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Call Number:

PH-02688

Collection Name:

D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence Literary File Photography Collection

Creator:

Bieber, E. (Emil) (1878 - 1962)

Brett, Dorothy, 1883-1977 (1883 - 1977)

Bynner, Witter (1881 - 1968)

Clark, LaVerne H.

Davis, Robert H., photographer

Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert) (1885 - 1930)

Weston, Edward (1886 - 1958)

No. of Items:

1400 items (9 boxes, 2 albums)

Span Dates:

circa 1905-1960

Description:

The collection consists of photographs of and related to D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence (British, 1885-1930). Included are 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, 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.

Accession No(s):

958:0401:0001-XXXX; 979:0084:0001-0009; 979:0085:0001-0005N; 984:0046:0001-0002; 993:0053:0001-0003; 997:0018:0001-0005; P6-P24, P25A-P25B (no print for B), P26-P27, P28 (missing), P30-P31, P33, P39, P43, P45, P46-P48, P51-P52, P57-P59, P61-P66, P69, P71-P73, P77-P79, P81, P83, P85-P87, P89-P92, P95-P96, P100-P101, P105-P106, P109-P110, P112-P113, P115-P142, P143A-P143B (no print for B), P144-P157, P159-P169, P171-P177, P179-P209, P211-P222, P223A-P223B (no print for B), P224-P254, P260-P268, P268A, P269-P288, P289A-P289B (no print for B), P290-P303, P305, P306, P308, P310-P404, P407-P434, P436-P445, P447-P485, P502-P504, P522-P529, P532-P555, P557, P560-P593, P596, P600, P603, P606, P610-P612, P616, P617, P619, P624-P632, P638, P642-P733, P735-P738, P740-P741, P743, P745-P772, P774-P785, P788-P790, P794-P801, P803-P810, P811A-P811B (no print for B), P812-P822; unaccessioned items; 979:0084:0001-0009 -- Internal transfer likely from the D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence Papers (MS-02404).; 979:0085:0001-0005N -- Internal transfer likely from the D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence Papers (MS-02404).; 984:0046:0001-0002 -- Internal transfer likely from the D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence Papers (MS-02404).; 993:0053:0001-0003 -- Internal transfer from the Art Collection, 1993.; 997:0018:0001-0005 -- Gift of Barbara Marshal, 1997 (G 10368).; P6-P822 -- Internal transfers from the D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence Papers (MS-02404).

Finding Aid URL:

https://norman.hrc.utexas.edu/fasearch/findingAid.cfm?eadid=01198

Location(s):

Lawrence, D.H., Lit File Album 1 (unaccessioned)
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Lawrence, D.H., Lit File Album 2 (unaccessioned)
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Lit File OV Box, Medium (958:0401:0016)
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Lawrence, D.H., Lit File Box 1 (958:0401:0001-0003; P6-P15; P17-P28; P30-P31; P33; P43, P45, P46-P48; P52; P57-P59; P61; P63-P66; P69; P71-P73; P77-P79; P81; P83; P85-P87; P89-P92; P95-P96; P100-P101; P105-P106; P109-P110; P112-P113)
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Lawrence, D.H., Lit File Box 2 (P115-P157, P159-P169, P171-P177, P179-P209, P211-P213)
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Lawrence, D.H., Lit File Box 3 (P214-P254, P260-P268, P268A, P269-P303, P305-P306, P308, P310-P311)
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Lawrence, D.H., Lit File Box 4 (P312-P404, P407-P408)
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Lawrence, D.H., Lit File Box 5 (P409-P434, P436-P445, P447-P485, P502-P504, P522-P529)
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Lawrence, D.H., Lit File Box 6 (P532-P555, P557, P560-P593, P596, P600, P603, P606, P610-P612, P616-P617, P619, P624-P631)
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Lawrence, D.H., Lit File Box 7 (P632, P638, P642-P720)
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Lawrence, D.H., Lit File Box 8 (P721-P733, P735-P738, P740-P741, P743, P745-P772, P774-P785, P788-P790, P794-P801, P803-P810)
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Lawrence, D.H., Lit File Box 9 (P811-P822, 979:0084:0001-0009; 979:0085:0001-0005N; 984:0046:0001-0002; 993:0053:0001-0003; 997:0018:0001-0005; 66 unaccessioned items)
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Special permission required Cold Storage Lit File Boxes (Nitrate negatives)
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Item(s):

Artist/Maker Bynner, Witter (1881 - 1968)
Title Idella Purnell Stone, Lawrence, Frieda, Willard Johnson, and Dr. Purnell of the occasion of Willard Johnson's twenty sixth birthday party of the terrace of the Hotel Arzapalo.
Date June 3, 1923
Accession
Number
5037830

Artist/Maker Brett, Dorothy, 1883-1977 (1883 - 1977)
Title Left to right: Ambrosio Quero (guide) D. H. Lawrence, Frieda Lawrence, Jose Garcia (fellow guest), unidentified boy at the ruins of Mitla. Oaxaca.
Date Not dated
Accession
Number
5037831

Artist/Maker Weston, Edward (1886 - 1958)
Title D. H. Lawrence
Date 1924
Medium Gelatin silver print
Dimensions image: 24.3 x 18.9 cm; 9 3/5 x 7 2/5 in; mount: 45.8 x 35.8 cm; 18 x 14 1/10 in
Accession
Number
958:0401:0016

See Also:

D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence Collection: Related manuscript materials, from which these photographs were likely transferred, are located in the D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence Collection (MS-02404).