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  • Restrictions on Access
  • Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
  • Provenance/Source of Acquisition
  • UCLA Catalog Record ID
  • Preferred Citation
  • Processing Information
  • Biography
  • Scope and Content
  • Expanded Scope and Content
  • Organization and Arrangement

  • Contributing Institution: UCLA Library Special Collections
    Title: Collection of Material By, About, or Relating to D.H. and Frieda Lawrence
    Identifier/Call Number: LSC.0654
    Physical Description: 1.5 linear feet (3 boxes)
    Physical Description: 1 oversize box
    Date (inclusive): circa 1910-1930
    Abstract: D.H. Lawrence (1885-1930) was a novelist, essayist and poet. He became best known as the author of Lady Chatterly's Lover (1928), banned for many years for its explicit treatment of sex. The collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts and corrected proofs, a painting, and ephemera.
    Physical Location: Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
    Language of Material: Materials are in English.

    Restrictions on Access

    Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.

    Restrictions on Use and Reproduction

    Property rights to the physical objects belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. All other rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
    • Gift of Willard Hougland, 1956.
    • Ben Abramson, purchase.
    • Gift of Lawrence Clark Powell.
    • Argus, purchase, 1953.
    • Gift of Majl Ewing, 1956.
    • Gift of Ben Grauer, 1960.
    • Gift of Henry Miller, 1962.

    UCLA Catalog Record ID

    UCLA Catalog Record ID: 9942328033606533 

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Collection of Material By, About, or Relating to D.H. and Frieda Lawrence (Collection 654). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

    Processing Information

    Processed by Manuscripts Division staff.
    Collections are processed to a variety of levels depending on the work necessary to make them usable, their perceived user interest and research value, availability of staff and resources, and competing priorities. Library Special Collections provides a standard level of preservation and access for all collections and, when time and resources permit, conducts more intensive processing. These materials have been arranged and described according to national and local standards and best practices.
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    Biography

    Lawrence was born on September 11, 1885 in Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, England; became a novelist, essayist and poet; his first major novel, Sons and Lovers (1913), was followed by the more symbolic The Rainbow (1915) and Women in Love (1920); was persecuted for his treatment of sex in The Rainbow, as well as for his elopement with his wife Frieda (then married to another man); Lawrence left England in 1919, living in Italy, Australia, and New Mexico, and writing many travel essays; became best known as the author of Lady Chatterly's Lover (1928), banned for many years for its explicit treatment of sex; died on March 2, 1930 in Vence, France.

    Scope and Content

    Collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts and corrected proofs, a painting, and ephemera. Includes a group of early letters from Lawrence to Mrs. Rachel (Annand) Taylor, and correspondence pertaining to posthumous publications of the works of Lawrence, partly by Frieda Lawrence, and by Willard Hougland and E.W. Tedlock, Jr. Also includes the galley sheets of Lawrence's first novel, The White Peacock, with copious corrections and revisions throughout. Also contains the first oil painting done by Lawrence in Italy.

    Expanded Scope and Content

    The D.H. Lawrence papers are expanding around a nucleus received as a gift from Willard Hougland in November, 1955. Mr. Hougland has since added to the collection and other items have been given and purchased.
    Among the outstanding items in this collection are a group of early unpublished letters from Lawrence to Mrs. Rachel (Annand) Taylor, the galley sheets of Lawrence's first novel, The White Peacock, with copious corrections and revisions throughout, the first oil painting done by Lawrence in Italy as well as correspondence pertaining to posthumous publications of the works of Lawrence, partly by Frieda Lawrence, by Willard Hougland and E.W. Tedlock, Jr.
    Letters and Correspondence: 1-4, 20, 21, 24
    Manuscripts, corrected proofs: 7-18, 23, 25
    Painting, ephemera: 6, 13, 22

    Organization and Arrangement

    Arranged in the following series:
    1. Letters and correspondence.
    2. Manuscripts, corrected proofs.
    3. Painting, ephemera.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Manuscripts for publication
    Poets, English -- 20th century -- Archives.
    Authors, English -- 20th century -- Archives
    Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)