Warren Roberts papers, 1959-1985.

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Warren Roberts papers, 1959-1985.

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This collection includes materials collected or received by Warren Roberts during the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. There are 262 items in the collection, dating between 1959 and 1985. The majority of the materials relate to activities of the Grolier Club, of which Roberts is a member, and publications for D. H. Lawrence works, symposia, and related activities. Among the D. H. Lawrence materials are issues of several newsletters, including D. H. Lawrence News and Notes, Lawrence Country News, and the Newsletter of the D.H. Lawrence Society of North America. There are also notices for lectures and discussions regarding James Joyce and his works. Additional materials include publications and brochures for conferences of rare book librarians and scholars, as well as sales information for books of interest to Roberts. Materials have been arranged alphabetically by subject (Grolier Club, James Joyce, D. H. Lawrence, etc.). Single items unrelated to other materials have been grouped together within the Miscellaneous folder. Within each subject, items are arranged chronologically, with one exception. The book notices for D. H. Lawrence materials have been arranged alphabetically by title. Wherever possible, materials have been dated using a perpetual calendar. The second box of material, Miscellaneous Oversize, includes three notices for new books on Texas history, a lecture announcement, and an issue of the University of Texas newspaper, The Texas Times, from August 1972 which is dedicated to Walter Prescott Webb.

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University of Houston, M.D. Anderson Library

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University of Houston, M.D. Anderson Library

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Roberts, Warren, 1916-....

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(Francis) Warren Roberts (1916-1998) was a professor of 20th century English literature at the University of Texas at Austin (UT) and later director of the Humainites Research Center starting in 1962 though his retirement in 1978. Born in Menard, Texas, Roberts studied at Southwestern University, earning a B. A. in 1938, and his PhD in 1956 at UT. He specialized in D. H. Lawrence, publishing several works on the author, and received a Fulbright-Hays fellowship in 1977 to explore alm...

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...

Grolier Club

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The Grolier Club was founded in Jan. 23, 1884 by a group of seven New York City book collectors with the object, as stated in its constitution, "of literary study and promotion of the arts pertaining to the production of books." From its early days the Club has maintained a library related to collecting, bibliography and books about books. A library endowment fund (sometimes referred to as the "Library Fund) for the Grolier Club was first proposed in 1921, and the first fund-raising campaign amo...