Briggs, Julia, 1943-2007
Dates
- Existence: 1943-12-30 - 2007-08-16
Biography
Professor of English literature, De Montfort Univ. and emeritus fellow of Hertford Coll., Oxford; author.
Found in 429 Collections and/or Records:
[Photocopy of a newspaper article with a Nesbit ad removed], 1916-12-08
Photocopy of a page from a biography about medical professionals, undated
Photocopy of a woodcut of Robert Louis Stevenson, 1901-07-27
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.
Placenames of Halstead, undated [1970s or 1980s]
P.O. Directory, undated
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.
Powell, Christine to Julia Briggs, 1983-12-07
"Dear Julia I was so pleased to hear from you again; I had often thought about the work you were hoping to write on E.N. but knowing how involved you were with College activities refrained from writing. Now, it seems, the way is clear for you to proceed and I was very thrilled to know that two chapters are already written. Many thanks for the further details of the Nesbit family..."
Powell, Christine to Julia Briggs, 1980-09-10
Enclosure specifically has census data from 1851 and 1861 related to Edith's family.
Powell, Christine to Julia Briggs, 1977-11-09
"Dear Mrs. Briggs, Before thanking you for your two letters I must apologize for my long silence - Our chapter of accidents and incidents has continued throughout the Autumn and sufficient be it to say that my husband is now awaiting admission to hospital for surgery - This has not been our year and we shall be glad to see it finish..."
Powell, Christine to Julia Briggs, 1977-05-18
"Dear Mrs Briggs, Thank you for your letter of 2-6 April and I must apologize for the long delay in answering. The last month has been full of troubles hence my silence. First of all, I must tell you that tragedy overtook my proposed visit to my cousin, Mrs Harris; visiting her sister at Richmond for Easter she had a brain haemorrhage and died at Richmond on Easter Sunday..."
Powell, Christine to Julia Briggs, 1977-04-01
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.