Catalogue of the papers of T.E. Lawrence and A.W. Lawrence, c.1894-1985

University of Oxford, Bodleian Library

Anna Dunn

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Catalogue of the papers of T.E. Lawrence and A.W. Lawrence, c.1894-1985

Abstract:
Papers of T.E. Lawrence, with some related material c.1894-1970, and the correspondence and papers of A.W. Lawrence relating to his brother T.E. Lawrence, 1917-85

Shelfmarks: MSS. Eng. b. 2095-6, c. 6737-58, c. 6767, d. 3327-49, e. 3299-301; Photogr. b. 27, c. 122-6, d. 27-8; Film 2058

Biographical History

Thomas Edward Lawrence (1888-1935), known to his family as 'Ned', was born at Tremadoc, North Wales, the second of five sons of Sir Thomas Robert Tighe Chapman and Sarah Junner. He was educated at Oxford High School and Jesus College Oxford, from which he graduated in 1910 with a 1st Class Honours degree in Modern History. After graduation, Lawrence pursued his earlier enthusiasm for archaeology by participating in the British Museum Expedition excavating the Hittite city of Carchemish. At various times between 1911 and 1914, Lawrence worked under the direction of both D.G. Hogarth and Sir Leonard Woolley. The outbreak of the First World War saw Lawrence in London where initially he spent time working as a civilian in the Geographical Section of the War Office. He was commissioned in October 1914 and posted to Cairo to join the Intelligence Office where he remained for two years. In October 1916, Lawrence accompanied Sir Ronald Storrs to Jidda where he met one of the Arab leaders, Sherif Feisal (who later became King Feisal I of Iraq). This meeting began Lawrence's direct involvement with the Arab Revolt and his close relationship with Feisal and the Arab people.

After the War the American journalist Lowell Thomas delivered a series of lectures in London entitled 'With Allenby in Palestine and Lawrence in Arabia'. He showed pictures of Lawrence in Arab dress and described some of his wartime experiences. The lectures proved immensely popular and earned Lawrence the title 'Lawrence of Arabia'. Lawrence was involved in politics immediately after the war, petitioning for the Arab cause in the Paris Peace Conference of 1919. Nevertheless, he wanted to leave the limelight and sought obscurity; he resigned as adviser to the Colonial Office under Winston Churchill, in 1922. One of the first things Lawrence did after his resignation was write his personal account of the Arab revolt. Two earlier drafts were destroyed or lost before a final limited edition appeared as The Seven Pillars of Wisdom in 1922.

In 1922, with the agreement of the Air Ministry, Lawrence joined the RAF under the assumed name of John Hume Ross. He entered at the lowest rank of aircraftsman and was keen nobody should discover his true identity. When the British press did find out that Lawrence had joined the RAF, the resulting publicity was unwelcome to the service and to avoid further embarrassment Lawrence was discharged. Anxious to stay within the services he spent a brief period in the Tank Corps between 1923-5, before persuading the authorities to allow him to return once more to the RAF, where he remained until his retirement in February 1935. Upon his retirement, T.E. Lawrence spent only a few weeks in his cottage at Clouds Hill before being fatally injured in a motorcycle accident on 13 May; he died on 19 May 1935.

Lawrence was survived by his mother, elder brother Montagu Robert Lawrence ('Bob') and his youngest brother Arnold Walter Lawrence ('Arnie'). A.W. Lawrence and the solicitor John Snow, were the executors of Lawrence's will (see MSS. Eng. b. 2095-6, c. 6746-9). After his brother's death, A.W. Lawrence spent a considerable part of his life promoting Lawrence's memory, collecting papers about him, and condemning what he considered any misrepresentation of his character in the press. At the same time he pursued his own career as a professor of Archaeology at Cambridge University and at the University College of Ghana.

Note: Lawrence used a number of different names or aliases throughout his lifetime but is referred to as Lawrence in this catalogue.

Scope and Content

The active role A.W. Lawrence played after T.E. Lawrence's death is reflected in the division of the collection into two sections, the papers of T.E. Lawrence (Section A) and of A.W. Lawrence (Section B). It is important to note that much of T.E. Lawrence's correspondence in this collection is not original but copies.

Section A1 (general correspondence) includes a long series of typescript and handwritten transcripts of Lawrence letters, which were prepared and bound by the Lawrence Trustees as part of a project to collect and record Lawrence letters. The originals were lent by their owners, transcribed either by A.W. Lawrence, M.R. Lawrence or the author David Garnett, and the original letter or letters returned to the owner. The resultant typescripts were arranged alphabetically and bound together (see MSS. Eng. d. 3327-41). Occasionally, the original letter may also survive, in MS. Eng. c. 6738, as well as the copy in the typescript volumes.

Section A2 contains a significant collection of family correspondence, arranged chronologically. Lawrence was a particularly enthusiastic correspondent with his family, writing very descriptive letters of his activities and surroundings and less frequently about personal matters. Many extracts from these letters have been published, in The Home Letters of T.E. Lawrence and his Brothers (Oxford, 1954) and The Letters of T.E. Lawrence selected and edited by Malcolm Brown (London, 1988).

There follows a section (A3) of Lawrence's personal papers, which mainly consist of material relating to his time spent in the RAF. The RAF papers have been listed first, and include three bound volumes of transcripts of Air Ministry correspondence with and about T.E. Lawrence, created by the Trustees after Lawrence's death. The RAF papers and the remainder of the miscellaneous personal papers are arranged chronologically.

Section A4 contains Lawrence's literary papers and manuscripts, arranged chronologically according to the order in which he wrote them. These papers cover most of the major works completed by Lawrence and provide examples of a few of the essays and contributions he made to various magazines and journals. (For a comprehensive list of the works of T.E. Lawrence see Lawrence of Arabia, the authorized biography of T.E. Lawrence by Jeremy Wilson (London, 1989), pp.966-75.)

The main part of Section A5 consists of the Administration papers of the executors of Lawrence's will, and is by and large arranged chronologically. There is also a large group of papers relating to the estate of T.E. Lawrence, which include documents relating to Clouds Hill both in Lawrence's lifetime and after his death.

The remainder of T.E. Lawrence's papers (Section A6), consist of an extensive photographic collection, covering most periods of Lawrence's life, but mainly the First World War. It is believed that Lawrence himself took a large quantity of these pictures, and after the War was keen to acquire the prints of others in an attempt to chart the Arab revolt. Many of the pictures remain unidentified and undated.

The rest of the collection consists of the papers of A.W. Lawrence and include his own correspondence with those interested in T.E. Lawrence (Section B1), and an assortment of material he collected about him (Section B2). They include documents concerning the impostor and forger E.H.T. Robinson, who claimed to have served with Lawrence during the First World War (see MS. Eng. c. 6753, fols. 20-97). Within this section are papers relating to biographies of T.E. Lawrence, including some particularly interesting replies to the letters of Robert Graves asking for information on Lawrence in 1927 (Section B3). There are also press cuttings and other printed material, which reflect to some extent the large audience reached by the exploits of Lawrence of Arabia (Section B4).

Acquisition

T.E. Lawrence's papers were given to the Bodleian Library by the Lawrence family over a period of 45 years, beginning with a gift of family letters in 1939, and continuing to arrive intermittently throughout the decades to 1985. The Seven Pillars of Wisdom Trust gave a bundle of press cuttings to add to the collection in 2000 (see MS. Eng. c. 6767).

Restrictions on Access

While the restrictions on use of the papers in the Bodleian remained in force, a simple box list of the collection was used to aid those readers who had received permission from the Trustees to look at the collection. The ending of the restrictions on access has prompted the proper sorting and rearranging of the collection, resulting in new shelfmarks. A conspectus of old and new shelfmarks is available in the Modern Papers Reading Room (Room 132) to help those who may have old document references. The papers were given to the Bodleian on condition that until 1970 they could be consulted only with the written permission of the Lawrence Trustees (who acted for the family). This restriction was later extended to 1 January 2000. From that date the Bodleian administers requests for access to and copies of the papers.

Restrictions on Use

Requests to publish or quote from the papers must be addressed in writing to the Seven Pillars of Wisdom Trust, through the Bodleian Library.

Related Materials

Other Lawrence papers in the Bodleian include the holograph draft of the third version of The Seven Pillars of Wisdom (MS. Eng. hist. d. 112), to be consulted on the microfilm available in the Modern Papers Reading Room; the final draft of The Mint (MS. Eng. hist. c. 607); and a commonplace book, Minorities (MS. Eng. misc. d. 788). There are groups of letters from Lawrence to A.E. Chambers, Geoffrey Dawson, E.T. Leeds (Dep. c. 760, fols. 1-160) and transcripts of letters to his mother (MSS. Eng. lett. c. 146-7). Material concerning him is included in the papers of Lionel Curtis (MSS. Curtis 96, fols. 121-68; 97) and of Geoffrey Dawson. Further individual letters are to be found scattered through the Library's holdings; details are available in the Accessions Index, on cards, in Duke Humfrey's Library. In addition, Jesus College, Oxford holds Lawrence's 1910 thesis; requests to consult it must be made in writing to the Fellow Archivist at Jesus College.

A    Correspondence and papers of T.E. Lawrence, with some related papers, c.1894-1970

A.1    General correspondence, 1905 -c.1936

A.1.1   Bound volumes of typed transcripts of letters from T.E. Lawrence, c.1910-1935

Shelfmarks: MSS. Eng. d. 3327-39

Binding: Sangorski & Sutcliffe, blue cloth, the title lettered on the spine and 'Property of the Trustees' on the upper cover
Note: Many of the letters are annotated by A.W. Lawrence or Garnett and several have been edited by omitting sentences. The annotations do not always specify how large a section has been left out nor where the omissions occur. A large selection of these letters was reproduced in The Letters of T.E. Lawrence (London, 1938), edited by Garnett.
Arrangement: Alphabetical, by recipient
Custodial History: These volumes were created after Lawrence's death by his youngest brother A.W. Lawrence with the assistance of David Garnett. In 1935-8, they embarked upon a project to collect all existing Lawrence correspondence, by borrowing and transcribing original letters before returning the originals to their owners. The resultant typescripts were arranged alphabetically and bound together.
Acquisition: Given, 1941

Acres - Lloyd-George
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 3327
Extent: ii + 284 leaves

McCance - Young
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 3328
Extent: ii + 276 leaves

Altounyan - Brough
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 3329
Extent: ii + 220 leaves

Buxton - Cape
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 3330
Extent: ii + 258 leaves

Chambers - Dixon
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 3331
Extent: ii + 205 leaves

Doubleday - Dunn
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 3332
Extent: ii + 205 leaves

Ede - Forster
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 3333
Extent: + 218 leaves

Garnett (David and Edward)
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 3334
Extent: ii + 175 leaves

Greenwood - Jeffrey
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 3335
Extent: ii + 230 leaves

Kennington - Knowles
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 3336
Extent: ii + 138 leaves

Leeds (E.T.)
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 3337
Extent: iv + 94 leaves

Leeson - Rieder
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 3338
Extent: ii + 243 leaves

Rothenstein - Yeats-Brown
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 3339
Extent: ii + 204 leaves

A.1.2   Other correspondence, 1905-c.1936

Shelfmarks: MSS. Eng. c. 6737-8, d. 3340-1, MS. Film 2058


'Letters of T.E. Lawrence ...', 1905-34, compiled c.1936
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 3340
Extent: iv + 81 leaves
Binding: Sangorski & Sutcliffe, beige cloth, the title lettered on the spine and 'Property of the Trustees' on the upper cover

Typescript of a proposed edition of Lawrence's letters edited by E.M. Forster, containing only 'Section I, Archaeology' and including letters to friends and family, with Forster's commentary.

Acquisition: Given, 1965

Copies of letters from T.E. Lawrence, 1909-35
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 6737
Extent: 318 leaves
Arrangement: Alphabetical, Aitken - Yale

Photocopies of holograph letters, with some manuscript and typescript transcripts, including

Note: Collated and annotated by A.W. Lawrence

Typed transcripts of letters to T.E. Lawrence, from various correspondents, including family members, 1914-35
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 3341
Extent: vi +1705 leaves
Binding: Sangorski & Sutcliffe in quarter calf, green cloth boards, the title lettered on the spine
Arrangement: Alphabetical, Abdullah - Yeats-Brown
Note: See index and list in MS. Eng. c. 6738 (below)
Acquisition: Given, 1941

Correspondence of T.E. Lawrence, 1916-35
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 6738
Extent: 191 leaves
Arrangement: Alphabetical, Binyon - Sassoon,

Including


Microfilm of letters from T.E. Lawrence to Mrs. G.B. Shaw, 1923-35
Shelfmark: MS. Film 2058
Note: Copied from British Library, Add. MS. 45903

A.2    Family correspondence, 1905-34

Shelfmarks: MSS. Eng. c. 6739-41, d. 3342


Letters from Lawrence to his family (mainly to his mother), 1905-12
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 6739
Extent: xiii + 279 leaves
Binding: Blue cloth
Acquisition: Given, 1940

Letters from Lawrence to his family (mainly to his mother), 1913-34
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 6740
Extent: 254 leaves
Binding: Blue cloth
Acquisition: Given, 1940

Typed transcripts of 'Letters from T.E. Lawrence to his family', 1906-33
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 3342
Extent: ii + 204 leaves
Binding: Sangorski & Sutcliffe, blue cloth, lettered 'Property of the Trustees' on the upper cover
Note: Typescript with some hand-written copies by M.R. Lawrence
Acquisition: Given, 1941

Correspondence of Lawrence, 1909-34, n.d.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 6741
Extent: 45 leaves

A.3   Personal papers, 1902-35

A.3.1   Papers relating to Lawrence's career in the RAF, 1922-35

Shelfmarks: MSS. Eng. d. 3343-5

Binding: All three volumes by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, blue cloth, lettered 'Property of the Trustees' on the upper cover, and with the titles on the spine

A summary of the personal file held on 33817A/C Shaw (Lawrence) by the Air Ministry, 1922-35
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 3343
Extent: ii + 45 leaves
Note: Copied from the original files by David Garnett, 1938
Acquisition: Given, 1941

'Letters from T.E. Lawrence to Air Ministry. Swann Trenchard Marson', 1922-35
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 3344
Extent: ii + 105 leaves

Typed transcripts of letters to

Acquisition: Given, 1941

'Letters from T.E. Lawrence to Air Ministry. Marine Craft', 1931-5
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 3345
Extent: ii + 132 leaves

Typed transcripts mainly concerning progress reports on marine craft (technical details), including letters to Flight-Lieutenants Beauforte-Greenwood and Norrington, 1931-5

Acquisition: Given, 1941

A.3.2   Other personal papers, 1902-35

Shelfmarks: MSS. Eng. c. 6742, e. 3299-300


Personal papers, 1902-35, n.d.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 6742
Extent: 89 leaves

Including


Pocket diary, 1933
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 3299
Extent: 102 leaves, 1-70,76-102 blank
Binding: Black calf

Fols. 71-5, pencil notes and memoranda mainly relating to the RAF, rest of volume blank


Address book, n.d.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 3300
Extent: 45 leaves
Binding: Green calf

A.4   Literary papers and manuscripts, c.1906-1970

A.4.1   Papers relating to Crusader Castles, c.1906-1936

Shelfmarks: MSS. Eng. c. 6743, e. 3301

Note: In 1910 T.E. Lawrence submitted his Oxford BA thesis, 'The Influence of the Crusades on European Military Architecture to the end of XIIth Century' (the thesis is kept in the Fellows' Library of Jesus College, Oxford). In 1936, after Lawrence's death, a revised version of this was published as Crusader Castles (Golden Cockerel Press, London, 1936). Some of the research for Lawrence's thesis may have been drawn from notes he made as early as the summer of 1906 when on his first cycling tour of French castles. He returned to France the following two summers when he made further notes and drawings.

Papers relating to Lawrence's study of castles in France and Syria and notes for his BA thesis, c.1906-36, n.d.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 6743
Extent: 120 leaves

Including


Map of France, n.d.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 3301
Extent: 1 item (canvas backed)

Annotated in red ink by T.E. Lawrence, possibly marking his cycle route of summer 1908

A.4.2   Other literary papers, c.1916-1970

Shelfmarks: MSS. Eng. c. 6744, d. 3346-7


An incomplete proof copy of the Corvinus Press edition of The Diary of T.E. Lawrence, 1911
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 3346
Extent: 28 leaves.

Heavily revised by A.W. Lawrence with instructions to the printer, 1936. The revisions were included in the edition of the diary published in Oriental Assembly (New York, 1940). The spine of the paper cover reads 'Diary 1911 Corrected'.

Note: This proof copy may also have been the one deposited at the Copyright Receipt Office in May 1937 in order to secure the copyright (see Paul W. Nash & A.J. Flavell, The Corvinus Press (Aldershot, 1994), pp. 39-45).

Literary papers, c.1916-70, n.d.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 6744
Extent: 128 leaves

Comprises papers relating to


The Mint (New York, 1936)
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 3347

Copy number 10 of 50, heavily annotated in pencil by A.W. Lawrence probably following the amendments made by T.E. Lawrence to one of the typescript copies made by Edward Garnett, c. 1928-35

A.5    Papers relating to the estate of T.E. Lawrence, 1920-40

A.5.1   Papers relating to Clouds Hill, 1925-35

Shelfmarks: MS. Eng. c. 6745


Papers relating to the lease and furnishing of Clouds Hill, 1925-35
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 6745
Extent: 44 leaves

A.5.2   Administration Papers, 1920-40

Shelfmarks: MSS. Eng. b. 2095-6, c. 6746-9


Administration papers of Morrell, Peel & Gamlen, solicitors, Oxford, 1920-36, n.d.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 6746
Extent: 90 leaves

Note: Solicitor's reference LS 81

Administration papers of the solicitors, 1924-38, n.d.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. b. 2095
Extent: 218 leaves


Administration papers of the solicitors, 1935-8, n.d.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. b. 2096
Extent: 234 leaves


Correspondence of Morrell, Peel & Gamlen, May-Aug. 1935
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 6747
Extent: 241 leaves

Including correspondence between the executors of Lawrence's will, A.W. Lawrence, and John Snow of Morrell Peel & Gamlen


Correspondence as MS. Eng. c. 6747 above, Aug. 1935-1936
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 6748
Extent: 453 leaves

Correspondence as MS. Eng. c. 6747 above, Aug. 1936-Mar. 1940
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 6749
Extent: 401 leaves

A.6   Photographs, c.1894-1965

Shelfmarks: MSS. Photogr. b. 27, c. 122-6, d. 27-8; MS. Eng. c. 6750


Photographs, c.1894-1914, n.d.
Shelfmark: MS. Photogr. c. 122
Extent: 56 leaves

Including


Photographs, c.1914-18, n.d.
Shelfmark: MS. Photogr. c. 123/1-2
Extent: 231 leaves

Mainly of desert landscapes, Arabia, including

Note: The photographs have been removed from their album (MS. Eng. c. 6750 below), some of whose mounts bear pencil notes by T.E. Lawrence, identifying the subject and the photographer. The folio number of each photograph's mount in MS. Eng. c. 6750 is written at the bottom left verso of the photograph. Some photographs are missing.

Photograph album, c.1914-18, n.d.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 6750
Extent: i + 161 leaves
Note: Photographs removed to MS. Photogr. c. 123/1-2 above; some of the mounts bear pencil notes by T.E. Lawrence identifying the subject and the photographer.

Photographs, c.1914-18, n.d.
Shelfmark: MS. Photogr. c. 124
Extent: 80 leaves

Includes pictures of Auda, Feisal and Abdullah, n.d., many pictures of Arab tribesmen and identified landscapes, n.d., and group photographs of British soldiers where individuals are often identified, n.d.

Note: Some of the photographs are believed to have been mislabelled by E.H.T. Robinson after the death of T.E. Lawrence

Photographs, c.1914-28, n.d.
Shelfmark: MS. Photogr. c. 125/1-2
Extent: 327 leaves

Mainly of desert landscapes and of people (both British soldiers and Arab tribesmen), many of them identified, often by T.E. Lawrence

Including


Photograph album, 1933
Shelfmark: MS. Photogr. d. 27
Extent: 48 leaves

Presented to Lawrence by the British Power Boat Company 'as a souvenir of the history of refitting His Majesty's Air Force with the latest type and development of "Power" Boat', containing pictures of boats and yard including (fols. 3v, 17, 23v, 25) pictures of T.E. Lawrence.


Photograph album of pictures of Clouds Hill, 1935
Shelfmark: MS. Photogr. d. 28
Extent: 28 leaves, 16-28 blank

Photograph album, c.1936
Shelfmark: MS. Photogr. c. 126
Extent: i + 128 leaves

Created and annotated by A.W. Lawrence, containing pictures which illustrate different areas of T.E. Lawrence's life (some of the photographs are copies and others were found at Clouds Hill)


Miscellaneous photographs, 1924-65, n.d.
Shelfmark: MS. Photogr. b. 27
Extent: 33 leaves

Including

B    Correspondence and papers of A.W. Lawrence, relating to T.E. Lawrence, 1917-85

B.1   Correspondence, 1935-80

Shelfmarks: MS. Eng. c. 6751


Correspondence of A.W. Lawrence, 1935-80, n.d.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 6751
Extent: 283 leaves
Arrangement: Alphabetical, Adam-Smith - Williamson

Including correspondence with

B.2   Other papers relating to T.E. Lawrence, 1917-85

Shelfmarks: MSS. Eng. c. 6752-3, d. 3348


Miscellaneous papers, 1917-85, n.d.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 6752
Extent: 228 leaves

Including

Custodial History: Collected by A.W. Lawrence, 1935-85

Miscellaneous papers, 1918-85, n.d.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 6753
Extent: 170 leaves

Including

Custodial History: Collected by A.W. Lawrence, 1935-85

'T.E. Lawrence Oddments', n.d.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 3348
Extent: ii + 215 leaves
Binding: Sangorski & Sutcliffe, brownish orange cloth, the title lettered on the spine

Volume containing typescript and some manuscript copies of various notes, articles and memoranda by T.E. Lawrence, and of some letters to him, heavily annotated by A.W. Lawrence

Including

B.3   Papers relating to biographies of T.E. Lawrence, 1927-38

B.3.1   Robert Graves and Basil Liddell Hart, 1927-38

Shelfmarks: MSS. Eng. c. 6754-6

Note: Robert Graves worked on a biography of Lawrence under the constraints of a short deadline in the summer of 1927. Graves wrote to many friends and colleagues of Lawrence at Lawrence's own suggestion and received varying degrees of assistance (see MS. Eng. c. 6754 below). The biography was published in December of that year as Lawrence and the Arabs. Liddell Hart's biography was much more military based and was published in March 1934 under the title 'T.E. Lawrence' in Arabia and After. Both men had some co-operation and critical help from Lawrence and their individual correspondence with Lawrence for this project is preserved in MSS. Eng. c. 6755-6; this material was published in limited editions, as companion volumes to the biographies, in 1938.

Letters to Robert Graves, 1927-8
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 6754
Extent: 61 leaves
Arrangement: Alphabetical, Buxton - Voysey

Including


Annotated galley proofs, 1938, with some typescript additions, of T.E. Lawrence to his biographer Robert Graves (New York, 1938)
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 6755
Extent: ii + 123 leaves
Binding: Sangorski & Sutcliffe, red cloth, the title lettered on the spine, and 'Property of the Trustees' on the upper cover
Acquisition: Given, 1945

Annotated galley proofs, 1938, with some typescript additions, of T.E. Lawrence to his biographer Liddell Hart (London, 1938)
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 6756
Extent: ii + 232 leaves
Binding: As MS. Eng. c. 6755 above
Acquisition: Given, 1945

B.3.2   Edward H.T. Robinson, 1938

Shelfmarks: MS. Eng. d. 3349


Proof copy of Lawrence the Patriot Rebel by Edward Robinson, 1938 (not published)
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 3349
Note: The author was discovered to be an impostor; a similar work by him was later published as Lawrence the Rebel (London, 1946) and contained much of the material from the earlier withdrawn work

B.4   Printed material, 1920-85

Shelfmarks: MSS. Eng. c. 6757-8, 6767


Photocopies of press cuttings, 1920-85, n.d.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 6757
Extent: 115 leaves

With


Photocopies of press cuttings, 1954-5, n.d.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 6767
Extent: 363 leaves
Custodial History: The Lawrence family subscribed for cuttings to be collected on the publication of Richard Aldington's book, Lawrence of Arabia: a biographical enquiry (London, 1955)
Acquisition: Given, 2000

Miscellaneous printed material mainly concerning T.E. Lawrence,1920-85, n.d.,
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 6758
Extent: 30 items

Including


Index

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