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Bell, Julian Heward, 1908 - 1937 (poet and essayist)

 Person

Dates and places

1908-1937 KCC 1927

Legal status / Nationality

British

Sphere of activity

Poet, Essayist

Admin / Family structure

Son of Clive Bell and Vanessa Bell (nee Stephen)

Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:

 Fonds

Bell: The Papers of Julian Heward Bell

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0272/JHB
Scope and Contents

This collection comprises essays, reviews, poetry, plays and correspondence written by Julian Bell, as well as secondary material; that is, correspondence, printed obituaries and news cuttings assembled since Julian Bell's death by Quentin Bell.

Dates: 1922 - 1997
 File

'Bloomsbury Group' members, 1910 - 1929

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0272/GHWR/5/218-22
Scope and Contents

Modern reprints of photographs of members of the 'Bloomsbury Group', including Duncan Grant, Clive Bell, J. M. Keynes, G. Lytton Strachey, Vanessa, Julian and Quentin Bell, and Angelica Garnett. Some of the photographs were taken by Vanessa Bell, and several appear in 'Vanessa Bell's Family Album' (J. V. Norman and Hobhouse Ltd: London, 1981). Dimensions: 21.5 x 16.3 cm. Sleeves 117-21.

Dates: 1910 - 1929
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The majority of the Rylands Papers are readily available to scholars in the Archive Centre. Record consultation is by appointment. Personal letters of living authors may only be consulted with their written permission. Some material is reserved in view of its sensitivity. There is no access to such material for the time being.
 File

Correspondence between J.M. Keynes and Julian Bell, 1930 - 1934

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0272/JMK/PP/45/26
Scope and Contents 1 autograph letter, signed, to J.M. Keynes. [1931 or 1934]. (Date supplied by reference to failed Fellowship dissertation.)1 carbon typed letter, signed, from J.M. Keynes, enclosing carbon typescript testimonial for Julian Bell, 8 Mar. 1934.This file also contains: 1 autograph letter, signed, from E. Blunden to J.M. Keynes, 1930; 'Chaffinches' by Julian Bell, published as 'Songs for sixpence', no. 2 (Heffer; Cambridge, 1929), with an engraving on cover by Raymond McGrath; and a...
Dates: 1930 - 1934
 Item

Letter from Julian Bell to Lydia Lopokova Keynes, 1934

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0272/LLK/5/27
Scope and Contents

1 autograph letter, signed.

Dates: 1934
 File

Letter from Julian Bell to Margery Fry, 1936-02-18

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0272/JHB/2/19A
Scope and Contents

1 autograph letter, signed.

Dates: 1936-02-18
 File

Letter from Julian Heward Bell to GHWR, 1934-12-10

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0272/GHWR/3/36A
Scope and Contents

1 typed letter signed.

Dates: 1934-12-10
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The majority of the Rylands Papers are readily available to scholars in the Archive Centre. Record consultation is by appointment. Personal letters of living authors may only be consulted with their written permission. Some material is reserved in view of its sensitivity. There is no access to such material for the time being.
 Sub-Fonds

Letters between Julian Bell and Sir Edward Wilder ('Eddie') Playfair, 1928 - 1938

 Sub-Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0272/JHB/2/38A
Scope and Contents The files also contain related correspondence.Each sheet has been labelled in pencil with the initials of the writer, followed by the year in which the letter was written, followed by a folio-number running throughout that year. Any dates added by the Archivist to the letters have also been added in pencil, initialled, and dated 'Oct. 80'. All other markings on the envelopes and letters were made previous to the letters' arrival at King's, presumably by Playfair and Quentin Bell. The...
Dates: 1928 - 1938
 File

Letters from Julian Bell to Harold Barger, 1928 - 1936

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0272/JHB/2/3A
Scope and Contents

14 autograph letters, signed, addressed to 'Seacoal'. 1 letter has been torn and the bottom of the page is missing; a photocopy of the complete letter is kept with the original.

Dates: 1928 - 1936
 File

Letters from Julian Bell to Helen Soutar, 1930 - 1931

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0272/JHB/X/3/1
Scope and Contents

88 autograph letters, signed.

Dates: 1930 - 1931
 File

Letters from Julian Heward Bell to JTS, 1930-06-25 - 1931

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0272/JTS/2/15
Scope and Contents

2 autograph letters signed.

Dates: 1930-06-25 - 1931
 File

'On Mallarmé', 1935

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0272/GHWR/6/7
Scope and Contents

A printed poem by Julian Bell, decorated in paint by Angelica Garnett (née Bell), inscribed on the back to GHWR from Julian Bell and Angelica Garnett.

Dates: 1935
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The majority of the Rylands Papers are readily available to scholars in the Archive Centre. Record consultation is by appointment. Personal letters of living authors may only be consulted with their written permission. Some material is reserved in view of its sensitivity. There is no access to such material for the time being.
 Item

Sketch book, 1919

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0272/REF/4/8/10
Scope and Contents

Pencil drawings of Vanessa, Julian and Quentin Bell, French peasants.

Dates: 1919