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T. E. Lawrence Papers: Finding Aid http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8bg2tr0 No online items T. E. Lawrence Papers: Finding Aid Finding aid prepared by Gayle M. Richardson, April 30, 2009. The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens Manuscripts Department 1151 Oxford Road San Marino, California 91108 Phone: (626) 405-2129 Email: [email protected] URL: http://www.huntington.org © 2009 The Huntington Library. All rights reserved. T. E. Lawrence Papers: Finding mssTEL 1-1277 1 Aid Overview of the Collection Title: T. E. Lawrence Papers Dates (inclusive): 1894-2006 Bulk dates: 1911-2000 Collection Number: mssTEL 1-1277 Creator: Lawrence, T. E. (Thomas Edward), 1888-1935. Extent: 8,707 pieces. 86 boxes. Repository: The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. Manuscripts Department 1151 Oxford Road San Marino, California 91108 Phone: (626) 405-2129 Email: [email protected] URL: http://www.huntington.org Abstract: The collection consists of papers concerning British soldier and author T.E. Lawrence (1888-1935) including manuscripts (by and about Lawrence), correspondence (including over 150 letters by Lawrence), photographs, drawings, reproductions and ephemera. Also included in the collection is research material of various Lawrence collectors and scholars. Language: English. Access Open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services Department. For more information, contact Reader Services. Boxes 82-86 -- Coin & Fine Art, Manuscript & Rare Book Dealers. Restricted to staff use only. These boxes include provenance, price and sale information; please see Container List for an item-level list of contents. Publication Rights All photocopies, for which the Huntington does not own the original manuscript, may not be copied in any way, as noted in the Container List and on the folders. The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher. Preferred Citation [Identification of item]. T. E. Lawrence Papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California. Provenance Gift of Edwards H. Metcalf, October 1992. Custodial History The collection was acquired by Edward H. Metcalf (1912-2001), beginning in the mid 1930s, and continuing almost to the last years of his life. He purchased Lawrence books and manuscripts from major dealers like Bertram Rota, Philip Duschnes, Dawson’s Book Shop, and Maggs Brothers. He also purchased entire Lawrence collections from private individuals: Frank Baxter (1968), Theodora Duncan (1969), Willis King (1971), Margaret Herbring (1971), and Jeremy Wilson (1977-1978), among others. Metcalf also purchased, along with books and manuscript material, busts of Lawrence, artwork, including original sketches and drawings, and photographs Cataloging Decisions 1. T.E. Lawrence signed his letters in many different ways: T.E. Lawrence, T.E., T.E.L., in 1922, J.H. Ross, and in 1923, T.E. Shaw, T.E.S., but his authorized name form was used on the folders and throughout the Finding Aid: T.E. (Thomas Edward) Lawrence, 1888-1935. 2. Because almost the entire collection is about T.E. Lawrence, it was decided not to subject index general references to T.E. Lawrence, though these are noted on the front of the folders; only substantive references and author/title references for his works have been subject indexed. 3. Metcalf also created a Sir Richard Francis Burton collection, so there are letters and Ephemera material concerning Burton; these have all been subject indexed under Burton. T. E. Lawrence Papers: Finding mssTEL 1-1277 2 Aid 4. The Lawrence collectors and scholars corresponded regularly with and about each other during the years Metcalf was building his Lawrence collection. Therefore, the manuscripts and letters by and to Metcalf, Tom Beaumont, Theodora Duncan, Basil Liddell Hart, H. Montgomery Hyde, John Mack, Jeffrey Meyers, Philip O’Brien and Jeremy Wilson, and others, may be found throughout the collection. It would be necessary to do a key word search of the Finding Aid to locate all of the material for an individual person. Related Material in the Huntington Library T.E. Lawrence related scrapbooks and photo albums are part of the Edwards H. Metcalf Library Collection on T.E. Lawrence including: • Edwards H. Metcalf Library Collection on T.E. Lawrence: Scrapbooks. • Individually cataloged books from the Edwards H. Metcalf Library Collection on T.E. Lawrence are included in the Huntington Library's Online Catalog. Biographical Note Thomas Edward Lawrence was born Aug. 16, 1888, at Tremadoc, North Wales. His parents, Sir John Chapman and Sarah Junner never married, though they lived as “Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence,” for the remainder of their lives. T.E. Lawrence attended City of Oxford High School and Jesus College, where, in 1910, he took first-class honors in history. Lawrence was an archaeologist, scholar, soldier, and writer. He is probably best known, because of David Lean’s 1962 film, Lawrence of Arabia, for his exploits during the Arab Revolt, 1916- 1917. He published several works, the most important being Seven Pillars of Wisdom (1922 and onwards), and an abridged version entitled, Revolt in the Desert (1927); also, published after his death, The Mint (1936, in a limited edition) and his thesis Crusader Castles (1936-1937). Lawrence never married and he found life difficult being known as Lawrence of Arabia; in 1922 he enlisted in the R.A.F. as John Hume Ross, but the press discovered his identity in 1923. He then changed his name to T.E. Shaw and spent the next 12 years in different armed services at various postings until his retirement in 1935. After suffering a motorcycle accident near his home, Lawrence died of his injuries on May 21, 1935. Sources used in cataloging Brown, Malcolm (ed.). T.E. Lawrence: The Selected Letters (New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 1989). Contemporary Authors. Vol. 167, ed. Scot Peacock (Detroit: Gale Research Company, 1999), pp. 213-218. Dictionary of Literary Biography. “British Travel Writers, 1910-1939,” vol. 195, eds. B. Brothers and J. Gergits (Detroit: Gale Research Company, 1998), pp. 194-203. Garnett, David (ed.). The Letters of T.E. Lawrence (London: Jonathan Cape, 1938). Lawrence, A.W. (ed.). T.E. Lawrence By His Friends (New York: Gordian Press, Inc., 1980, reprint of 1937 edition published by Doubleday). Lawrence, M.R. (ed.). The Home Letters of T.E. Lawrence and His Brothers (Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1954). Lawrence, T.E. Seven Pillars of Wisdom (Garden City, New York: Doubleday Doran & Company, Inc., 1935). Mack, John E. A Prince of Our Disorder: The Life of T.E. Lawrence (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1998, paperback edition). O’Brien, Philip M. (ed.). T.E. Lawrence: A Bibliography (Boston: G.K. Hall & Co., 1988). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 32, eds. H.C.G. Matthew and B. Harrison (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004), pp. 865-872. Wilson, Jeremy. Lawrence of Arabia (New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., 1992, abridged edition). Scope and Content The collection consists of manuscripts (by and about Lawrence), correspondence (including over 150 letters by Lawrence), photographs, drawings, reproductions and ephemera. Also included in the collection is research material of various Lawrence collectors and scholars. Correspondents represented in the collection include: Tom W. Beaumont, Brian Carter, Sir Sydney Carlyle Cockerell, Doubleday and Company, inc.,Theodora Duncan, David Garnett, Robert Graves, H. Montgomery Hyde, Augustus John, Jonathan Cape (Firm), Phillip Knightley, Pat T. Knowles, A.W. Lawrence, Sir Basil Henry Liddell Hart, John Mack, Edwards H. Metcalf, Jeffrey Meyers, Robert Payne, Raymond Savage, Bernard Shaw, Charlotte Frances Payne-Townshend Shaw, Clare Sydney Smith, Sir Ronald Storrs, Lowell Thomas, and Jeremy Wilson. Significant language represented other than English: French. Strengths of the collection: This collection has several strong points for the purpose of research. The collection contains over 150 letters by T.E. Lawrence, and approximately, 30 letters addressed to him. The collection also contains a typewritten draft of The Mint and various pages from his translation of The Odyssey. The real strength of the collection lies in the manuscripts and correspondence relating to Lawrence, his writing, the people who knew him, the Arab Revolt, and T. E. Lawrence Papers: Finding mssTEL 1-1277 3 Aid the Middle East. The collection contains very little early Lawrence manuscripts or letters, nor family or personal material. The papers consist of the following series: 1. Manuscripts (Boxes 1-8) are arranged alphabetically by author and title. This series includes one box of Lawrence manuscripts (Box 4), which includes a bound diary for 1911-1912, an early typewritten draft of The Mint, and several items relating to Lawrence’s translation of The Odyssey. The majority of the manuscripts are about Lawrence, his life and writing, or were written by others about events relating to Lawrence. Included in this series are articles, essays, lectures, publishers’ material, R.A.F. certificates and forms, book reviews, and interviews. The series includes manuscripts by other authors, most notably, Richard Aldington, Gertrude Lowthian Bell, E.M. Forster, Golden Cockerel Press, Robert Graves, Augustus John, Basil Liddell Hart, John Mack, Clare Sydney Smith, and Walter Stirling. 2. Correspondence (Boxes 9-28) is arranged alphabetically by author. This series includes some personal and business letters of T.E. Lawrence, including letters to and from his agent, illustrator, and publishers concerning the publication of Seven Pillars of Wisdom, and Revolt in the Desert. Also included in this series are letters by Lawrence written from Clouds Hill, London, Cairo, and India, as well as from Bovington, Cranwell, Plymouth and Southampton. This series also includes a large number of letters by other people, many of whom knew or worked with Lawrence; among others are Tom W. Beaumont, Sir Sydney Cockerell, Doubleday and Company, Robert Graves, H.
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