Fisher Family Papers pertaining to D.H. and Frieda Lawrence 1947-1979

Stein, Gertrude, 1874-1946

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Gertrude Stein (b. February 3, 1874, Allegheny, PA-d. July 27, 1946, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France) was an American novelist, poet, playwright, and art collector. She moved to Paris and acquired a love for modern painting. Stein began building a personal collection of major artists, many of whom became her friends and formed the core of her regular salons. In 1907, as Stein was struggling to establish herself as a writer, she met Alice Babette Toklas, a fellow American who had come to P...

Lawrence, Frieda von Richthofen, 1879-1956

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Frieda Emma Johanna Maria von Richthofen was born on August 11, 1879 in Metz, France. In 1912, Frieda met David Herbert (D.H.) Lawrence, and they married in 1914. Frieda Lawrence was intimately involved with D.H. Lawrence's work. Facets of her personality are often discernable as components of characters in his poems and novels. After D.H. Lawrence's death in 1930, Frieda settled in New Mexico. Frieda died in Taos on August 11, 1956. From the guide to the Frieda Lawrence Photograph C...

Fisher family

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Gladys Fisher, sculptor in stone, was born in Loveland, Colorado in 1906. Trained in New York and Paris, Gladys Fisher is known for her works 'Drinking Fawn' and 'Orpheus of the Indian.' Her sculpture of Gertrude Stein is the focus of this collection. Gladys Fisher met D.H. and Frieda Lawrence at a party in Paris; the Lawrences were impressed with Fisher's talent, and Frieda Lawrence later commissioned Gladys Fisher to sculpt a fox for D.H. Lawrence's tomb. Gladys Fisher died in Den...

Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert), 1885-1930

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David Herbert Richards Lawrence was born September 11, 1885, in Eastwood, near Nottingham, to Arthur Lawrence, a coal miner, and Lydia Beardsall. He attended Nottingham University College, and in 1908 he took a teaching position at Davidson Road School in Croydon. Lawrence wrote in his spare time, and in 1911, with the help of Ford Maddox Hueffer, he published his first novel, The White Peacock . Poor health forced him to resign his teaching job this same year, at which time he bec...

Fisher, Gladys

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Fisher, Alan W.

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