Department of Special Collections and University Archives
McFarlin Library. University of Tulsa.  2933 E. 6th St.  Tulsa, OK.  74104-3123 (OKT - OkTU)

D. H. Lawrence collection

Collection 1976-013

Dates:  1918-1930.

Extent:  (7 boxes).

Level of Description:   Item level.

Name of creator(s):  John Martin and others.

Date of creation:  Undetermined.

Scope and Content:     Organized into 3 series.

• Series 1:  Correspondence: Consists of the following:

  D.H. Lawrence: 17 handwritten letters, 3 handwritten postcards, and a typed letter, 1918-1930.

  Frieda Lawrence: 3 telegrams and 4 handwritten and carbon copy typeed letters to Willard Houghland, Mr. Mercer, Jake Zeitlin and others; a photostatic reproduction of an handwritten letter to "Auntie;" a handwritten letter from Alfred Stieglitz to Frieda Lawrence; and a telegram from Morris L. Ernst to Mabel Dodge Luhan.  All date from 1934-1951.

  Catherine Carswell: 1 handwritten letter to Millicent Beveridge (dated 1937); an handwritten letter to "Sir" (undated); and a photograph of "Aunt Milly," D. H. and Frieda Lawrence (housed in Series 3: Miscellaneous).

  Willard Houghland: 1 typed letter from George W. Joel (The Dial Press) to Houghland; a typed letter from Merle Armitage to Houghland in reference to Armitage's article, "Taos Quartet;" and a press release in reference to Houghland's satisfaction at the dismissal of an obscenity charge against Lady Chatterly's Lover.  All date from 1944-1950.

  John Martin: 43 handwritten and typed letters and postcards from various individuals including Alan Clodd, Enid Hilton, Henry Miller, Roy Spencer, and Warren Roberts; a photocopy of a typed essay, "D. H. Lawrence and the Civilization of Touch" by Neal Metcalf; and a signed typed review by Nancy Cunard of Pinorman by Richard Aldington.  All date from 1972-1975.

  Edward David McDonald: 1 typescript from McDonald (The Writings of D.H. Lawrence, 1925-1930.  A Bibliographic Supplement) to Mr. Hawk (incomplete date).

   

• Series 2: Writings:  Consists of handwritten, typed and carbon copy typed drafts of published and unpublished short stories, essays, and plays; a galley proof of a collection of letters between Lawrence and Martin Secker; pencil sketches for a set design; a foreword written for a bibliography of works by Lawrence; Derek Patmore's handwritten memoirs of Lawrence; a mimeograph radio broadcast script by Dorothy Baker; theatre programmes from various stage adaptations of Lawrence's works as well as posters, movie stills, and related materials from film adaptations; and photocopies of articles by D.H. Lawrence.  All date from 1913-1977.

   

• Series 3: Miscellaneous:  Consists of a photograph of D.H. Lawrence at Black Sparrow and a reproduction of a studio portrait of D.H. Lawrence; a photograph of Mabel Dodge Luhan pictured with her husband; a photograph of "Aunt Milly" (Millicent Beveridge), D.H. Lawrence and Frieda Lawrence; a pencil drawing by Kai G. Gotzsche, featuring D.H. Lawrence, Knud Merrild and Gotzsche in New Mexico. Merrild and Gotzsche were Danish painters visiting with D.H. Lawrence in New Mexico, circa 1922-1923 (from the Catherine Carswell material).

   Press cuttings of articles about Lawrence; programs and related materials for the 1970 Lawrence Country Festival of the Arts; exhibition catalogue of an exhibition of first editions and manuscripts from the D.H. Lawrence Collection of John E. Baker, Jr.; bibliographies and biographical data; souvenir postcards depicting the Lawrence family home in Eastwood and Haggs Farm; stationery and envelope with The Letters of D.H. Lawrence letterhead; an handwritten album which includes a miniature watercolor and handwritten inscription by Lawrence to Rabbi Ben Ezra Browning; a framed needlework of an Etruscan figure worked by Lawrence (color transparency available); a framed oil painting by Lawrence; a republication of the June 26, 1940 Artists and Writers edition of The Sante Fe New Mexican; a metal tray and wooden box, both painted by Lawrence; a reel-to-reel audio recording of a BBC interview with Frieda Lawrence about Lawrence; and 28 booksellers catalogues belonging to John Martin.

Administrative/Biographical History: 

Access and Copyright:

Language and Scripts:   Primarily English, some German.

Finding aid/Inventory:  Finding aid is available online.

Provenance/Source of Acquisition:   The majority of the materials purchased as part of the John Martin collection of Lawrenciana, late 1970s. The Alfred Stieglitz letter to Frieda Lawrence purchased from the Alta California Bookstore, April 1976.

Date(s) of description:   Milissa Burkart, Jun 1994; rev. Sept 1998.

Access Points:

Subject Headings 

 
Personal names 

Corporate names

Places
 

Inventory

Jester, Mr. 12 Aug 1925.  "I got the package of MSS. Many thanks. I will send you the complete thing in a few days: Crown first, and then all the other stuff."  Handwritten and signed letter, 1s.

King, F. A.  25 Mar 1929.  "It is very kind of you to offer to take those books to America, but I really wouldn't trouble you - and besides, I don't exactly know when they'll be ready...."  Handwritten and signed letter, 1s with envelope.

Lutyens, Elisabeth. 28 Sept 1929.  "I am glad you like the article. Would you please send two copies of the Nov. issue (containing the article) to Mrs. Maria Cristina Chambers...."  Handwritten and signed letter, 1s.

Mason, Harold.  11 Apr 1928.  "Your letter today - awfully nice of you to think about me and my novel: and very good of George Busby to offer me financial help...."  Handwritten and signed letter, 2s.

Seltzer, Thomas and Adele.  3 Feb 1923.  "I had your letter yesterday. On the main point, of Mountsier, I do agree with you. I have this minute written to him...."  Handwritten and signed letter, 1s with envelope.

13 May 1925.  "I had your book about the [dinner] yesterday, and your letter today...."  Handwritten and signed letter, 1s with envelope.

28 Dec 1925.  "Thank you for your note and the man (woman?) about translating...."  Handwritten and signed letter, 1s.

von Richthofen, Baronin.  12 Sept 1922.  Text in German. Handwritten and signed postcard.

31 Jan 1924. Text in German.  Handwritten and signed postcard.

Houghland, Willard.  10 Feb 1944.  "Sent proofs today by bus love."  Telegram

8 May 1944.  "Wire Dial Press suggest making defense attack on hush hush. With press cutting from Santa Fe New Mexican, 1 May 1944, in reference to seizure of 400 copies of Lady Chatterley's Lover." Telegram.

5 Feb 1946. "Are you really getting a divorce?...."  Handwritten and signed letter, 1s.

7 Apr 1948. "I was so glad to hear from you, I thought you were cross with me.  No of course "the first Lady 6" is yours forever...."  Handwritten and signed letter, 1s.

Series 2: Writings

Photocopy of a radio programme schedule featuring a radio adaptation of the play.

Reel-to-reel audio recording of the BBC production, Aug 1971.

Programme for the Emma Theatre Company production of the play.

Photocopy of a review of the McCarter Theatre production of the play appearing in The New York Times, 11 Mar 1974.

Carbon copy typed and typed draft with handwritten revisions, first half only, 24p.  Marked “Must await American release date.”  Published by Black Sun Press in 1929. Later published as “The Man Who Died” by Martin Secker in 1931.

Photographic reproductions of an illustration for a proposed title page and other possibly related sketches. Photo-negs of same.

Black Sparrow Press publication announcement. 2 copies.

Uncorrected first proofs. The Riverside Press Ltd (Edinburough) for Martin Secker. Feb 8 1932.

Photocopies of reviews.

“Sketches of Etruscan Places.”  Carbon copy typed draft of Chapters II, III, VI, originally published in Etruscan Places (Martin Secker, 1932), 86p. Handwritten revisions by D.H. Lawrence with further editor’s and printer’s marks and revisions.  Also published as a series of articles for Travel Magazine, 1928.

“The Painted Tombs of Tarquinia.”  Part III of a series of articles for Travel  Magazine, Jan 1928. Photocopy.

Film producer's campaign book with 10 black/white photo stills from the film adaptation of the novella.

2 movie posters in 2 versions.  (Located in Map Case 3)

[News wire story] in reference to pending court decision concerning obscenity charge.

Photostat of an agreement between Frieda Lawrence and the Dial Press, Inc. for publication.  Includes a photostat of a typed and signed letter from Sidney Phillps to Willard Houghland (Assistant to the Director, Lab of Anthropology, Santa Fe, New Mexico), 16 Nov 1943.

Press cuttings in reference to obscenity charge and commentaries on the book.

The Lady Chatterley's Lover Trial.  Edited by H. Montgomery Hyde.  Dust jacket.

Publication announcements.

Film producer's campaign book for the film adaptation.

Movie poster. (Located in Map Case 3)

(See also Series 3: Miscellaneous)

Carbon copy typescript of a play in five acts, with handwritten revisions, 109p.

Programme for the Royal Court Theatre and H. H. Wingate Charitable Foundation production of Peter Gill's adaptation, (2 copies) with advertisement proofs.

Photocopy of a typed and signed letter from Hans Schwarze to Lori N. Curtis in reference to Special Collections copy as compared to other existing copies, 25 Nov 1988.

Contents include “The Crown,” “The Novel,” “Him With His Tail in His Mouth,” Blessed are the Powerful,” “Love,” “Was Once a Little Boy,” “Reflections on the Death of a Porcupine,” and “Aristocracy.”

Typescript with extensive revisions, deletions, and additions to text, 151p. This typescript is the earliest known version of this work which was first published in 1925 by the Centaur Press: Philadelphia, 1925.

Mock-up for the layout and typeface used for the spine of the Centaur edition; pen and ink drawing of a porcupine used on the half-title of the same edition.

Photocopied press cutting of an article regarding the film adaptation.

Poster for the film adaptation.  (Located in Map Case 3)

8 color photo stills from the film adaptation.

2 posters (in 2 versions) of the film adaptation.  (Located in Map Case 3)

Programme for the Phoenix Theatre Company production, with typed and signed letter from [Roy] to John Martin, 3 Apr 1975 laid in.

Photocopy of a radio programmes schedule listing the radio adaptation of the play.

Carbonn copy typed transcription of a short story originally written in an exercise book, 11p.

Photocopy of excised short story from 2 unknown sources.

Publication announcement and subscription form containing D.H. Lawrence’s foreword forWomen in Love. Photocopy of same.

"The First Edition of Lawrence's Foreword to Women in Love." By Cooney, Seamus (Department of English, Western Michigan University).  Photocopy of a typescript, 12p.

Film producer's campaign book for the film adaptation.

3 posters (in 3 versions) for the film adaptation.  (Located in Map Case 3)

Edward David McDonald.  Carbon copy typed foreword by D.H. Lawrence written for the McDonald book; accompanied by typed note (initialed by C. W. B. T.) dated 7 Sept 1932, with reference to the possibility of it containing anything objectionable from a legal standpoint, 6p.

(See also Series 1: Correspondence: McDonald, Edward David)

Series 3: Miscellaneous

Reproduction of a photograph of D.H. Lawrence (from the Witter Bynner photographs of D.H. Lawrence volume); reproduction of a studio portrait of D.H. Lawrence.

Original photograph of Mabel Dodge Luhan pictured with her husband.

Original photograph of "Aunt Milly" (Millicent Beveridge), D.H. Lawrence and Frieda Lawrence (from the Catherine Carswell material).

Pencil drawing by Kai G. Gotzsche, featuring D.H. Lawrence, Knud Merrild and Gotzsche in New Mexico. Merrild and Gotzsche were Danish painters visiting with D.H. Lawrence in New Mexico, circa 1922-1923.

Programs and related materials for the 1970 Lawrence Country Festival of the Arts.

Exhibition catalogue (page proof and printed catalogue) of an exhibition of first editions and manuscripts from the D. H. Lawrence Collection of John E. Baker, Jr.

Bibliographies, biographical blurbs.

D. H. Lawrence Society poster.

National Portrait Gallery poster featuring D.H. Lawrence.

New Mexico Artists and Writers.  A Celebration, 1940.  Re-publication of the June 26, 1940 Artists and Writers edition of The Santa Fe New Mexican.  (Located in Map Case 3)

D.H. Lawrence Centenary Festival Stickers. September 1985.

Souvenir postcards depicting the Lawrence family home in Eastwood; D.H. Lawrence; Haggs Farm.

Stationery and envelope with The Letters of D.H. Lawrence letterhead.

Wooden box painted by D.H. Lawrence.

Framed needlework of an Etruscan figure, possibly worked by D.H. Lawrence. (Located in Vault 34233)  (Color transparency available)

Framed oil painting by D.H. Lawrence.  (Hanging in the Special Collections Department, 5th floor).