Record

Document Reference	La R 6/133/1
Title	Letter from Olive Hopkin, Eastwood, Nottinghamshire to Emile Delavenay; 6 Apr. 1967
Date	6 April 1967
Extent	2ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Reports that she is trying to sort her husband Willie Hopkin's papers out since his death, and has come across a couple of letters from Edward Carpenter to Hopkin, copies of which she encloses [see La R 6/133/2-3]; discusses Edward Carpenter's connection with D.H. Lawrence, and doubts that they ever met. Confirms that Alice Dax and her husband went to Austrailia to be with their son. Discusses various members of D.H. Lawrence's family including Ada and Eddie Clarke and their sons Jack and Bert, also Emily King and her daughters Peggy [Margaret] and Joan.
Language	English

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA5203	Needham; Margaret Emily (1909-2001); née King; known as 'Peg'; niece of D.H. Lawrence	1909-2001
NA389	Delavenay; Emile (1905-2003); Professor; Professor of English	1905-2003
NA3490	Hopkin; Olive Lizzie (1895-1988); known as 'Betty'; née Slack; married W.E. Hopkin 1925	1895-1988
NA3495	Dax; Alice Mary (1878-1959); née Mills; married Richard Henry Dax 1950	1878-1959
NA3497	Dax; Eric Cunningham (1908-); son of Alice and Henry Dax; influential psychiatrist; emigrated to Australia 1952	1908-
NA368	Clarke; Ada (1887-1948); Mrs; married W.E. Clarke 1913; sister of D.H. Lawrence	1887-1948
NA75073	Clarke; John Lawrence (1915-1942); son of Ada Clarke née Lawrence	1915-1942
NA3537	Clarke; William Herbert (1923-); son of Ada Clarke née Lawrence	1923-
NA75072	King; Joan Frieda (1920-); niece of D.H. Lawrence	1920-
NA382	King; Emily Una (1882-1962); Mrs; née Lawrence; known as 'Pamela'; married Samuel King 1904; sister of D.H. Lawrence	1882-1962
NA768	Carpenter; Edward (1844-1929); writer	1844-1929
NA3492	Hopkin; William Edward (1862-1951); prominent figure in the political and intellectual life of Eastwood	1862-1951