A group of papers relating to the history of the Bell family.
A manuscript volume of poetry dated 1896-1900; a manuscript of a short play, possibly by Saxon Sydney-Turner; page 1 of a typescript entitled "The Need for Aestheticism"; a single page from a piece on prestige in art; a short piece on Duncan Grant and Vanessa Bell for South African art lovers; a typescript made in 1990 of Bell's memoir of Ottoline Morrell; the typescript "The Published Works of Clive Bell" by Donald A. Laing.
Three volumes: a notebook on French and Italian subjects, perhaps relating to a visit or visits to France and Italy, undated; a notebook on French subjects, perhaps relating to a visit to France (undated); a commonplace book (undated).
A supplementary collection of papers of Clive Bell which contains Bell's appointment diaries from 1913 to 1963 as well as a few literary items and material on the history of the Bell family.
Bell, Arthur Clive Heward (1881-1964), art critic and writerThirty-seven diaries dated 1913, 1925-1928, 1930-1943, 1945-1950, 1952-1957, 1959-1963. There are two for 1963.
Copy of Bell's birth certificate, two address books, two passports (dated 1939 and 1949).