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Interactive Tour of Woolf's Homes and Gardens
By Elisa Kay Sparks
Rare Books
Virginia Woolf, Kew Gardens
Richmond: Hogarth Press, 1919.
One of 150 copies, with cover hand-painted by Roger Fry and woodcuts by Vanessa Bell.
Frances Hooper Collection of Virginia Woolf, Mortimer Rare Book Room, Smith College
(center in case)
Virginia Woolf, Kew Gardens.
London: Hogarth Press, 1927.
Number 16 of 500 copies, signed by the author.
Decorated by Vanessa Bell.
Elizabeth Power Richardson Collection, Mortimer Rare Book Room, Smith College (right in case)
Vita Sackville-West, Sissinghurst
London: Hogarth Press, 1931.
One of 500 copies hand-printed by Leonard and Virginia Woolf and dedicated to Virginia Woolf.
The Hogarth Press published a total of 15 books by Vita Sackville-West, some of their most successful, including Seducers in Ecuador (1924), the Edwardians (1930), and All Passion Spent (1931).
Frances Hooper Collection of Virginia Woolf,
Mortimer Rare Book Room, Smith College (left in case)
Credits

Virginia Woolf: A Botanical Perspective
May 9 through September 30, 2003
Church Exhibition Gallery, Lyman Plant House

Curator
Madelaine Zadik, Botanic Garden of Smith College
Reception Desk

Photographs
Cynthia Burgess
C. John Burk, Smith College
The Charleston Trust, U.K.
Cyd Cross
Jane Clayton, Smith College
Karen Kukil, Smith College
Ilana Moir, Smith College
Pamela A. McMorrow
Dave Parker (www.invectis.co.uk/sissing)
Elisa Kay Sparks, Clemson University

Powerpoint Presentation on Virginia Woolf’s House and Gardens
Elisa Kay Sparks, Clemson University
Collaborators
Susan S. Barker, Archives, Smith College
Karen Kukil, Mortimer Rare Book Room, Smith College
Stephanie Schoen, Advancement, Smith College
Elisa Kay Sparks, Clemson University

Photographs of Virginia Woolf’s Family
from the Leslie Stephen Album
Frances Hooper Collection of Virginia Woolf,
Mortimer Rare Book Room, Smith College

First Editions in Display Case
Frances Hooper Collection of Virginia Woolf, Mortimer Rare Book Room, Smith College

Thanks to the many people at Smith College who offered their assistance, especially:
Daniel R. Bridgman, ITS

Students
Heather Neal, Ada Comstock Scholar, Smith College

Exhibit Web Site Design
Astrid Suchy-Dicey '05, Smith College

© 2003 Botanic Garden of Smith College