Acknowledgements
Nicholas Tom
Coming into this trip I had little knowledge of the Bloomsbury Group or what research in the archives was like. However, I cannot begin to put into words how grateful I am to have had the opportunity to immerse myself within this course. Going into archives and handling primary documents and artifacts, I was overcome by a surreal sensation that transported me to another time. Our readings supplemented our adventures and I particularly enjoyed Economic Consequences of Peace by John Maynard Keynes due to its innovative, analytical nature.
As a future clinician and researcher, it is vital that I exhibit compassion and dignity to provide my patients with equitable care. This begins with an awareness of various cultures, socioeconomic backgrounds, and life experiences. The London Study Abroad Program facilitated this by exposing me to an entirely new culture and allowing me to broaden my worldview. Through this experience, I grew both professionally and personally. I am incredibly indebted to Dr. J Ashley Foster and my peers for helping me make memories for a lifetime.
Vince Co
This course has allowed me to appreciate a new country with my classmates. I am so appreciative of all the archives we went to. The fact that we got to touch the same papers and documents that many influential individuals have curated is still astounding to me. Also, the amount of work that these preservationists go through in order to protect this documents is amazing. My favorite course reading was Three Guineas because of how advanced Woolf's thoughts were on Women's rights at the time. I cannot thank Dr. J Ashley Foster enough for this opportunity and adventure I was able to experience!
Lucca Lorenzi
This course has provided me with several new insights. In particular, I am grateful to have had the experience to study in several archives. The discussions held and the documents studied in these spaces were unforgettable, and I hope that my fondness of these experiences is conveyed in my writings. I often found myself gravitating toward artistic documents and exploring the themes of our study through the context of art. Additionally, my favorite course reading was a tie between CLR James' Letters from London and Virginia Woolf's Three Guineas. I was especially interested in Woolf's investigation of the intersection of sexism and fascism within 1930's England. Overall, these three weeks in London were an unforgettable adventure! I owe this gratitude to Dr. J Ashley Foster, my peers, the archives who kindly hosted us, and Fresno State. Cheers to fostering intellectual curiosity!
Aaron Asparin
Being able to explore London throughout this course, as well as being surrounded by such a vibrant, bustling atmosphere was more insightful than I could ever have imagined. Diving deep into the archives, and analyzing each document in conjunction with the Bloomsbury topic of the course has broadened my horizons of critical and emotional thinking like no other course I have taken in the past has done before. It was a complete pleasure to have worked with Dr. J. Ashley Foster-- a professor who deserves the world for how well they conducted the course, and for being an amazing human being to travel with. Being under Dr. Foster's tutelage was one of the best intellectual experiences I have had at the University level.
Acknowledgements
Our group would like to thank the following:
Dr. J Ashley Foster
The College of Arts and Humanities at Fresno State
Hedley Sutton and the staff at the British Library Archives
The staff at Friend's House Archive
Hannah Shury-Smith and the staff at the Black Cultural Archives
Tom Davies and the staff at the Kings College Archives
Gillian Murphy and the staff at the Women's Library Archive
Maria Castrillo and the staff at the Imperial War Museum Archive
Karen Watson and the staff at The Keep Archive
Peter Eaves and the staff at the Tate Reading Rooms
Dr. Emilia Raczkowska and the staff at The Freud Museum
Works Cited
Archives Consulted:
The British Library
February, 1964, Letters from Mulk Raj Anand written to Bill Archer. Mss Eur F236/292 : 1964-1974 Correspondence with Mulk Raj Anand
1946, Photograph of Mahatma Gandhi after first interview New Delhi. Photo 134/1 (32)
Library of the Society of Friends (Friends House)
1934, Women and War written by Kathleen E. Innes 137667
“Thank You” illustrations by infantilized Spanish children created for Quakers who helped in the Spanish Civil War relief effort. LSF FSC/R/SP/5
"WAR THE OFFSPRING OF FEAR." written by Hon. BERTRAND RUSSELL, published by THE UNION OF DEMOCRATIC CONTROL 37, NORFOLK STREET. STRAND, LONDON, WC. No. 3. WAR 1/18
Black Cultural Archives
18 May 1994 Press Release by Atiya Lockwood Liberty Press 23
1994, poem by Michelle Walker titled, "Black Sista." Periodicals/45
Feb 1980 Fowaad! Newsletter. "Olympic Boycott? So What!" REF Periodicals/45
"ISSUES BAN ON FOREIGN HUSBANDS" of the newsletter FOWAAD! by the Newsletter of the Organisation of Women of Asian & African Descend (OWAAD). BCA/6/13/2
King's College Archives
Bookplates designed by Roger Fry REF 4/5 Image Courtesy of the King's College Archives
JMK/ PP/45/168/9/168-169 – Letter from JMK to his mother, 14 May 1919.
Sketch of young girl by Roger Fry. REF/4/8/10
Commentary on the autopsy of Alan Turing. AMT (K6)
Women's Library
1928 Biography of Elsie Maud Inglis by Dr. Aimee Gibbs Published by the Women's Freedom League REF W.17 Image Courtesy of Women's Library
October 1907 - September 1903, collected publications of Votes for Women. Votes for Women VOL. 1 October 1907 - September 1903
1988 The Physique of Women in Industry REF 613.65:612.745.6HISTCOLL
"The Need for Women Police." by THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF WOMEN OF GREAT BRITAIN. NA 1259/8WOP, NATIONAL COUNCIL OF WOMEN RECORDS RELATING TO WOMEN POLICE, C1933; 454
Imperial War Museum Archives
March 1916 - June 1918 Private Papers of H.C Bradshaw Documents 17023
1942 - 1944, The Flowery: The Scrubs "Conchie" Review. LBY E. 96 / 33
The Keep
SxMs-18/1/A/1/1/1 from the Monks House papers, University of Sussex Special Collections at The Keep.
Book jacket designs by Vanessa Bell. SxMs-18/5/191, Monks House papers, University of Sussex Special Collections at The Keep, Sussex
Leonard Woolf, Letter to Virginia Stephens, January 11, 1912. REF SxMs-18/1/A/1/1/1 . Photo courtesy of The Keep.
Tate Reading Rooms
James Boswell, 'Our Time' study of bulls in a military scene floating on the sea, March, 1942. Photo © Tate. REF 8224-14, The Tate Britain Reading Rooms
James Boswell, 'Our Time' sketch of five bulls in an Officers' Mess , March, 1942. Photo © Tate. REF 8224-14, The Tate Britain Reading Rooms
HITLER ATTACKS LONDON ART EXHIBITION, published by the Artists' International Association and printed at the Farleigh Press. (T.U. all depts.). 17-29 Cayton STreet, London, E.C.1. 7043.17.2
Literature Consulted:
Anand, Mulk Raj. Little Plays of Mahatma Gandhi. Arnold Publishers, 1905.
Foster, J. Ashley, (2018). “Bloomsbury and War.” Handbook to the Bloomsbury Group. Ed. by Stephen Ross and Derek Ryan. New York and London: Bloomsbury Academic: 277-293.
Fry, Roger. Vision and Design. Chatto and Windus, 1923.
James, C.L.R. Letters from London: Seven Essays by C.L.R. James. Edited by Nicholas Laughlin, Prospect Press, 2003.
Keynes, John Maynard. The Economic Consequences of the Peace. reprint ed., Macmillan, 1920.
Spalding, Frances. The Bloomsbury Group. National Portrait Gallery Publications, National Portrait Gallery, 2021.
Wolf, Matt. "Review: In 'Orlando,' Emma Corrin Straddles Genders and Centuries." The New York Times, The New York Times, 6 Dec. 2022, https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/06/theater/orlando-emma-corrin.html
Woolf, Virginia, et al. The Annotated Mrs. Dalloway. Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2021.
Woolf, Virginia. Three Guineas. Edited by Mark Hussey, First ed., Harcourt, 2006.