British Library: Western Manuscripts Lady Ottoline Morrell Papers (1896-1938) (Add MS 88886) Table of Contents Lady Ottoline Morrell Papers (1896–1938) Key Details........................................................................................................................................ 1 Arrangement..................................................................................................................................... 1 Provenance........................................................................................................................................ 1 Add MS 88886/1/1–3 Add MS 88886/1 Letters.Add MS 88886/1/1–3. Lady Ottoline Morrell Papers. Vols. i–iii. Letters of Lady....................................................................................................... 2 Add MS 88886/2/1–32 Add MS 88886/2 Diaries. (1905–1938)............................................................ 4 Add MS 88886/3/1–15 Add MS 88886/3 Notebooks. (1896–1937)...................................................... 20 Add MS 88886/4/1–41 Add MS 88886/4. Journals. (1901–1937)......................................................... 29 Add MS 88886/5/1–3 Add MS 88886/5 Visitors' Books. Add MS 88886/5/1–3. Lady Ottoline Morrell Papers. Vols. xcii–xciv. .......................................................................................................... 50 Add MS 88886/6/1–20 Add MS 88886/6 Transcriptions. (1907–1997)................................................. 52 Key Details Collection Area British Library: Western Manuscripts Reference Add MS 88886 Creation Date 1896-1938 Extent and Format 114 volumes Title Lady Ottoline Morrell Papers (1896-1938) Physical Characteristics Paper Scope and Content Letters, diaries and journals of Lady Ottoline Violet Anne Morrell née Cavendish-Bentinck, literary hostess and patron of the arts, 1873-1938 from the Goodman collection; Partly transcripts. Comprising: • her letters to Lytton Strachey, 1910-1931, and to Philippa Strachey, 1932; • miscellaneous notebooks 1896–1937; • engagement diaries 1905-1937, with diaries of her husband Philip Edward Morrell, 1930-1938; • early travel journals, 1901-1904; • journals kept between 1907–1938; • visitors' books, 1907-1938. As well as reflecting her role as a liteary and political hostess the journals and notebooks also reflect her religious faith, and interest in music, literature, painting, and her travels. Arrangement Arranged as follows: • Letters: Add MS 88886/1/1-/1/3. • Diaries: Add MS 88886/2/1-/2/32. • Notebooks: Add MS 88886/3/1-/3/15 • Journals: Add MS 88886/4/1-/4/41 • Visitors' Books: Add MS 88886/5/1-/5/3 • Transcriptions: Add MS 88886/6/1-/6/20 Provenance Legal Status Not Public Record(s) Immediate Source of Purchased from the Goodman family, 31 July, and 1 September 2003 Acquisition Page 1 2017-03-28 Add MS 88886/1/1-3 Add MS 88886/1 Letters.Add MS 88886/1/1-3. Lady Ottoline Morrell Papers. Vols. i-iii. Letters of Lady Collection Area British Library: Western Manuscripts Reference Add MS 88886/1/1-3 Creation Date 1910-1931 Extent and Format 3 items Title Add MS 88886/1 Letters.Add MS 88886/1/1-3. Lady Ottoline Morrell Papers. Vols. i-iii. Letters of Lady Ottoline Morrell to Lytton Strachey, one of her closest friends; 1910-1931. The letters have been transcribed and indexed in Add MS 88886/6/1-4 below.Three volumes (1910-1931) Legal Status Not Public Record(s) Add MS 88886/1/1 (Jun 1912-Jul 1912) Collection Area British Library: Western Manuscripts Reference Add MS 88886/1/1 Creation Date Jun 1912-Jul 1912 Extent and Format 1 item Scope and Content Vol. i. 1910–1912. Letters written from Peppard, Henley on Thames, 1910-1911; 44 Bedford Square, London, 1911-1912. Also from Marienbad, September 1911; and Lausanne, February-March, June-July 1912. Legal Status Not Public Record(s) Page 2 2017-03-28 Add MS 88886/1/2 (Dec 1913) Collection Area British Library: Western Manuscripts Reference Add MS 88886/1/2 Creation Date Dec 1913 Extent and Format 1 item Scope and Content Vol. ii. 1913 – 1916. Letters written from 44 Bedford Square, London, 1913-1915; Garsington Manor, 1915-1916. Also from Lausanne, May-June 1913; and Rome, December 1913. Legal Status Not Public Record(s) Add MS 88886/1/3 (1917-1932) Collection Area British Library: Western Manuscripts Reference Add MS 88886/1/3 Creation Date 1917-1932 Extent and Format 1 item Scope and Content Vol. iii. 1917–1931, n.d. Letters written from Garsington, Manor, 1917-1926; 10 Gower Street, 1927-1931. Also from Rome, January 1921, and April 1931; Siena, April 1921; Freibourg, November 1932; France, September 1929, August 1930. Including two letters to Philippa Strachey, sister of Lytton Strachey, March 1932. Legal Status Not Public Record(s) Page 3 2017-03-28 Add MS 88886/2/1-32 Add MS 88886/2 Diaries. (1905-1938) Collection Area British Library: Western Manuscripts Reference Add MS 88886/2/1-32 Creation Date 1905-1938 Extent and Format 32 items Title Add MS 88886/2 Diaries. (1905-1938) Legal Status Not Public Record(s) Add MS 88886/2/1-27 Add MS 88886/2/1-27. Lady Ottoline Morrell Papers. Vols. iv-xxx. Pocket engagement diaries of Lady Collection Area British Library: Western Manuscripts Reference Add MS 88886/2/1-27 Creation Date 1905-1937 Extent and Format 27 items Title Add MS 88886/2/1-27. Lady Ottoline Morrell Papers. Vols. iv-xxx. Pocket engagement diaries of Lady Ottoline Morrell; 1905-1937.Twenty seven volumes. (1905-1937) Legal Status Not Public Record(s) Add MS 88886/2/1 (1905) Collection Area British Library: Western Manuscripts Reference Add MS 88886/2/1 Creation Date 1905 Extent and Format 1 item Scope and Content Vol. iv. 1905. 85 x 75mm. Legal Status Not Public Record(s) Page 4 2017-03-28 Add MS 88886/2/2 (1906) Collection Area British Library: Western Manuscripts Reference Add MS 88886/2/2 Creation Date 1906 Extent and Format 1 item Scope and Content Vol. v. 1906. 135 x 90mm. Legal Status Not Public Record(s) Add MS 88886/2/3 (1907) Collection Area British Library: Western Manuscripts Reference Add MS 88886/2/3 Creation Date 1907 Extent and Format 1 item Scope and Content Vol. vi. 1907. 135 x 90mm. Legal Status Not Public Record(s) Page 5 2017-03-28 Add MS 88886/2/4 (1908) Collection Area British Library: Western Manuscripts Reference Add MS 88886/2/4 Creation Date 1908 Extent and Format 1 item Scope and Content Vol. vii. 1908. 135 x 90mm. Legal Status Not Public Record(s) Add MS 88886/2/5 (1910) Collection Area British Library: Western Manuscripts Reference Add MS 88886/2/5 Creation Date 1910 Extent and Format 1 item Scope and Content Vol. viii. 1910. 135 x 90mm. Legal Status Not Public Record(s) Page 6 2017-03-28 Add MS 88886/2/6 (1914) Collection Area British Library: Western Manuscripts Reference Add MS 88886/2/6 Creation Date 1914 Extent and Format 1 item Scope and Content Vol. ix. 1914. 105 x 55mm. Legal Status Not Public Record(s) Add MS 88886/2/7 (1917) Collection Area British Library: Western Manuscripts Reference Add MS 88886/2/7 Creation Date 1917 Extent and Format 1 item Scope and Content Vol. x. 1917. 80 x 50mm. Legal Status Not Public Record(s) Page 7 2017-03-28 Add MS 88886/2/8 (1918) Collection Area British Library: Western Manuscripts Reference Add MS 88886/2/8 Creation Date 1918 Extent and Format 1 item Scope and Content Vol. xi. 1918. 70 x 60mm. Legal Status Not Public Record(s) Add MS 88886/2/9 (1919) Collection Area British Library: Western Manuscripts Reference Add MS 88886/2/9 Creation Date 1919 Extent and Format 1 item Scope and Content Vol. xii. 1919. 70 x 60mm. Legal Status Not Public Record(s) Page 8 2017-03-28 Add MS 88886/2/10 (1920) Collection Area British Library: Western Manuscripts Reference Add MS 88886/2/10 Creation Date 1920 Extent and Format 1 item Scope and Content Vol. xiii. 1920. 70 x 50mm. Legal Status Not Public Record(s) Add MS 88886/2/11 (1921) Collection Area British Library: Western Manuscripts Reference Add MS 88886/2/11 Creation Date 1921 Extent and Format 1 item Scope and Content Vol. xiv. 1921. 70 x 55mm. Legal Status Not Public Record(s) Page 9 2017-03-28 Add MS 88886/2/12 (1921) Collection Area British Library: Western Manuscripts Reference Add MS 88886/2/12 Creation Date 1921 Extent and Format 1 item Scope and Content Vol. xv. 1921. 80 x 50mm. Legal Status Not Public Record(s) Add MS 88886/2/13 (1923) Collection Area British Library: Western Manuscripts Reference Add MS 88886/2/13 Creation Date 1923 Extent and Format 1 item Scope and Content Vol. xvi. 1923. 80 x 50mm. Legal Status Not Public Record(s) Page 10 2017-03-28 Add MS 88886/2/14 (1924) Collection Area British Library: Western Manuscripts Reference Add MS 88886/2/14 Creation Date 1924 Extent and Format 1 item Scope and Content Vol. xvii. 1924. 80 x 50mm. Legal Status Not Public Record(s) Add MS 88886/2/15 (1925) Collection Area British Library: Western Manuscripts Reference Add MS 88886/2/15 Creation Date 1925 Extent and Format 1 item Scope and Content Vol. xviii. 1925. 80 x 50mm. Legal Status Not Public Record(s) Page 11 2017-03-28 Add MS 88886/2/16 (1927) Collection Area British Library: Western Manuscripts Reference Add MS 88886/2/16 Creation Date 1927 Extent and Format 1 item Scope and Content Vol. xix. 1927. 100 x 70mm. Legal Status Not Public Record(s) Add MS 88886/2/17 (1928) Collection Area British Library: Western Manuscripts Reference Add MS 88886/2/17 Creation Date 1928 Extent and Format 1 item Scope and Content Vol. xx. 1928. 100 x 70mm. Legal Status Not Public Record(s) Page 12 2017-03-28 Add MS 88886/2/18 (1929) Collection Area British Library: Western Manuscripts Reference Add MS 88886/2/18 Creation Date 1929 Extent and Format 1 item Scope and Content Vol. xxi. 1929. 100 x 70mm.