It began as a block purchase from a book dealer and has been developed since. The collection includes most of D.H. Lawrence's works in several editions. Biographical and critical commentaries on Lawrence and his work are included, and several rare items can be found. The chronological emphasis is from ca l910 to the present. Manuscript material is excluded from the collection.
All secondary material is acquired.
Works not already in the collection are acquired from antiquarian booksellers when available. Holdings 400 monographs. The collection is catalogued in the library's online catalogue. LC subject headings and classification are used. Special bibliographies include an annotated copy of A bibliography of D.H. Lawrence by Francis Warren Roberts.