Dan H Laurence & Shaviana Collections

The Dan H. Laurence Collection was compiled by George Bernard Shaw (GBS) bibliographer and scholar, Dan H. Laurence. The collection includes material gathered over 35 years while researching and writing on Shaw - which includes a two volume bibliography.

Dan H. Laurence (DHL) was born March 28, 1920 in New York City. In 1946 he completed his B.A. at Hofstra University and in 1950 he received his M.A. from N.Y.U. Author, literary and dramatic specialists, Laurence has been a professor at several universities in the United States, as well as the University of British Columbia and the University of Guelph.

Laurence was a literary advisor for the Shaw Festival on Niagara-on-the-Lake.

Materials in this collection consist of published works by and about Shaw including audio-visual items, cassette audiotapes of various radio and television interviews with Shavians, correspondence, portraits, production photos, costume drawings, stereotyped postcards, Shaw programs, Shaw reviews and articles, reviews and criticisms, Shaw ephemera, as well as 90th birthday, centenary, and obituary material relating to Shaw.

Through the years as other researchers have donated original materials relating to GBS, they have been included as a Shaviana addendum (call number XZ1 MS A715) to this important Dan H Laurence Collection.

Additional materials can be found at Cornell University and the University of Victoria Libraries, Special Collections.