Jeremy Michael Wilson (fl 1970-2004) is a biographer of T.E. Lawrence, and editor of Lawrence's correspondence.
Printers' drafts and annotated proofs of J.M. Wilson's edition of T.E. Lawrence's commonplace book Minorities, in which Lawrence transcribed his own anthology of 112 poems.
The drafts and proofs include a description of the typescript by J.M. Wilson; a typescript of the preface by C. Day Lewis, with a few authorial corrections; a facsimile reproduced in the trade edition; and a gathering sent to C. Day Lewis.
Given to the Library by J.M. Wilson in 1986.
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A description is available in the Library, where there is also a card index to unpublished catalogues.
Related Units of DescriptionSee also letters to Patrick and to Joyce Knowles, 1931-80 (MS. Eng. c. 6769); papers of T.E. Lawrence and A.W. Lawrence, c.1894-1985; the commonplace books of T.E. Lawrence and Charlotte Frances Shaw; and transcripts of T.E. Lawrence's letters.
Publication NoteT.E. Lawrence Minorities, edited by J. M. Wilson, with a preface by Cecil Day Lewis (London: 1971).
Poetry, English
Lawrence | Thomas Edward | 1888-1935 | soldier, author, and archaeologist
Lewis | Cecil Day | 1904-1972 | poet
Wilson | Jeremy Michael | fl 1970-2004 | biographer and editor