Briggs, Julia, 1943-2007

"Dear Ms. Briggs, Nesbit's The Butler in Bohemia is listed in the English Catalogue as 'Nesbit (E.) and Jackson - The Butler in Bohemia. Post 8VO 1s. (Canvas Library). Drane, Oct.94'. I have not been able to find more about 'Jackson' - perhaps a pen name of Barron?..."

Consists of a mixture of materials that belonged to Edith Nesbit, her biographers (Doris Langley Moore and Julia Briggs), her daughter-in-law Gertrude Bland, and others. Includes correspondence, work product, original manuscripts, artifacts, photographs, clipping albums, oversized artwork, and a wooden writing case.

Originally attached was the Bossom book list, which was separated from the letter and rehoused into Series 3: Biographers' Research Notes with Briggs's bibliography lists.

"Dear Miss Briggs, I am so sorry to be slow in replying to your card of Sept 17th and in acknowledging the safe return of Geoffrey Kitchener's [?] booklets..."

"Dear Julia Briggs, Thank you for phoning and thank you especially for being willing to undertake this afterword for us. I enclose the text of The Three Mothers. It first appeared in the Strand Magazine, the date to be obtained from Mrs. McCarthy of the Nesbit Society sometime after next weekend - I'll let you know..."