing the thought of VW typing in purple!
As for writing in purple ink, SP Books, who printed the bound facsmilie of Mrs Dalloway, have a few images of the MS on their website: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.spbooks.com/91-mrs-dalloway-9791095457671.html__;!!KGKeukY!3zlKrNx1dDUR70w48rakGiUOpuu3q3h5vOauKsypw8C-JGoZat9cjwEqdyKqCNi9tqcM823IU2xopMbh9KRsaSiQFqI5p28p$ . Mixed colours, as Mark says.
There's more info on the British Library website (https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://blogs.bl.uk/english-and-drama/digital-archives__;!!KGKeukY!3zlKrNx1dDUR70w48rakGiUOpuu3q3h5vOauKsypw8C-JGoZat9cjwEqdyKqCNi9tqcM823IU2xopMbh9KRsaSiQFjvRUIZS$ ). They've digitised the notebooks in which Woolf wrote Mrs D, but the weblink 'Digitised Manuscripts' doesn't work, probably because of the cyberattack(s).

Sarah

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    On Friday, 11 April 2025 at 13:53:59 BST, Mark Hussey via Vwoolf <vwoolf at lists.osu.edu> wrote:  

 Hi Elisa (& what a great find Nicola!!) - most of The Hours ('Mrs Dalloway') holograph is in Woolf's favored purple ink, with some in black and a little in blue. Her corrections on the American proof are also in purple ink. IHi Elisa (& what a great find Nicola!!) - most of The Hours ('Mrs Dalloway') holograph is in Woolf's favored purple ink, with some in black and a little in blue. Her corrections on the American proof are also in purple ink.I would think letters might be the way to ferret out earliest use but I haven't done that sleuthing myself... rattling around in my brain is a description of those letters returned to VW by Violet Dickinson. I'll see if I can track that down.all the best, mark
On Fri, Apr 11, 2025 at 8:23 AM stringsOf Light via Vwoolf <vwoolf at lists.osu.edu> wrote:

By the way, speaking of purple, Caroline Vega from NYPL, who curated in 2022 the exhibition “Virginia Woolf: A Modern Mind” chose any text on Woolf to be purple, keeping in mind that it was Woolf’s favorite colour for writing. From: Vwoolf <vwoolf-bounces+stringsoflight=hotmail. co. uk@ lists. osu. edu>By the way, speaking of purple, Caroline Vega from NYPL, who curated  in 2022 the exhibition “Virginia Woolf: A Modern Mind” chose any text on Woolf to be purple, keeping in mind that it was Woolf’s favorite colour for writing. 
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Subject: Re: [Vwoolf] Purple ink?? Dear Elisa Someone might know it on this server but if not NYPL is the best place to ask. You will most likely be able to receive both answers from them. And if you do please share it with us, it would be interesting to know. Best of luck. From: Dear Elisa 
Someone might know it on this server but if not NYPL is the best place to ask. You will most likely be able to receive both answers from them. And if you do please share it with us, it would be interesting to know. 
Best of luck.From: Vwoolf <vwoolf-bounces+stringsoflight=hotmail.co.uk at lists.osu.edu> on behalf of Nicola Wilson via Vwoolf <vwoolf at lists.osu.edu>
Sent: 11 April 2025 07:38
To: Elisa Sparks via Vwoolf <vwoolf at lists.osu.edu>; Woolf List <VWOOLF at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu>; Elisa Sparks <sparks at clemson.edu>
Subject: Re: [Vwoolf] Purple ink?? Dear Elisa, We have recently found evidence of Woolf’s purple pen in the Hogarth Press archives up to Feb 1940 - on the stock cards! Taking account of the figures… This is very exciting as it gives a real indication of Woolf’s presence at theDear Elisa,
We have recently found evidence of Woolf’s purple pen in the Hogarth Press archives up to Feb 1940 - on the stock cards! Taking account of the figures… This is very exciting as it gives a real indication of Woolf’s presence at the Press and corroborates the kind of information on figures she tracks in the diaries. 
Esther Folkersma who has been working on these cards has written a blog on this: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://modernistarchives.com/content/the-colour-purple-finding-virginia-woolf-in-the-hogarth-press-stock-value-cards__;!!KGKeukY!3zlKrNx1dDUR70w48rakGiUOpuu3q3h5vOauKsypw8C-JGoZat9cjwEqdyKqCNi9tqcM823IU2xopMbh9KRsaSiQFgT8qQAL$ 
AbNicola

Dr Nicola WilsonAssociate Professor in Book and Publishing StudiesEnglish Literature, School of Humanities, Edith Morley, Whiteknights, PO Box 218, Reading, RG6 6AA 

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The Edinburgh Companion to Women in Publishing, 1900–2020

From: Vwoolf <vwoolf-bounces at lists.osu.edu> on behalf of Elisa Sparks via Vwoolf <vwoolf at lists.osu.edu>
Sent: 11 April 2025 01:38
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Subject: [Vwoolf] Purple ink?? Dear All—
I have a question about Woolf’s use of purple ink.  I have read Paula Maggio’s helpful reposting of Matthew Holliday’s twitter feeds about Bloomsbury inks.  I want to know: did she use purple ink throughout her life?  I know that the MS’s of Between the Acts are largely typed rather than written.  Did she use purple ink at any point in correcting the MS?  Did she by any chance ever use a purple typewriter ribbon? 

Mrs Dalloway holograph is in purple ink, right?  

Thanks for the help.

Elisa
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