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:
Powell, Christine to Julia Briggs, 1977-03-23
"Dear Mrs Briggs, Many thanks for your letter and enclosure received to-day which I will answer in detail later - This is a quick note to tell you of the news from Newcastle-on-Tyne that also arrived this A.M.:- bap. at Bishopwearmouth, Co. Durham, 4 June 1780, Jane da of Jacob - Ann Nesbit of Ferrington Hall..."
Powell, Christine to Julia Briggs, 1977-03-16
"Dear Mrs Briggs, Thank you for your letter dtd 4 March. My apologies for the delay in answering, but I have been thinking! Unfortunately, at the moment I can give you no satisfactory answer regarding the NESBIT family of C. Durham and that of Northumberland. However, I have asked someone up in Newcastle to try and find out something about the first Jane NESBIT who had the illegitimate son, Thomas..."
Powell, Christine to Julia Briggs, 1977-02-28
Attachments include an Extract of a letter written by A. Lenore Craser of South Australia in 1973, an extract of a letter by A. Phillips of South Australia in 1973, and the extract from a diary of Peter Jacob Planta, born in 1721.
Powell, Christine to Julia Briggs, 1977-02-07
"Dear Mrs Briggs, Thank you for your letter dtd 3 Feb, I was interested to learn of the work you have started, although I am afraid I can be of very little help to you. My subject is genealogy and it was only by this reason that I became involved with E. Nesbitt's[sic] activities. By now, of course, the more senior members of my family who may have had contact with her have all passed away..."
Publications on the History of Publishing from Chadwyck-Healey, 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.
[Puffin Club admission ticket to see The Railway Children], 1971-01-23
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.
Re-reading Beatrice Webb's diary by Jane Lewis, Autumn 1983
[Reproduction of a newspaper ad for eggs from Nesbit's hens], undated [original ad 1916-12-08]
[Richard William Reynolds application], 1907-06-26
Ritchison, Geoffrey to Julia Briggs, 1985-09-24
"Dear Mrs Briggs, Thank you for your letter of 21.9.85. You are welcome to use the material supplied and, as I have endeavoured to give references for primary sources for this, I do not mind whether you credit those authorities as sources or myself or as you will..."