Record

Document Reference	La Ac 1/1/187
Title	Letter from D.H. Lawrence, Chalet Beau Site, Les Diablerets, Switzerland to Mrs L.A. Clarke, 'Torestin', Broadway, Ripley, Derbyshire; [3 Feb. 1928]
Date	3 February 1928
Extent	1 f (plus envelope)
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Addresses her as 'My dear Sister'; jokes about Frieda and Aldous Huxley's attempts to ski, and regrets that his health stops him from having a go too; comments on the bad news about the Buwell Shop, and asserts that 'Pamela' [Emily King] should take a hand in the business; informs her that he is collecting his poems together for a collected edition, and urges her to keep the first editions; signed 'Love to all of you, DHL'. Includes an envelope (La Ac 1/1/187/2) addressed to Mrs L.A. Clarke, 'Torestin', Broadway, Ripley near Derby, Angleterre; stamps and most of the postmark have been torn away. Date: Letter is dated 'Friday'; date provided is from James T. Boulton and Margaret H. Boulton with Gerald M. Lacy (eds) 'The Letters of D.H. Lawrence' (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991) vol VI, pp 286-287.
Term	sports, skiing
Term	publications, poems, D.H. Lawrence 'Collected Poems'
Physical Description	Written in blue ink on both sides of a single sheet of cream paper; dimensions are 135 x 170mm
Publication Note	James T. Boulton and Margaret H. Boulton with Gerald M. Lacy (eds) 'The Letters of D.H. Lawrence' (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991) vol VI, pp 286-287.

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA42	Lawrence; D.H. (1885-1930); David Herbert; writer	1885-1930
NA368	Clarke; Ada (1887-1948); Mrs; married W.E. Clarke 1913; sister of D.H. Lawrence	1887-1948
NA383	Huxley; Aldous (1894-1963); novelist and essayist	1894-1963
NA169	Lawrence; Frieda (1879-1956); née von Richthofen; married Ernest Weekley 1899 D.H. Lawrence 1914 Antonio Ravagli 1950	1879-1956
NA382	King; Emily Una (1882-1962); Mrs; née Lawrence; known as 'Pamela'; married Samuel King 1904; sister of D.H. Lawrence	1882-1962