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Guide to the D. H. Lawrence Collection, [ca. 1906-1929]
BANC MSS 72/231 z
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Collection Title: D. H. Lawrence Collection,
Date (inclusive): [ca. 1906-1929]
Collection Number: BANC MSS 72/231 z
Origination: Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert), 1885-1930
Extent:
Number of containers: 14 boxes and 3 volumes
Repository: The
Bancroft Library
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Physical Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Abstract: MSS of his writings (novels, short stories, poems, plays, essays, travel sketches, introductions to books, translations and
book reviews); an autobiographical fragment; letters written by Lawrence and a few addressed to him; clippings and reprints
of articles, stories, etc, written by Lawrence; clippings of articles re Lawrence and re his books and books about him; his
address book and other miscellaneous items. Included also are letters of condolence addressed to Frieda Lawrence; transcripts
of proceedings in an English court case (1960) involving publication of Lady Chatterley's Lover; MS copy of E.W. Tedlock's
D.H. Lawrence Manuscripts: A Descriptive Bibliography.
Languages Represented:
English
Collection is open for research.
Copyright has not been assigned to The Bancroft Library. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts
must be submitted in writing to the Head of Public Services. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Bancroft
Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which
must also be obtained by the reader.
[Identification of item], D. H. Lawrence collection, BANC MSS 72/231 z, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
The major portion of the D. H. Lawrence Collection was purchased by the University of California Library from the estate of
Frieda Lawrence Ravagli, his widow, in 1957. A few items have been added by purchase and by gift; the sources for these are
noted on the folders.
The collection includes letters written by Lawrence and a few addressed to him; MSS of his writings (novels, short stories,
poems, plays, essays, introductions to books, travel sketches, translations and book reviews); an autobiographical fragment;
clippings and reprints of articles, stories, etc. written by Lawrence; clippings of articles re Lawrence, his books, and books
about him; his address book and other miscellaneous items; transcripts of proceedings in an English court case, 1960, involving
publication of
Lady Chatterley's Lover; letters of condolence addressed to Frieda Lawrence; MS copy of E. W. Tedlock's
D. H. Lawrence Manuscripts: A Descriptive Bibliography.
A more detailed key to arrangement follows.
Questions concerning literary rights should be addressed to the literary executor of the Lawrence estate, Mr. Laurence Pollinger,
18 Maddox Street, London, W. 1, England.