As a prelude to the 26th Annual International Conference on Virginia Woolf at Leeds Trinity University in Leeds, England, Woolfians visited the Brontë Parsonage and Museum in Haworth.
The chief find of the day was this guestbook entry made by Woolf in her maiden name of Virginia Stephen on Nov. 24, 1904. She was the first of only two visitors that day. The other was her companion Margaret Vaughan, wife of her cousin Will, headmaster of Giggleswick School.
The book is stored in the library that houses books by and about the Brontës, pictured below.
A story on the conference is in the Yorkshire Post at this link: http://bit.ly/1W0dV7l
Page in the Brontë Parsonage and Museum guestbook signed by Virginia Woolf in 1904.
Behind-the-scenes room at the Brontë Parsonage Museum where the guestbook signed by Virginia Woolf is stored, along with other materials by and about the Brontës.
Brontë Parsonage Museum in Haworth, England, in Yorkshire
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