University of Texas at Austin

D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence:

An Inventory of His Literary File Photography Collection at the Harry Ransom Center

Creator: Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert), 1885-1930
Title: D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence Literary File Photography Collection
Dates: circa 1905-1960
Extent: 1,400 items (3.75 linear feet)
Abstract: The D. H. Lawrence literary file consists of approximately 1,400 items, including images of D. H. and Frieda Lawrence. There are also views of places associated with Lawrence in the English midlands, New South Wales, Oaxaca, and New Mexico, as well as photographic reproductions of paintings by Lawrence.
Call Number: Photography Collection PH-02688
Language: English
Access: Open for research. Please note: Transparencies may be accessed but require 24 hours advance notice. Negatives cannot be accessed without curatorial approval. Light sensitive materials must be viewed under low-level lighting. Some materials may be restricted from viewing. To make an appointment or to reserve photography materials, please contact the Center's staff at photography@hrc.utexas.edu.


Administrative Information


Acquisition: Internal transfers
Processed by: HRC Staff
Repository:

Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin

Scope and Contents


The D. H. Lawrence Literary File consists of approximately 1,400 items, including images of D.H. and Frieda Lawrence, Frieda’s first husband Ernest Weekley and his family, her third husband Angelo Ravagli, her mother Baroness von Richthofen, her daughter Barbara, and other members of her family, as well as Dorothy Brett, Witter Bynner, Walter Willard "Spud" Johnson, Mabel Dodge Luhan, Lady Ottoline Morrell, Padre Edward A. Rickards, and various other people. There are also views of places associated with Lawrence in the English midlands, New South Wales, Oaxaca, and New Mexico, as well as photographic reproductions of paintings by Lawrence. The images in the two albums document Lawrence’s travels in Mexico and Europe as retraced by LaVerne Harrell and L.D. Clark in circa 1960. An index at the end of this guide lists photographers whose work is featured in this file. Further descriptions of some items are available in a card catalog in the repository.
This collection forms a part of the Literary File Photograph Collection, which is comprised of photographs and albums withdrawn from the libraries and/or papers of literary figures, and generally include portraits and images collected by or of those figures.

Related Material


Additional Lawrence material is available in mauscript collections at the Harry Ransom Center.

Index Terms


People

Brett, Dorothy, 1883-1977.
Bynner, Witter, 1881-1968.
Clark, LaVerne Harrell.
Johnson, Walter Willard, 1897-1968.
Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert), 1885-1930.
Lawrence, Frieda, 1879-1956.
Luhan, Mabel Dodge, 1879-1962.
Mansfield, Katherine, 1888-1923.
Morrell, Ottoline Violet Anne Cavendish-Bentinck, Lady, 1873-1938.
Rickards, Edwin Alfred, 1872-1920.
Weekley, Ernest, 1865-1954.

Subjects

Literature.
Travel.

Places

Europe.
Mexico.
New Mexico.

Document Types

Film negatives.
Nitrate negatives.
Photographic prints.

Item List