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J.L. Garvin, Frank Waters, Oliver Woods fonds
           
PART I          J .L. Garvin

J.L .Garvin’ s letters to Viola Woods, his future wife
 
Note on Abbreviations
TL: Typed letter
TLs: Typed letter, signed
AL: Autograph letter
ALs: Autograph letter, signed
APcs: Autograph postcard, signed
(car.): Carbon copy
Any information supplied by the archivist is in square brackets.

BOX 1
F.1       Incomplete fragment, all undated [all appear to be 1919]:
ALs, p. 2 only:  “... and all the few concerned - that I regard myself absolutely and finally as much bound to you in honour in this particular as though the law and the Church had already made us irrevocably wife and man ...”, [continues], 1 p. [single sheet folded and closely written on 4 sides].

AL, p. 3 only:  “The Colvins wrote to me frightened, scared letters begging me to do nothing rash, to wait and wait and wait ...  I had rather be damned than have ever had veins like that ...”, [continues] 1 p. [single sheet folded and closely written on 4 sides].

AL, p. 3 only:  “...  like and do what you like.  It’s not a question of being clever:  we all know you are that; but of having tons and tons of level common sense; and the inflexible determination to come together before an undue time has passed ...”, [continues] , 1 p. [single sheet folded and closely written on 4 sides] .

ALs, p. 3 only:  “... all [    ] I look like Carson then they think it a compliment.  I don't.  Edward always says then indignantly if he's there:  “The top of Jim'’s head is more intellectual than Carson's ever was ...”, [continues] 1 p. [single sheet folded and closely written on 3 sides].

AL, p. 2 only:  “When Lady Colvin cried I was horrified that I did not feel.  I have a wide sorrow for you and her and all who care for me - such few as have any approach to real knowledge of the person ...” [continues] , 1 p. [single sheet folded and closely written on 4 sides] .

ALs - p. 3 only:  “... first time in seventeen years of intimate friendship through joy and care, has been holding aloof.  That has been the last straw, perhaps, with me....”, [continues] 1 p. [single sheet folded and closely written on 3 sides].
AL, pp. 3-7 only:  “... thing is the matter with me this morning.  I believe your Garvin is changing, softening, growing, without losing anything in him that should be the basis of a man ...” [continues] 5 pp. [8" x 10" pages closely written on both sides].

ALs, p. 3 only:  “... together.  Of course I can't come down.  If I could: But will write gratitude tomorrow to Lady Palmer. Nothing but work today” [continues] 1 p. [8" x 10" page, written one side].          

ALs, p. 5 only:  “... well, well, I must end this letter.  So very glad the children are converted. Give my love to them and Nannie ...” [continues], 1 p. [8" x 10", 2 sides] [Later than 1919?]. And brown envelope which accompanied J.L. Garvin's letter, annotated [not by J.L. Garvin].

F. 2      ALs, [incomplete] pp. 3-8 only:  “I could deliver Maurice from slavery: for a slave he is now, like few white men, and nothing else.  My heart is sorry for him ...” [continues], [Spring, 1919?] 6 pp. [8" x 10" pages, closely written on 11 sides].
F.3       ALs, Maundy Thursday [April 17] 1919, 1 p.
F.4       2 ALs, both dated May 29, 1919, 5 pp. & 3 pp.

F. 5      ALs, June 12, 1919, 5 pp. [9 sides]
ALs, June 19, 1919, 5 pp. [10 sides]
2 ALs, both dated June 23 1919, 4 pp. [8 sides] & 1 p.
ALs June 24, 1919, 4 pp. [8 sides]

F.6       AL [incomplete] Aug. 6, 1919, 2 pp. [4 sides]
AL [incomplete] Aug. 7, 1919, 2 pp. [4 sides]
AL [incomplete] Aug. 9, 1919, 4 pp. [8 sides]
ALs Aug. 10, 1919, 2 pp. [4 sides]
ALs Aug. 11, 1919, 3 pp. [6 sides]
ALs Aug. 15, 1919, 4 pp. [8 sides]
ALs Aug. 18, 1919, 3 pp. [6 sides]
TL [Copy] - Transcript [original not received] Aug. 18, 1919, 3 pp.
ALs Aug. 19, 1919, 4 pp. [7 sides]
ALs [undated - ?Aug. 19, 1919], 1 p. [2 sides]
AL [incomplete] Aug. 20 [apparently an error for Wed. Aug. 19, 1919], 4 pp. [8 sides]
AL [incomplete] Aug. 20, 1919, 2 pp. [4 sides]
TL [Copy] - transcript [original not received] [incomplete] Aug. 20, 1919, 3 pp.
ALs Aug. 22, 1919, 2 pp. [4 sides]
ALs Aug. 22, 1919, 1 p. [2 sides]

F.7       ALs Sept. 17, 1919, 3 pp. [6 sides]
ALs Sept. 24, 1919, 3 pp. [6 sides]
ALs Sept. 25, 1919, 4 pp. [8 sides]
ALs [incomplete lacking p.2] Sept. 26, 1919, 2 pp. [4 sides]
AL [incomplete] Sept. 30, 1919, 3 pp. [5 sides]

F. 8      Holograph transcriptions by Garvin of two poems.
“Ronsard’ s Sonnet” Oct. 19, 1919, 1 p.
“Gastibelza” Oct. 26, [1919] , 2 pp. [4 sides]
HLs [The Eve of her Birthday], 1 p. [2 sides] & envelope with later annotations.

F. 9      ALs [incomplete] p. 3 only [undated - Feb. 1920?], 1 p. [folded - 4 sides]
ALs Feb. 2, 1920, 3 pp. [folded -12 sides]
ALs Feb. 9, 1920, 3 pp. [folded -12 sides]
ALs, Feb. 11, 1920, 4 pp. [8 sides]
AL [incomplete] Feb. 23, 1920, 1 p. [folded - 4 sides]
ALs, Feb. 28, 1920, 2 pp. [folded - 8 sides]

F.10     ALs, Mar. 4, 1920, 3 pp. [folded - 12 sides]
ALs, Mar. 11, 1920, 2 pp. [folded - 8 sides]
ALs, Mar. 23, 1920, 3 pp. [6 sides]
ALs, Mar. 24, 1920, 4 pp. [3 folded - 14 sides]
ALs, Mar. l5, 1920, 3 pp. [folded - 12 sides]
ALs, Mar. 26, 1920, 3 pp. [folded - 12 sides]
ALs, Mar. 28, 1920, 3 pp. [folded - 12 sides]
[Not a complete series - J.L.Garvin refers to writing every day, e.g. April 15, 1920, letter.]

F.11     ALs, Apr. 7, 1920 4 pp. [8 sides]
TL, [copy] - transcript [original not received] “Sunday April 1920" [must be April 11, 1920], 5 p.
ALs, Apr. 15, 1920, 2 pp. [folded - 8 sides]
ALs, Apr. 17, 1920, 3 pp. [folded - 12 sides]
TL [copy] - transcript [original not received] [incomplete] Apr. 18, 1920, 2 pp.
ALs, Apr. 23, 1920, 4 pp. [folded - 16 sides]
ALs, Apr. 24, 1920, 1 p. [folded - 4 sides]
ALs, Apr. 27, 1920, 4 pp. [8 sides]

F.12     TL [copy] - transcript [original not received] [incomplete] May 14, 1920, 3 pp.
ALs, May 20, 1920, 4 pp. [folded -14 sides] [with some passages crossed through in red ink]
ALs, May 27, 1920, 1 p. [folded - 4 sides]

F.13     ALs, June 8, 1920 3 pp. [folded - 12 sides]
TL [copy] - transcript [original not received]
June 16, 1920, 3 pp. & 1 p. duplicate & envelope (addressed to R.M. Barrington-Ward)

F.14     ALs & envelope Dec. 24, 1935, 1 p. [2 sides]

F.15     Holograph note by Viola stating that the letters of J.L. Garvin are to be given to her son Oliver Woods on her death, 1 p.

“Skeleton” for these letters. Taken down by M.[ark] B.[arrington] W.[ard] July 1948 - annotated carbon typescript. 5 pp. [There is an error regarding the date of the divorce hearing - it was Jan. 21, 1921] & envelope.

Viola Woods’ (later J.L. Garvin's wife) letters to J.L. Garvin
F.16     Attempted chronology for the letters - the compiler (Oliver Woods?) has attempted to assign dates to the letters Dec. 1920-July 1921. The letters bear his (her?) numbers written in pencil within a circle.  [The Archivist has not preserved this order where it was clearly in error], holograph, 2 pp.  Almost all of Viola's letters are undated and some are incompletely dated.

F.17     ALs [photocopy - from Garvin papers at University of Texas], [March 18, 1911?] 6 pp. ALs [photocopy - Texas] [Dec. 1911?] 1 p.
F. 18    ALs, [Nov. 1916?] 1 p. [2 sides]

F.19     ALs, Nov. 23, [1920] 3 pp. [6 sides]
ALs, [Nov. 25], [1920] 4 pp. [8 sides]
ALs, [Nov./Dec. 1920?] 5 pp. [10 sides]

F. 20    [The chronology of the letters written during this month is particularly difficult to establish and, as will be seen, the archivist’s arrangement varies considerably from an earlier effort during which the letters were numbered.]
ALs, [early December 1920? 1st -3^rd?], 2 pp. [4 sides]
ALs, Dec. 10, 1920, 2 pp. [4 sides]
ALs, Dec. 10, [1920] 4 pp. [8 sides]
ALs, Dec. 12, [1920] 4 pp. [8 sides]
ALs, Dec. 13, [1920] 3 pp. [6 sides]
ALs, “Tuesday” [Dec. 14, 1920] 5 pp. [10 sides]
ALs, Dec. 16, [1920] 4 pp. [8 sides]
ALs, “Friday” [Dec. 17, 1920] 4 pp. [7 sides]
ALs, “Sat.” [Dec. 18, 1920] 6 pp. [12 sides]
ALs & envelope [postmarked Dec. 18, 1920] 1 p. [2 sides]
ALs, “Sunday” [Dec. 19, 1920] 4 pp. [8 sides]
ALs, [Dec. 20, 1920?] 2 pp. [4 sides]
ALs, “Tuesday” [Dec. 21, 1920] 2 pp. [4 sides]
ALs, “Tuesday” [Also Dec. 21, 1920?] 4 pp. [8 sides]
ALs, [Dec. 22, 1920?] 1 p. [2 sides]
ALs, “Friday” [Dec. 24, 1920?] 2 pp. [4 sides]
ALs, “Christmas Day” [Dec. 25, 1920] 5 pp. [10 sides]
ALs, [Dec. 26, 1920?] 1 p. [2 sides]
ALs, [Dec. 31, 1920?] 4 pp. [7 sides]
ALs, [Dec. 1920?] 1 p.

F. 21    [The letters in this file, although none are fully dated, all appear to have been written by Viola at Wooton where she stayed from Dec. 30, 1920 - Jan. 12, 1921]
ALs, [Dec. 30, 1920?] 2 pp. [3 sides]
ALs, [Dec. 31, 1920?] 2 pp. [4 sides]
ALs, “Sat.” [Jan. 1, 1921?] 3 pp. [5 sides]
[This seems to fit in sequence except that V. after referring to the incessant rain says “very hot”!]
ALs, [Jan; 2, 1921?] 2 pp. [4 sides]
ALs, [Jan. 3, 1921?] 2 pp. [4 sides]
ALs, [Jan. 4, 1921?] 4 pp. [8 sides]
ALs, [Jan. 6, 1921?] 3 pp. [6 sides]
ALs, [Jan. 7, 1921?] 1 p. [2 sides]
ALs, [Also Jan. 7, 1921?] 4 pp. [8 sides]
ALs, “Sat.” [Jan. 8, 1921?] 3 pp. [6 sides]
ALs, “Sunday” [Jan. 9, 1921?] 4 pp. [7 sides]

F.22     ALs, [Feb. 3, 1921?] 2 pp. [4 sides]
ALs, “Saturday” [Feb. 5, 1921?] 5 pp. [10 sides]
ALs, Feb. 7, 1921, 3 pp. & 1 p. [does last page belong to this letter?] [8 sides]
ALs, Feb. 8, [1921], 4 pp. [8 sides]
ALs, Feb. 10, [1921] 4 pp. [8 sides]
ALs , “Friday, Feb. 10" [actually Feb. 11, 1921], 1 p. [2 sides]
ALs, “Sunday” [Feb. 13, 1921?] 8 pp. [16 sides]
ALs, “Mon.” [Feb. 14, 1921?] 6 pp. [12 sides]
ALs, “Tuesday” [Feb. 15, 1921?] 3 pp. [5 sides]
ALs, “Vendredi” [Feb. 18, 1921?] 4 pp. [8 sides]
ALs, Feb. 20, [1921] 5 pp. [10 sides] & envelope
ALs, Feb. 22, [1921] 3 pp. [5 sides]
ALs, “Wed.” [Feb. 23, 1921?] 4 pp. [8 sides]
ALs, “Wed.” [Feb. 23 1921?] 3 pp. [6 sides]
ALs, Feb. 26, [1921] 6 pp. [12 sides]
ALs, “Sunday” [Feb. 27, 1921?] 2 pp. [4 sides]

F. 23    ALs, “Tuesday” [Mar. 1, 1921?] 6 pp. [12 sides]
ALs, Mar. 2, [1921] 3 pp. [6 sides]
ALs, Mar. 3, [1921] 1 p. [2 sides]
ALs, Mar. 4, [1921] 2 pp. [3 sides]
ALs, Mar. 5, [1921] 5 pp. [10 sides]
ALs, [Mar. 6, 1921?] 2 pp. [3 sides]
ALs, Mar. 9, [1921] 5 pp. [10 sides]
ALs, Mar. 10, [1921] 4 pp. [8 sides]
ALs, Mar. 11, [error for 10?] [1921] 7 pp. [13 sides]
ALs, “Friday” [Mar. 11, 1921?] 4 pp. [8 sides]
ALs, “Sunday” [Mar. 13, 1921?] 4 pp. [8 sides]
ALs, “Monday” [Mar. 14, 1921?] 4 pp. [8 sides]
ALs, “Tuesday” [Mar. 15, 1921?] 3 pp. [6 sides]
ALs, “Tuesday” [Also Mar. 15, 1921?] 1 p. [2 sides]
ALs, “Wednesday” [Mar. 16, 1921?] 5 pp. [10 sides]
ALs, Mar. 16, [1921]2 pp. [4 sides]
ALs, “Thursday” [Mar. 17, 1921?] 2 pp. [4 sides]
ALs, “Monday” [Mar. 21, 1921?] 2 pp. [4 sides]
ALs, “Thursday - Maundy” [Mar. 24, 1921] 3 pp. [6 sides]
ALs, “Sat.” [Mar. 26, 1921?] 7 pp. [14 sides]
ALs, “Sunday” [Mar. 28, 1921?] 8 pp. [16 sides]
ALs, “Tuesday” [Mar. 29, 1921?] 4 pp. [8 sides]
ALs, Mar. 30, [1921]3 pp. [6 sides]
ALs, “Second Letter - Wed.” [Mar. 30, 1921] 3 pp. [5 sides]
ALs, “Thursday” [Mar. 31, 1921] 5 pp. [10 sides]

F.24     ALs, “Friday” [April 1, 1921?] 5 pp. [8 sides]
ALs, “Sunday” [April 3, 1921?] 2 pp. [4 sides]
ALs, “Tuesday” [April 5, 1921?] 3 pp. [6 sides]
ALs, “Wed.” [April 6, 1921?] 5 pp [10 sides]
ALs, “Thursday” [Apr. 7, 1921?] 5 pp. [9 sides]
ALs, “Fri.” [April 8, 1921?] 7 pp. [14 sides]
ALs, “Sat.” [April 9, 1921?] 4 pp. [8 sides]
ALs, “Sunday” [April 10, 1921?] 1 p. [2 sides]
ALs, [Also April 10, 1921?] 2 pp. [4 sides]
ALs, April 11, [1921] 5 pp. [10 sides]
ALs, April 12, [1921] 6 pp. [11 sides]
ALs, “Wed.” [April 13, 1921?] 5 pp. [9 sides]
ALs, April 14, [1921] 8 pp. [16 sides]
ALs, “Friday” [April 15, 1921?] 4 pp. [8 sides]
ALs, “Sat.” [April 16, 1921?] 5 pp. [10 sides]
ALs, “Sunday” [April 17, 1921?] 3 pp. [6 sides]
ALs, “Monday” [April 18, 1921?] 5 pp. [9 sides]
ALs, “Tuesday” [April 19, 1921?] 2 pp. [3 sides]
ALs, “Sunday” [April 24, 1921?] 4 pp. [8 sides]
ALs, “Mon.” [April 25, 1921?] 2 pp. [4 sides]
ALs, “Mon.” [Also April 25, 1921?] 2 pp. [4 sides]
ALs, “26" [April 26, 1921?] 2 pp. [4 sides]
ALs, “Tuesday” [Also April 26, 1921?] 3 pp. [6 sides]
ALs, “Wednesday” [April 27, 1921?] 2 pp. [4 sides]
Note: The dating of the last five letters in this series is uncertain.

BOX 2
Viola Garvin's letters
F.1       ALs, “Monday” [May 2, 1921?] 3 pp. [6 sides]
ALs, “Tuesday” [May 3, 1921?] 4 pp. [8 sides]
ALs, “Wed.” [May 4, 1921?] 3 pp. [6 sides]
ALs, May 5, [1921] 4 pp. [8 sides]
ALs, “Friday” [May 6, 1921?] 3 pp. [6 sides]
ALs, May 18, [1921?] 4 pp. [8 sides]
ALs, “Friday” [May 20, 1921?] 4 pp. [8 sides]
ALs, “Sat.” [May 21, 1921?] 5 pp. [10 sides]
ALs, “Sunday” [May 22, 1921?] 2 pp. [3 sides]
ALs, [Also May 22, 1921?] 1 p. [2 sides]
ALs, “Monday” [May 23, 1921?] 2 pp. [4 sides]
ALs, [Also May 23, 1921?] 3 pp. [6 sides]
ALs, May 24, 1921] 4 pp. [7 sides] & enclosed envelope & 1 p.
ALs, [May 25, 1921?] 2 pp. [4 sides]
ALs, May 26, [1921] 3 pp. [6 sides]

F.2       ALs, [June 4-5, 1921?] 1 p. [2 sides]
ALs, [June 10, 1921?] 2 pp. [4 sides]
ALs, [June 11, 1921?] 2 pp. [3 sides]
ALs, [June 12, 1921?] 2 pp. [4 sides]
ALs, “Friday” [June 17, 1921?] 4 pp. [7 sides]
ALs, “Sunday” [June 19, 1921?] 1 p. [2 sides]
ALs, [Ju1y 11, 1921?] 1 p. [folded - 4 sides]
ALs, [Ju1y 13, 1921?] 1 p. [folded - 4 sides]
ALs, July 14, [1921?] 2 pp. [4 sides]
ALs, “Friday” [Ju1y 15, 1921?] 3 pp. [6 sides]
ALs, “Sunday” [Ju1y 17, 1921?] 2 pp. [4 sides]
ALs, [Ju1y 29, 1921?] 1 p. [2 sides]
ALs, “Sat.” [Ju1y 30, 1921?] 3 pp. [6 sides]
ALs, “Sun.” [Ju1y 31, 1921?] 3 pp. [6 sides]

F.3       ALs, [Aug. 1, 1921?] 2 pp. [4 sides]
ALs, “Monday” [Also Aug. 1, 1921?] 3 pp. [5 sides]
ALs, “Tuesday” [Aug. 2, 1921?] 7 pp. [14 sides]
ALs, [Also Aug. 2, 1921?] 1 p. [2 sides]
ALs, [Aug. 2-3, 1921?] 2 pp. [4 sides]
ALs, “Wed.” [Aug. 3, 1921?] 5 pp. [10 sides]
ALs, Aug. 4, [1921?] 5 pp. [9 sides]
ALs, “Sunday” [Aug. 7, 1921?]
ALs, [Aug. 7- 8, 1921?] 6 pp. [11 sides]
ALs, “8" [Aug. 8, 1921?] 5 pp. [10 sides]
ALs, “Tuesday” [Aug. 9, 1921?] 2 pp. [3 sides]
ALs, [Aug. 10, 1921?] 2 pp. [3 sides]

F.4       ALs, “Wed.” April 15, [1925?] 3 pp. [3 sides]
ALs, “Thursday” [April 16, 1925?] 1 p. [1 side]
ALs, “Sunday” [April 19, 1925?] 3 pp. [3 sides]
ALs, “Sunday” April 26, [1925?] 3 pp. [3 sides]
ALs, (photocopy from U. of Texas) April 30, [1925?] 2 pp. [2 sides]
ALs, (photocopy from U. of Texas) May 2, [1925?] 2 pp. [2 sides]

F.5       ALs, “Tuesday 6" [dated later in pencil March 1928] 1 p. [folded - 3 sides]
F.6       ALs, [photocopy from U. of Texas] “Monday” [Oct. 1930?] [Same grouping as F.7 ?] 2 pp. [2 sides]

F.7       ALs, “Friday” [dated later in pencil Oct. 1930, therefore Oct. 24, 1930?] 1 p. [1 side]
ALs, Oct. 28, [1930?] 2 pp. [4 sides]
ALs, “Friday” [Oct. (31?), 1930?] 2 pp. [4 sides]
ALs, “Monday” [dated later in pencil Oct. 1930 but more likely Nov. 1930] 1 p. [2 sides]

F.8       ALs, “Monday” [dated later in pencil June 1931 but could well be same year as F.6 & F.7 (See ref. in F.6) - perhaps Sept. 1930?] 1 p. [folded - 3 sides]

F.9       2 APcs, [photocopy from U. of Texas]  Sept. 7 & Sept. 12, [1936] 1 p.
APcs, [photocopy from U. of Texas] Sept. 9, [1936] 1 p.
Telegram - [photocopy from U. of Texas] March 23, 1939.

F.10     AL, Aug. 28, 1950 [V.L. G.'s letter bequeathing the letters to Oliver Woods] 1 p. & envelope.
(see also Viola’s letters to Oliver and Joan Woods in the Woods’ correspondence.)

J.L. Garvin's Letters to Oliver Woods, 1921-1945
Garvin’ s letters are almost all in his own hand and are sometimes accompanied by their envelopes. Most have been transcribed into typescript, and many of the carbon copies of those typescripts have been annotated by Oliver Woods for an article, based on his stepfather's letters, commissioned by The Times in 1968. (See also article in Wood’s writing, Box 49, F.51)

F.11     ALs & envelope 2 pp. Aug. 17, 1921 + transcript + duplicate
ALs Nov. 24, 1930 + transcript + duplicate
ALs Nov. 20, 1931 + transcript + duplicate
TLs Jan. 27, 1932 + transcript + duplicate
ALs Oct. 14, 1932 + transcript + duplicate
ALs Nov. 1, 1932 + transcript + duplicate
ALs Nov. 10, 1932 + transcript + duplicate
ALs Nov. 17, 1932 + transcript + duplicate
ALs Mar. 6, 1933 + transcript + duplicate
ALs Sept. 10, 1934 + transcript + duplicate
ALs 2 pp. Oct. 3, 1934 + transcript + duplicate
ALs 2 pp. Oct. 28, 1934 + transcript + duplicate

F.12     Portions of 3 ALs, none bearing dates but all apparently written between 1930-1935.
F.13     File number not used.

F.14     ALs Dec. 23, 1935 + transcript + duplicate
ALs Apr. 15, 1936 + transcript + duplicate
ALs Nov. 10, 1938 + transcript + duplicate
ALs Nov. 20, 1938 + transcript + duplicate
ALs Nov. 23, 1938 + transcript + duplicate
ALs Jan. 17, 1939 + transcript + duplicate
ALs 2 pp. Dec. 18, 1940 + transcript + duplicate

F.15     1 Telegram Mar. 24, [?] 1942 + trans. & dup. (annotated)
Airgraph [photocopy] 2 pp. Aug. 19 1942 + trans. + duplicate (annotated)
ALs 5 pp. Oct. 14, 1942 + trans. + duplicate (annotated)
ALs 3 pp. Aug. 4, 1943 + trans. + duplicate (annotated)
ALs 3 pp. Aug. 17, [1943] + trans. + duplicate (annotated)
ALs & envelope 2 pp. Aug. 30, 1943 + trans. + duplicate
ALs 2 pp. Oct. 12, 1943 + trans. + duplicate (annotated); (the transcript lacks the postscript on the first page of the original)
ALs 3 pp. Oct. 25, 1943 + transcript + duplicate (annotated)
ALs Nov. 15, 1943 + transcript + duplicate (annotated)
Telegram Dec. 23, 1943 + transcript + duplicate (annotated)

F. 16    ALs & envelope May 22, 1944 + transcript + duplicate (annotated)
ALs & envelope June 19, 1944 + transcript + duplicate (annotated )
ALs July 3, 1944 + transcript + duplicate
ALs 2 pp. Aug. 8, 1944 + transcript + duplicate (annotated)
ALs 2 pp. & envelope Aug. 24, 1944 + transcript + duplicate
ALs 2 pp. & envelope Oct. 16, 1944 + transcript + duplicate
ALs 2 pp. & envelope Oct. 30, 1944 + transcript + duplicate (annotated)
ALs 2 pp. Nov. 12, 1944 + transcript + duplicate (annotated by J.W.)
ALs 2 pp. & envelope Nov. 28, 1944 + transcript + duplicate (annotated)
ALs Dec. 15, 1944 + transcript + duplicate
ALs 3 pp. & envelope Dec. 29, 1944 + transcript + duplicate

F.17     ALs Jan. 6, 1945 + duplicate transcript (annotated)
ALs Jan. 12, 1943 + duplicate transcript
ALs [Undated Jan.-Feb. 1945] [second page only]
ALs May 17, 1945 + duplicate transcript
ALs 3 pp. & envelope July 6, 1945 + duplicate transcript
ALs 4 pp. July 12, 1945
ALs July 20, 1945 + duplicate transcript
ALs 3 pp. & envelope Aug. 23, 1945 + duplicate transcript (annotated)
ALs & envelope Sept. 6, 1945
ALs Sept. 27, 1945 + duplicate transcript
ALs 2 pp. Oct. 11, 1945
ALs & envelope Oct. 18, 1945 + duplicate transcript (annotated)

F.18     Correspondence and notes relating to Oliver Woods’ article based on these letters.
TLs from The Times [J. Bishop, Features Editor] to Oliver Woods, Jan. 1 1968
TL [carbon] from Oliver Woods Jan. 2, 1968
TL [carbon] from Oliver Woods Mar. 27, 1968
Oliver Woods’ draft introduction, typescript and holograph 2 pp.
Outline & rough word estimate, holograph 4 pp.
Rough draft with spaces for quoted passages, holograph 21 pp.

F.19     J.L.Garvin's translation of the French poem “Avoir Une Maison”, original and amended version. Aug. 31 & Oct. 14, 1919, typescript.

Note: There is also an original cartoon by Low of J.L. Garvin with the caption “If Garvin were Carvin”. This framed cartoon is located in Map Cabinet #9.

BOX 3            Oliver Woods' letters to J. L. & Viola Garvin.
Note: Since none have the year indicated and the postmarks on the air letters are almost illegible, dating is tentative.
F.1       ALs to J.L. Garvin May 13, [1930]
ALs to J.L. Garvin July 17, [1920]
ALs to J.L. Garvin July 4, [1942]
ALs to Viola G. 3 pp. March 14, [1943?]
ALs to J.L. Garvin July 4, [1943?]
ALs to J.L. Garvin July 23, [1943]
ALs to J.L. Garvin Aug. 20, [1943]
ALs [to J.L. Garvin?] First page missing 5 pp. [1943?]
ALs & typed transcription & carbon duplicate Sept. 20, [1943?]
ALs Incomplete 6 pp. Oct. 3, [1943?] & envelope addressed by Oliver Woods to J.L. Garvin at The Observer.

F.1a     R. J. Herbert Shaw
ALs to Viola G. Aug. 31 [late 1920s-early 1930s]
Correspondence, family & business, relating to J. L. & Viola Garvin and the Garvin Estate.
[For other family correspondence not to/from J. L. & Viola Garvin see Woods correspondence series.]

F.2       Barrington-Ward, Simon
Inscribed copy “For Aunt Viola, with love” of Magdalen College Magazine, 1952.
[for other Barrington-Ward correspondence see Woods Correspondence series]

F.3       Blumenfeld, R. D.
To: [from J.L. Garvin]
ALs, & envelope March 26, 1942
[photocopy of letter, appears to have been supplied to O.W. by Sir John Elliot.]

F.4       C[olvin] [Lady] F[rances]
From: ALs to J.L. Garvin [undated, c.1920]

F. 5      Drummonds (Royal Bank of Scotland) [re Oliver Wood’s mother's financial affairs]
From:
TLs (to V.L.G.) April 27, 1951
TLs (to V.L.G.) May 3, 1951
TLs (to Oliver Woods.) Sept. 30, 1959
To: TL (car.) Oct. 13, 1959
From:
TLs (to Oliver Woods.) March 22, 1960
TLs (to Oliver Woods.) Sept. 5, 1960
TLs (to Oliver Woods.) Sept. 5, 1960
TLs (to Oliver Woods.) Dec. 29, 1960
TLs (to Oliver Woods.) Feb. 28, 1961

F.6       Evans, Sir Ifor (The Observer Trust)
From:
ALs (to Oliver Woods) Dec. 26, 1957
TLs (to Oliver Woods) Jan. 12, 1959

F.7       Few & Kester, Solicitors
To: TL (car.) (from Oliver Woods) Feb. 27, 1969 & 2 pp. accounts
From:
TLs (to Oliver Woods) Mar. 4, 1969
TLs June 4, 1969
To: TL (car.) June 5, 1969

F.8       Fisher, H. A. L.
From: TLs (to J.L. Garvin) Feb. 11, 1927

F.9       Galloway, Annette
From:
ALs, 2 pp. (to J.L. Garvin) Dec. 30, [c. 1920]
ALs [to Viola G.?] [c. 1920]

Garvin, Viola (Oliver Woods's Mother)
Garvin, Viola (“Wiwi”, Oliver Woods's half-sister)
Gordon, James (Katherine Garvin's son)
Gordon, Katherine (Oliver Woods's half-sister)
See Woods correspondence

F.10     Hardcastle, Ken
[Viola Garvin's & Oliver Wood’s solicitor, of Mewburn Walker & Cato]
From: [All are to O.W. except where otherwise indicated]
TLs June 8, 1948
TLs Feb. 20, 1956
TLs 2 pp. May 28, 1957
TLs June 7, 1957
TLs 2 pp. Aug. 22, 1957
TLs Oct. 30, 1957
TLs (to Viola Garvin) Nov. 4, 1957
TLs Mar. 12, 1958
TLs (to V. Garvin) June 13, 1958
TLs Mar. 8, 1960
Statement of Account Mar. 25, 1960
TLs Mar. 30, 1960
TLs Apr. 6, 1960
TLs 2 pp. Apr. 21, 1960
TLs & attached statement May 11, 1960
TLs May 25, 1960
TLs (car.) (to Howard Smith, Thompson) June 22, 1960
TLs July 15, 1960
TLs July 19, 1960
TLs Aug. 18, 1960
TLs Aug. 30, 1960
TLs & attached cheque Sept. 1, 1960

To: (from Oliver Woods)
TL (car.) (to R. Williams at M.W. &C.) Sept. 2, 1960

From:
TLs Sept. 8, 1960
TLs Sept. 16, 1960
TLs, 2 pp. Sept. 19, 1960
TLs, 2 pp. Sept. 23, 1960
TLs Sept. 26, 1960
TL (car.) (from Hoare Trustees) Oct. 5, 1960
TLs Oct. 7, 1960
TLs & 1 p. attachment Oct. 13, 1960
TLs Oct. 24, 1960
TLs 2 pp. Oct. 31, 1960
TLs, 2 pp. Nov. 7, 1960
TLs Nov. 11, 1960
TLs Nov. 28, 1960
TLs Nov. 30, 1960
TLs Dec. 2, 1960

To: (from O. W.)
TL (car.) Dec. 5, 1960
From:
TLs Jan. 6, 1961
TLs Jan. 9, 1961
TLs Mar. 24, 1961
To: (from O. W.)
TL (car.) Mar. 31, 1961
TLs Sept. 28, 1965
TLs Mar. 15, 1966
TL (car.) Mar. 31, 1966

F.11     Hoare, C. Trustees & Bankers (All are to/from O. W.)
From: TLs Aug. 10, 1959
To: TL (car.) Aug. 17, 1959
From: TLs Aug. 19, 1959
To: TL (car.) Sept. 15, 1959
From: TLs Sept. 30, 1959
To: TL (car.) Oct. 13, 1959
To: 1 p. TL (car.) & holograph draft July 16, 1969
From: TLs July 18, 1969

F.12     Howard Smith, Thompson & Co. (Accountants)
From: TLs (both to O. W.) June 2, 1960
TLs June 17, 1960

Ledingham, John (Una's son, Oliver Woods's nephew)
Ledingham, Una (Oliver Woods's half sister, Una Garvin)
See Woods correspondence series.

F.13     Norham Road, Oxford (Viola Garvin’s house) 1959-1960
Correspondence relating to the sale of the house and furniture following Viola Garvin’s death. Includes plan of the house, letters from prospective purchasers, estate agents, movers and insurance companies. 30 pp.

F.14     Rubenstein, Nash & Co., Solicitors [Re: Andrea Turnbull, Viola's niece - O. W. was her trustee] (all are to/from Oliver Woods.)
From: TLs April 16, 1958
To: TLs (car.) April 21, 1958
From: TLs April 22, 1958
TLs April 29, 1958
To: TL (car.) May 1, 1958
From: TLs June 23, 1958
TLs July 7, 1958
Statement of Account (copy) July 8, 1958
To: TL (car.) July 8, 1958
From: TLs July 10, 1958
To: TL (car.) July 10, 1958
TL (car.) Jan. 15, 1959
From: TLs with attached TL (copy) 1 p.  July 18, 1960
To: TL (car.) July 19, 1960
TL (car.) Aug. 22, 1960

F. 15    Russell, Charles & Co.
From: TLs (to Oliver Woods) Dec. 19, 1960 and holograph note re: Garvin Estate by Oliver Woods. Dec. 7, 1960. See also Woods correspondence series

Slaghek-Fabbri Ursula (Oliver Woods' half sister, Ursula Garvin) see Woods correspondence series

F.16     Swanwick, Barbara (re: Andrea Turnbull's trust) (all are to/from Oliver Woods)
To: TL (Car.) April 11, 1958
From: TLs April 13, 1958
To: TL (car.) June 23, 1958
TL (car.) July 4, 1958
TL (car.) June 19, 1959

F.17     Taylor, Una
From: ALs (photocopy) (to J.L. Garvin. or Viola) [undated-1920s?]
ALs (to Viola) [undated-1920?]
ALs (to J.L. Garvin) Mar. 10, [1920?]

F.18     Thirkell, Angela
From: ALs (to V.L.G. in French) May 6, 1936, 2 pp. and envelope
ALs 2 pp. Jan. 23, 1947
ALs (with portion cut out) and envelope with Viola Garvin’s writing: “For Oliver alone. ... Very valuable light on Garve” and article by A.T. clipped from Cornhill Magazine, Aug. 28, 3 pp. May 13, 1947
ALs (to Oliver Woods) Oct. 13, 1959

F.19     Thompson Quarrel & Megaw (solicitors - re: Woods trust)
TLs (to Henry Woods) Dec. 30, 1970
TLs (to Oliver Woods) Mar. 18, 1971
TLs (to Oliver Woods) May 17, 1971
Statement of Account Nov. 28, 1971
TLs (to Oliver Woods.) Feb. 16, 1972

Turnbull, Andrea (Una Troubridge's daughter) see Woods correspondence series

F.20     Wargrave, Lord Edward
From: ALs (to Viola) Dec. 1, [1931?]. See also Woods correspondence series

F.21     Waterfield, Lina (The Observer's Rome correspondent, 1924-1928)
From: TLs, 3 pp. (all to J.L. Garvin) Nov. 15, 1924
TLs, 5 pp. Nov. 27, 1924
TLs, 2 pp. Dec. 9, 1924
TLs, 4 pp. Feb. 6, 1925
TLs, 5 pp. Feb. 7, 1925
TLs, 3 pp. with enclosed ALs from British Embassy representative and TL (car.) to British Embassy Feb. 19, 1925
TLs, 2 pp. Feb. 21, 1925
TLs, Feb. 25, 1925
TLs, 2 pp. Mar. 3, 1925
TLs, 2 pp. and 4 pp. attachment Mar. 17, 1925
TLs, Apr., 1925

F. 22    Waterfield, Lina
TLs, 2 pp. Mar. 12, 1926
ALs, Mar. 12, [1926]
ALs, 2 pp. Mar. 19, 1926
TLs, 2 pp. Mar. 26, 1926
TLs, 2 pp. and 3 pp. attachment Apr. 20, 1926
TLs, May 12, 1926
Holograph and Typescript notes, 3 pp. [received. May 17 a clipping and envelope 1926]
TLs, 3 pp. June 11, 1926
TLs, 7 pp. July 15, 1926
Typed transcript of letters from Molinella, 7 pages Sept. 30 - Oct. 11, 1926
From: TLs Nov. 10, 1926
TLs, 3 pp. [in French, not from L.W.] Nov. 13, 1926
TLs , 6 pp. Dec. 2, 1926
TLs, 7 pp. Dec. 3, 1926
Article, typescript, annotated by J.L. Garvin 3 pp. Dec. 7, 1926
TLs, 4 pp. Dec. 10, 1926

F.23     Waterfield, Lina
TLs, 5 pp. Jan. 31, 1927
TLs, 5 pp. Feb. 19, 1927
TLs, 7 pp. Mar. 21, 1927
TLs, 4 pp. Oct. 29, 1927
TLs (to Mr .Bell)  Nov. 30, [1927?]

F.24     Waterfield, Lina
TLs, 3 pp. Mar.25, 1928
“Report for Mr. Garvin”, typescript with annotations by J.L. Garvin., 11 pp. Mar. [   ], 1918
ALs, 2 pp. Apr. 6, 1928
ALs, 2 pp. Apr. 9, 1928
TL (copy) (to L.W. from Carlo Scarfoglio) [undated]

F. 25    Waterfield, Lina
ALs (to Oliver Woods.) Apr. 5, 1956
ALs (to Oliver Woods.) Oct. 6, 1959

F. 26    Westminster Bank (re: Andrea Turnbull' s Trust) (all are to/from Oliver Woods)
Statement of Account Jan. 17, 1958
To: TL (car.) Apr. 2, 1958
From: TLs Apr. 3, 1958
To: TL (car.) Apr. 8, 1958
From: TLs Apr. 10, 1958
TLs Apr. 14, 1958
To: TL (car.) Apr. 21, 1958
From: TLs Apr. 28, 1958
To: TL (car.) Apr. 30, 1958
From: TLs May 1, 1958
To: TL (car.) June 30, 1958
From: TLs July 2, 1958
Statement of Transfer July 25, 1958
Statement of Transfer July 25, 1958
To: TL (car.) Aug. 5, 1958
From: TLs Aug. 6, 1958

F.26     Westminster Bank
To: TL (car.) Sept. 11, 1958
From: TLs Sept. 12, 1958
TLs June 18, 1959
To: TL (car.) June 22, 1959
From: TLs & attached Brokers' Contract Note June 24, 1959
TLs June 27, 1959
TLs July 13, 1959
To: TL (car.), 2 pp. & compliments slip May 19, 1961

F.27     Wolt, Humbert
To: ALs [from J.L. Garvin] May 5, 1930

Woods, Henry, Imogen, Gabriel] & Flora see Woods correspondence series

F.28     Letters of sympathy to Oliver Woods on the death of Viola Garvin. The following have been removed and filed in the general Woods Correspondence series.  All are dated 1959-60:
Amery, Florence
Astley, B.
Astor, Gavin
Astor, Hugh
Phipps, Mervyn
Balcon, Michael
Barber, Phillip
Bennett, Mary
Bishop, James
Booker, Eleanor
Bradley family           
Browne, Wynard
Buchanan, George
Cheetham, John
Fraser, Dorothy
Gordon, Kit (Katherine)
Gosun, Eric
Hackett, Shan
Henschel, Helen
Hewitt-Myring, Philip
Law, Nastia & Nick
MacDonald, Gwenda
Mathew, Gervase
Moodie, Campbell
Nash, Margaret
O’Brien, Kane
[Pearson?] Jock
Perigieur, S.
Read, Lady Iwo
Ryan, Patrick
Siberman Leo
Slaghek-Fabbri, Ursula
Starkie, Enid
Stewart, Campbell
Stock, Muriel
Thornton-Smith, E.
Turnbull, Andrea
Walker, John Jr.
Waterfield, Kinta
Waterfield, Lina
Woodruff, Douglas
Woods, Gabriel
Woods, Henry
There are three remaining [unidentified] in this file, all ALs, signed “Carrol”, “Patrick” and “Frances”.

BOX 4
Further J.L. Garvin & Viola Garvin material
Early Woods’ family material and photographs
F.1       J.L. Garvin - “Napoleon: The Man and the Legend”, clipping of published version from The Observer, May 1, 1921, 1 p .
F.2       Photograph (2 copies) of J.L. Garvin. & “Rover”.
F.3       Obituary [for The Times] by Captain Shaw - revised Jan. 1947, 1 p.
F.4       Order of Service for J.L. Garvin's Memorial Service, 1 p. and postcard of a print hung at Gregories, annotated by J. W. Feb. 6, 1947. 1 p.

Other photographs have been stored in Map Cabinet #9:
1)         Framed photograph of J.L. Garvin, 21 x 16 cm. Garvin is lighting his pipe. [early 1940s?]
2)         Photograph of J. L. Garvin, 35 x 25 cm.  Garvin is writing at a desk.  The photograph is signed and dated “Nov. 1913".
3)         Framed original cartoon “If Garvin Were Carvin” showing J.L. Garvin.as a chef serving meat to a line of waiters - by R. L. [Low].
4)         Photograph mounted on cardboard of “Gregories”, 40 x 27 cm. With note on back by K[atherine] G[arvin].
5)         Photograph mounted on cardboard of H.G. Woods, Oliver Wood’s grandfather] by Harris Brown, 30 x 23 cm.
6)         Photograph mounted on cardboard of Margaret Woods Oliver Wood’s grandmother] by Sir William Richmond. 32 x 26 cm.

Garvin, Viola L.
F.5       Balance sheet of Marriage Settlement, as at 10 Feb. 1961, 4 pp.
F.6       Identity card & medical card, 1943 & 1951.
F.7       Receipt for deed box (containing J.L. Garvin's letters) 29-8-1950. Agreement for wartime appropriation of Queen's Gate house, 29-5-1944 & wartime photograph.

F. 8      Envelope, addressed by V.L.G., stamped but not sent
Envelope & 2 labels relating to V.L.G.'s safety deposit boxes.
F. 9      Death Announcements, Daily Express, Sept. 30, 1959.
Obituaries by Clare Nicholl, Observer, Oct. 4, 1959.
Typescript (copy) 1 p. & Angela Thirkell, photocopy of proof, 1 p.

F. 10    Brochure (French) regarding grave marker for Viola, photograph, sketches of Oliver Wood’s holograph notes about estate. 17 items.
F. 11    3 photographs & clipping relating to Viola's [distant] Family.

F.12     Taylor, Henry Ashworth [Viola's father]
Death Certificate, 1907.
F.13     Taylor, Minna Gordon [Viola's mother]
Two copies of her will dated 8 Aug. 1933. 8 pp. total.
F.14     A 1914 diary with occasional brief entries [Minna Taylor's?].

F.15     Troubridge, Una [Viola's sister]
Photograph-[early 1900s?].

F.16     Troubridge, Nicholas [Andrea's son, Una's grandson]
Birth certificate and photograph [1940s?].

F.17     Woods, George Granville Bradley
Copy of part of a letter relating to Oliver Wood’s great grandfather being offered of the Deanery of Westminster. The original written in 1881 by Mabel Buckenaugh, copy sent to Oliver Woods. by M.B.'s daughter [Edith?], 3 pp.

F.18     Woods, H.G.,Oliver Wood’s grandfather]
Will, printed version with annotations, 4 pp., 1913 & 1914.

F.19     Woods, Margaret L.
Will, typescript copy, 5 pp. July 1, 1937.

F. 20    Photograph of “Grannie Woods” & Oliver Woods. [1920s?] (Also one of Viola Garvin in same folder).

F.21     Woods, Maurice
Commission in Volunteer Forces, Mar. 9, 1901.
Woods, Maurice
Photographs, 3 different and 2 duplicates [1920s & 1930s] with a note about M.W. [by Joan Waters.?].

F.22 & 23        2 Photograph Albums
F.22     Black Album coming apart at the spine and lacking rear cover. 23 cm. x 29 cm. Contains photographs of Viola & Una as children (the captions appear to be in Viola Garvin’s hand), with their mother, Viola as Joan of Arc (1900), and a sketch of Minna Taylor .

F.23     Green tapestry-patterned album with tooled leather spine. 17 cm x 24 cm. Contains photographs of Viola as a young woman, Oliver as a baby and as a child, Una Troubridge & Oliver's father and grandfather. (The captions appear to be in Joan Woods' hand.)  Also some loose photographs, newspaper clipping and a postcard (pasted in) from  “Una & John - Christmas 1921" .

F.24     Photograph of a child [Viola?] & of Viola ca. 1920, in leather folder.

BOX 5           
Viola Garvin's Writings
F.1       1915 - “All Souls” Cutting of a poem by Viola Woods , published [in The Times?], Nov. 2, 1915.
F. 2      1922 - Cutting of a review of Viola Garvin’s poetry collection “As you See It”, The Observer, Dec. 3, 1922.
F.3       1942 - “The Twinkling of An Eye” short story by Mrs. J. L. Garvin, inscribed by Viola Garvin, published 1942, typescript, 18 pp.
F.4       1945. [Margaret Woods] - Memoir about Viola Garvin 's mother-in-law, inscribed by Viola Garvin in The Times, 1945, typescript, 3 pp.
F.5       [1940s ?] - “Somewhere in France”, cutting of short descriptive piece by Viola Garvin, “Mrs. J. L. Garvin”.
F.6       1946 - “The Rue Puits d'Amour”, carbon typescript of a poem, 2 pp. “Punch, 1946", in red cover.
F.7       [1940s ?] - Selection of Viola Garvin's poems, typescript & carbon typescript with dedication and sources (if previously published) noted in Viola Garvin’s hand, 37 pp.
F.8       [1940s ?] - Translations & original poems by Viola Garvin
Rendering the English of “Le Petit Manoir”, holograph, 2 pp. [c. 1919?]
“Le Petit Manoir” & other poems in typescript with dates and sources (if published) given. [Selection intended for publication?].Typescript and carbon typescript, 28 pp. & envelope.
F.9       1946 - “Ma Dernier Maison”, cutting of published version, inscribed by Viola Garvin Punch, 1946.
“Place des Ormes”, typescript, Punch Oct. 23, 1946.
F.10     1948. “Fete Jeanne D'Arc”, typescript & carbon typescript dated in Viola Garvin’s hand, “ May 9, 1948".
F.11     [1940s -50s?] - Drafts of various poems & fragments, holograph, typescript & carbon typescript, 6 pp. & envelope.
F.12     [1940s -50s?] - A selection of poetry, including several by Viola Garvin (others are by Yeats, Tennyson, G. K. Chesterton & others including Katherine Garvin). [Miscellany intended for publication?].
Typescript, 23 pp. and duplicate carbon typescript, lacking last page, 22 pp., both lightly annotated.
F. 13    [1940s -50s?] - A small notebook containing holograph drafts of some of Viola Garvin’s poems, Also some draft letters to the editor.
F.14     [1950s?] - Notebook containing reminiscence of her childhood - notes about “Phil” [Burne-Jones] and a party.
F.15     [1950s?] - Two notebooks with early autobiographical notes - more on the “Phil” and party incident, one full, one only half used.
F.16     [1956] “Phil's Party”, Typescript draft of an autobiographical piece lightly annotated in brown cover, 7 pp .
Also cutting of the published version, Manchester Guardian, Dec. 31, 1956.
F.17     [1950s?] -“Little friend”, short story, typescript, 16 pp. & title page & carbon typescript in brown cover, 16 pp. & title page.
F.18     [1950s?] - Two exercise books with Viola Garvin’s handwritten recollections of a visit to Ireland and of Maurice Woods before their marriage.  The trip included a visit to Lady Gregory at Coole.
F.19     [Late 1940s -1950s? ] Opening chapter of an (uncompleted?) autobiography by Viola Garvin, Remembering Like Anything. Includes mention of her friend Paul Nash, of her grandfather Sir Henry Taylor, the Burne-Jones family, Julia Cameron, her aunts and her grandmother. Lightly annotated typescript, 14 pp.
F.20     Further section of Viola Garvin’s autobiography, “My Grandmother”, includes recollections of her grandmother, Alice Theodosia Spring-Rice her grandmother's cousin Aubrey de Vere, Tennyson, R. Louis, Stevenson, Lady Duff Gordon, Lady Colvin and Aunts Ida and Una, lightly annotated carbon transcript, 28 pp. and the original typescript of p. 28.
F.21     Chapter II, recollections of Viola Garvin’s uncle, aunts and father, also her first husband Maurice Woods, & J. L. Garvin. Lightly annotated typescript, 21 pp., and lightly annotated duplicate carbon typescript, 21 pp.
F.22     Chapter II of Viola Garvin’s autobiography, continued. Recollections of her Aunt Una & Garvin, lightly annotated typescript, 33 pp., & lightly annotated duplicate carbon typescript, 33 pp.
F. 23    Chapter II, continued. Recollections of Aunt Ida, G. K. & Frances Chesterton, the Meynell family, Lady Colin Campbell. Lightly annotated typescript, 12 pp. and lightly annotated duplicate carbon typescript, 12 pp.
F.24     Chapter II, retitled Part II. Revised typescript in F.19-23 with additional section on Aunt Eleanor which includes recollections of Lady Shelley and Viola Garvin’s sister Una.
Lightly annotated typescript, pages numbered 47 -129, 82 pp .
F.25     [1959?] - Lists [by Nannie Peake?]. One of Viola’s jewelry, one of mementos to be given to her friends and relatives. Holograph, 2 pp.     
F.26     Postcard & invitation to a private view (1950).
See also Viola's letters to J.L. Garvin, in Boxes 1 & 2 and her letters to Joan and Oliver Woods in the Woods correspondence series under Garvin.

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