Record

Document Reference	La Mc 2/5/75
Title	Letter from Frieda Lawrence, El Prado, [Taos, New Mexico] to Alan Collins of Curtis Brown Ltd; 11 Oct. 1954
Date	11 October 1954
Extent	1 f
Level	Item/file
Content Description	News of the meeting with Jake Zeitlin [bookseller] who wants to buy all of her D.H. Lawrence manuscripts on behalf of the University of Texas, Austin. Feels that the Viking Press and Collins "never realised the significance of Lawrence's work...You thought he was dead long ago, but he is only beginning to come into his own now". Discusses the difference between English and American publishers, and feels that American publishers "cut up' their authors work into little bits". Thinks they should have charged more for Lawrence's books. Originally enclosed in La Mc 2/5/74.
Term	publishing, royalties, D.H. Lawrence
Term	manuscripts, D.H. Lawrence, sale of
Copyright	G. Pollinger.
ReprodnNote	University of Nottingham.

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA169	Lawrence; Frieda (1879-1956); née von Richthofen; married Ernest Weekley 1899 D.H. Lawrence 1914 Antonio Ravagli 1950	1879-1956
NA74808	Collins; Alan (fl 1946-1955); of Curtis Brown literary agents New York	fl 1946-1955
NA74807	Viking Press
NA74816	Curtis Brown Limited; literary agents
NA75579	Zeitlin; Jake (fl 1937); bookseller; of Los Angeles	fl 1937
NA5542	University of Texas