Frances Hooper Papers on Virginia Woolf 1915-1986

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Frances Hooper Papers on Virginia Woolf 1915-1986

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Journalist, book collector, author, advertising executive, and owner of a printing press. Contains correspondence, notes, scholarly articles, reviews, and background material that Frances Hooper used to acquire her important collection of books and manuscripts by Virginia Woolf. Early material includes printed articles by Virginia Woolf, catalog cards from the Library of Congress, and artifacts removed from the books in the collection.

4 boxes; (1.5 linear ft.)

eng,

Mortimer Rare Book Room

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SNAC Resource ID: 6321735

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Hooper, Frances

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Frances Hooper (1892-1986) was founder and president of the Frances Hooper Advertising Agency in Chicago, Ill., and was one of the first female advertising executives in the United States. From the description of Frances Hooper papers, 1970s. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 671581192 Frances Hooper (1892-1986) was founder and president of the Frances Hooper Advertising Agency, and was one of the first female advertising executives in the United States. ...

Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941

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Virginia Woolf (b. January 25, 1882, London, England–d. March 28, 1941, Ouse, River, Englnad) was a noted novelist and is now viewed as a pioneer of feminist literature. She was a member of the Bloomsbury Group, comprised of English artists, philosophers, and writers in the early twentieth century. She was also a co-founder and operator (along with husband Leonard Woolf) of Hogarth Press. Though she received little formal education, her father, a writer and editor with strong ...

Hooper, Frances M. (Frances Milliken), 1892-1986

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The journalist and advertising executive Frances Milliken Hooper was born in Chicago, Illinois, on September 18, 1892 to James K. and Mary E. Milliken Hooper. Her father was a grain merchant. The family resided on Greenwood Avenue in Evanston, Illinois. After studying American literature at the University of Chicago for a year, Hooper attended Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, and graduated in 1914 with a bachelor's degree in English. Mary Augusta Jordan, one ...