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University lets D.H. Lawrence ranch wither

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From: AP Online
Date: 19980313
Author:REBECCA ROLWING Associated Press Writer

REBECCA ROLWING Associated Press Writer
AP Online
03-13-1998
SAN CRISTOBAL, N.M. (AP) _ Wind whispers through the pinon trees dotting the 160-acre mountaintop ranch that inspired writer D.H. Lawrence during a New Mexico sojourn more than 70 years ago.

The scene is peaceful, yet melancholy: The property where Lawrence wrote ``St. Mawr,'' given to the University of New Mexico with the promise that it be forever maintained, is falling apart.

Paint curls off the walls and doors dangle from their hinges in the mausoleum that holds Lawrence's ashes. Cobwebs hang from the ceiling inside his ...

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