Lawrence, David Herbert, (1885-1930), poet, novelist and essayist

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Alternative name(s):	DH Lawrence (Also known as)
Surname:	Lawrence
Forenames:	David Herbert
Gender:	Male
Date:	1885-1930
Places:	Australia France United States of America Eastwood, Nottinghamshire
Biography:	ODNB link for Lawrence, David Herbert (1885-1930), poet novelist and essayist
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P147168 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P16897 )
Online related resources	Bibliography of British and Irish History link for David Herbert Lawrence

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	c1850-1952: typescripts of "Sea and Sardinia" and "The Boy in the Bush", both with manuscript corrections in Lawrence's hand, manuscripts incl "The Future of the Novel," and chapter 13 of "Aaron's Rod", corresp, three watercolour drawings made by Lawrence for the jacket of the English edition of "The Plumed Serpent"	Columbia University Libraries: Rare Book and Manuscript Library	Alfred M. and Clarisse B. Hellman - D.H. Lawrence collection
2	1865-1999: papers incl original corresp, artworks and literary works, photographs, audio recordings and corresp of his friends and associates	Nottingham University Library, Department of Manuscripts and Special Collections	La	NRA 6958 Lawrence See NHMF Annual Report 1990-91 p33, NHMF Annual Report 1991-92, Annual Returns 1992, 1993, 1996-1997, 2022
3	1875-1997: literary manuscripts, corresp, photographs, ephemera and biographical papers collected by George Lazarus	Nottingham University Library, Department of Manuscripts and Special Collections	La Z
4	1890-1936: literary manuscripts and related papers, incl notebooks, autograph manuscripts, typescripts, proofs and literary agreements	Nottingham University Library, Department of Manuscripts and Special Collections	La L
5	1894-1995: photographs of D.H. Lawrence, his family and his friends	Nottingham University Library, Department of Manuscripts and Special Collections	La Phot	See Annual Return 2022
6	1904-1957: literary manuscripts, corresp and miscellaneous papers collected by former fiancee, Louisa Burrows	Nottingham University Library, Department of Manuscripts and Special Collections	La B
7	1904-1981: literary ms incl drafts of 'Lady Chatterly's Lover', 'Women in Love', 'Sons and Lovers', and 'Aaron's Rod', corresp	University of Texas at Austin: Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center Library	MS-02404 (TXRC98-A9)	NRA 19861 Univ of Texas papers
8	c1906-1929: corresp, literary MSS and related papers	University of California Library, Berkeley	BANC MSS 72/231 z	See NUC MS 66-1550
9	1908-1910: letters to Blanche Jennings incl four manuscripts of poems	University of Liverpool: Special Collections and Archives	MS.2.88(1-20)	See Guide 1962
10	1909-1964: manuscripts, typescritps, corresp by and about DH Lawrence, photographs	New York Public Library: Manuscripts and Archives Division
11	c1910-1930: papers incl corresp, manuscripts, corrected proofs, paintings, ephemera	University of California Library, Los Angeles: Special Collections Department	654	See Hamer, Archives and MSS in USA 1961
12	1910-1952: corresp	Nottinghamshire Archives	DD/670	NRA 20818 Lawrence
13	1911-1930: letters and postcards to publisher Martin Secker (1882-1978) incl photographs, drawings of The Boy in the Bush and the phoenix which Lawrence used as a device	Indiana University: Lilly Library	Lawrence mss
14	1913-1933: letters (33) of David and Frieda Lawrence	Nottinghamshire Archives		See Accessions to Repositories 1955
15	1913-1973: corresp	Stanford University Library, Department of Special Collections	M0116	See NUC MS 67-2073
16	1914-1920: corresp with James Brand Pinker (1863-1922), London literary agent	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 74258
17	1914-1925: corresp with poet Amy Lowell	Harvard University: Houghton Library	MS Lowell 19	See NUC MS 67-825
18	1914-1930: letters to SS Koteliansky	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 48966-68
19	1915-1916: letters to Anita Brackenbury	Tate Gallery Archive	TGA 969	NRA 41286
20	1915-1928: corresp with Society of Authors	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 56734
21	1915-1929: copies of corresp with numerous recipients	Harvard University: Houghton Library	MS Eng 832
22	1915-1930: letters to EM Forster	Cambridge University: King's College Archive Centre	EMF	NRA 33382 Forster See Location register of 20th century English literary MSS 1988
23	c1917-2003: research papers rel to Lawrence collected by Lucy Edwards, Edward Gilbert, Professor Vivian de Sola Pinto, Keith Sagar, Professor Emile Delavenay, Thomas Warburton, John Worthen and Peter Davis	Nottingham University Library, Department of Manuscripts and Special Collections	La R	See Annual Return 2003, 2013, 2022
24	1918-1930: literary papers incl corresp, writings, photographs, press cuttings	University of Tulsa: McFarlin Library	1976-013	See Location register of 20th century English literary MSS 1988
25	1919-1921: letters to F and J Brett Young	University of Birmingham: Cadbury Research Library: Special Collections	FBY2935-43	NRA 13482 Young
26	1920-1924: letters and cards his American agent to Robert Mountsier (1888-1972)	Indiana University: Lilly Library	Lawrence mss II
27	1920-1963: literary MSS and papers incl carbon copy typescripts (26), galley proofs (5), essays, short stories, poems, a play, introductions, book reviews, corresp, guest book, papers rel to death and transport of the remains of D.H. Lawrence to New Mexico	University of New Mexico Library	MSS 94 BC	See NUC MS 66-1757
28	c1920-2020: material rel to DH Lawrence incl local unpublished plays, radio and television scripts inspired by DH Lawrence, local exhibition promotional material and photographs	Nottingham University Library, Department of Manuscripts and Special Collections	ACC 3101	See Annual Return 2021
29	1921-1923: publishers agreements with Thomas Seltzer, Inc	Southern Illinois University Library	1/8/1913
30	1921-1930: corresp with Mabel Dodge Luhan rel to his travels in Taos, New Mexico and writing projects	Library of Congress, Manuscript Division	MSS83935
31	1923-1928: letters to various correspondents	Harvard University: Houghton Library	MS Eng 832	See NUC MS 81-569
32	1924-1925: note on Mary Louise ('Mollie') Skinner, 1876-1955, nurse and writer, with covering postcard to his mother in law, Anna, Baronin von Richthofen (1852-1930), and bound ms of 'A Little Moonshine with Lemon'	Nottingham University Library, Department of Manuscripts and Special Collections	La C 114: acc 2942; La L 31: acc 2946	See Annual Return 2018
33	1924-1930: papers (161 items)	University of Cincinnati Libraries		See Hamer, Archives and MSS in USA 1961
34	1925: manuscript of D.H. Lawrence's unfinished story 'The Flying Fish'	Nottingham University Library, Department of Manuscripts and Special Collections	La L 30	See Annual Return 2016
35	1928: 1st edition of 'Sex locked out'	Nottingham University Library, Department of Manuscripts and Special Collections	La Mc 2/11	See Annual Return 2022
36	1929: typescript of his work "Pansies", with letter to Charles Lahr	Nottingham University Library, Department of Manuscripts and Special Collections	La L 29	See Annual Return 2015
37	1929-1986: memoirs of contemporaries and misc biographical material	Nottingham University Library, Department of Manuscripts and Special Collections	La Mc
38	1929-1931: autograph letters	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 89462	See Annual Return 2021
39	1929-1987: typescript of 'Dead pictures on walls'; letters and postcards from Curtis Brown, Helen Corke, James Boulton, Harwood Brewster Pickard, Harry T Moore and Martin Jarrett-Kerr	Nottingham University Library, Department of Manuscripts and Special Collections	La L 35	See Annual Return 2023
40	1930-1937: corresp bet SS Koteliansky and DH Lawrence's family and friends rel to DH Lawrence	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 48975
41	1930-1978: corresp with Dr Andrew and Mrs Dorothy Morland	Nottinghamshire Archives	DD/791
42	1931: Literary Executors: papers rel to his literary estate, incl letters to Frieda Lawrence (1879-1956) and politician Philip Morrell (1870-1943)	Nottingham University Library, Department of Manuscripts and Special Collections	La Mc 2/7: acc 2913	See Annual Return 2018
43	c1938-1966: notes, correspondence, manuscripts, and typescripts of William York Tindall's study of D.H. Lawrence	Columbia University Libraries: Rare Book and Manuscript Library	MS#1246
44	1945-1964: papers of Laurence Pollinger, literary agent, incl letters from Frieda Lawrence	Nottingham University Library, Department of Manuscripts and Special Collections	La Mc	See Annual Return 2003
45	c1958-1984: files rel to production, publication, and publicity of D.H. Lawrence’s Lady Chatterley’s Lover book by Grove Press, incl court records, news releases, and promotional materials	Columbia University Libraries: Rare Book and Manuscript Library	MS#1697
46	literary papers	Cornell University Libraries		See Location register of 20th century English literary MSS 1988
47	literary papers	State University of New York: Buffalo State College		See Location register of 20th century English literary MSS 1988
48	literary papers	University of Chicago Library: Special Collections Research Center		See Location register of 20th century English literary MSS 1988
49	corresp, literary MSS and notebooks	Yale University Libraries: Beinecke Library		See Guide 1974

Related record creators
	Record creator	Description of relationship	Dates	Category of relationship
1	Clarke, Lettice Ada, (1887-1948), sister of DH Lawrence	youngest sister of DH Lawrence.		Family
2	Grove Press, publishers, New York	publishers of 'Lady Chatterley's Lover' in the US	1959	Associative
3	Lawrence, Frieda, (1879-1956), author	Wife		Family