D. H. Lawrence collection of papers

id
1381
origination
Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert), 1885-1930
date statement
1909-1964 [bulk 1910-1933]
key date
1909
identifier (local_mss)
19140
org unit
Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature
call number
Berg Coll MSS Lawrence
b-number
b15847647
total components
214
total series
3
max depth
3
boost queries
(none)
component layout
Default Layout
Extended MARC Fields
false
Extended Navigation
false
created
2013-04-01 15:04:10 UTC
updated
2026-08-15 02:11:51 UTC
status note
(missing)
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true

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physdesc
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unitid
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unitdate
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{"value"=>"1910-1933", "type"=>"bulk", "normal"=>"1910/1933"}
unittitle
{"value"=>"D. H. Lawrence collection of papers"}
repository
{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">The New York Public Library.</span> <span class=\"subarea\">The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.</span> <div class=\"address\"><span class=\"addressline\">New York, New York</span></div>"}
abstract
{"value"=>"This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts and typescripts, correspondence, and a photograph portrait."}
prefercite
{"value"=>"<p>[Identification of the item]. The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library.</p>"}
origination
{"value"=>"Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert), 1885-1930", "type"=>"persname"}
bioghist
{"value"=>"<p>D. H. Lawrence was a British novelist, essayist, playwright, poet, literary critic, and short story writer.</p>"}
custodhist
{"value"=>"<p>Former owners include Sir Edward Howard Marsh and Henry Miller. The typescript of Lawrence's \"The Soiled Rose,\" is inscribed by Edward Garnett.</p>"}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p>This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts and typescripts, correspondence, and a photograph portrait. The manuscripts include holographs of poems, plays, essays, and stories, as well as copies in the author's hand of poems by Anna Wickham. The typescripts include drafts of stories and poems by the author, as well as essays and writings about the author by Richard Aldington, W. H. Auden, Henry Miller, and Humbert D. Wolfe. The correspondence includes letters from the author, dating from 1910 to 1929, to Ford Madox Ford, Edward Garnett, Katherine Mansfield, Sir Edward Howard Marsh, John Middleton Murry, and Leonard Sidney Woolf. There are also letters relating to the author, dating from 1911 to 1964, between various correspondents including Virginia Woolf, Norman Douglas, Edward Garnett, Aldous Huxley, Frieda Lawrence, J. B. Pinker and Son, and others. There are letters to Lawrence from Aldous Huxley, Ezra Pound, Willard Huntington Wright, and from Hutchinson & Co. and T. Fisher Unwin, dating from 1912-1928.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The D. H. Lawrence collection of papers are arranged in three series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19140#c219977'>Manuscripts and Typescripts</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19140#c220053'>Correspondence</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19140#c220189'>Portraits</a></div>\n</li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
acqinfo
{"value"=>"<p>This is a synthetic collection, created from materials acquired through gift and purchase from various sources. The letters of Edward Garnett to J. B. Pinker and Son are from a bequest by John D. Gordan.</p>"}
userestrict
{"value"=>"<p>For permission to publish, contact the Curator, The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.</p>"}
date_inclusive_start
1909
date_inclusive_end
1964
note
{"value"=>"<p>Card catalog available.</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"555"}
keydate
1909
processinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Staff; Machine-readable finding aid created by Lynn Lobash and Nina Schneider.</p>"}
extent_statement
446 items
date_start
1909
date_end
1964
date_bulk_start
1910
date_bulk_end
1933

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