Guide to the Dorothy Brett Collection

Description of Contents

Title: Correspondence of Dorothy Brett to John Middleton Murry, 1922-1948. (13 letters; 28pp.) [ Folder 1 ]

Note: Topics of letters include life in New Mexico, painting, health, war in Europe, and relationships with Katherine Mansfield, Frieda and D.H. Lawrence, and John Middleton Murry. Dates and contents of some notable letters are listed below. 28 May 1923 D.H. Lawrence and Katherine Mansfield. 1 Sept. 1934 Frieda Lawrence and John Middleton Murry. 16 Feb. 1938 Car accident; religion and Dr. Emmet Fox. 10 June 1946 Life in New Mexico and painting. 15 Oct. 1946 Hot springs and painting. 10 Sept. 1948 Living, aging, and painting.

Photocopy of letter from John Middleton Murry to Dorothy Brett discussing art, n.d.; 2pp. [ Folder 2 ]

Title: Correspondence of Dorothy Brett to Leland H. Roloff, 1965-1969. (17 letters; 33pp.) [ Folder 3 ]

Note: Topics of letters include Brett's biography, painting, her deafness, and D.H. Lawrence and other friends. Dates and contents of some notable letters are listed below. 26 Mar. 1965 D.H. Lawrence's play, "David." 16 Sept. 1966 Brett's deafness. 22 Sept. 1967 Brett's biography. 9 Jan. 1968 Brett's past, D.H. Lawrence, painting. 23 Jan. 1968 Brett's reminiscences of various friends. 15 Nov. 1968 Painting, Brett's biography which Roloff edited. 20 Feb. 1969 Return of old version of biography requested.

Diary. May 5-August 27, 1924. (99pp.) Recorded during Brett's visit to Taos with Frieda and D.H. Lawrence. [ Folder 4 ]

Diary. January 8-June 22, 1926. (30pp.) Recorded during visit to Capri. Includes personal notes, descriptions of dreams, quotations from reading, and two pencil sketches. [ Folder 4 ]

Dorothy Brett, "Katherine Mansfield and Myself." January 9, 1923-March 2, 1924. (62pp.) [ Folder 5 ]

Note: Photocopy of manuscript diary kept by Brett.

Dorothy Brett, [Autobiography.] n.d. pp.1-225. [ Folder 6-7 ]

Note: Also includes a revised introduction based on transcriptions of taped interviews with Brett by Roloff (25pp.).

Dorothy Brett, "America." n.d. (93pp.) Typescript with corrections in Brett's hand. [ Folder 8 ]

Note: This is essentially a continuation of Brett's memoirs begun as Lawrence and Brett: A Friendship. London, 1933.

Carrington, "The Tale and Doings of the Most Wonderous and Valiant Brett." (12pp.) Photocopy. Verse with illustrations. [ Folder 9 ]

Miscellaneous. [ Folder 10 ]

Photocopies of photographs (3pp.) Entries from "Burke's Peerage" for the Brett family with a note to Dorothy Brett requesting information from her biography for the 1963 edition.

Transcription of interview with Brett in Taos, New Mexico. January 6, 1968. (10pp.) Numerous corrections and two inserts. [ Folder 11 ]

Note: Interview conducted by Leland H. Roloff with Dorothy Brett and John Manchester participating in a discussion of family life.

Dorothy Brett, "Notebook of Jottings." (2pp. selection) [ Folder 11 ]

Dorothy E. Brett, "To the White Rose: My Strange and Beautiful Journey." (5pp.) Typescript of title-page and forward only; with carbon copy. [ Folder 12 ]

Dorothy E. Brett, "My Strange and Beautiful Journey." (4pp.) Typescript of titlepage, note, and contents list only; with carbon copy. [ Folder 12 ]

Leland H. Roloff, [Forward to Brett's autobiography.] (4pp.) with corrections. [ Folder 13 ]

Dorothy Brett, "Christmas Morning." [memoirs] December 25, 1967. (2pp.) With corrections. [ Folder 13 ]

Untitled typescript of memoirs of Brett's life in Taos and with John Manchester written by Brett. (10pp.) with corrections. [ Folder 13 ]