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.
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comprised of photographs and albums withdrawn from the libraries and/or papers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.
