Overview
Correspondence and compositions of English archaeological scholar, military strategist, and author T. E. (Thomas Edward) Lawrence.
Dates
- Creation: 1910-1961
Extent
1.5 linear feet (3 boxes and 21 volumes)Includes letters from Lawrence to Robert Graves, R. A. Guy, James Hanley, Wilfred Merton, and Bruce Rogers. Compositions include The mint, Revolt in the desert, and a notebook with an outline of the structure and other notes for Seven pillars of wisdom. Also includes maps of the Arabian territory drawn by Lawrence and materials concerning Richard Aldington's Lawrence of Arabia: a biographical enquiry.
Biographical / Historical
Lawrence was a English archaeological scholar, military strategist, and author.
Arrangement
Organized into the following series:
- I. Letters from Lawrence
- II. Letters to Lawrence
- III. Other letters
- IV. Manuscripts by Lawrence
- V. Other manuscripts
Physical Location
b
Immediate Source of Acquisition
*65M-177. Gift of Mr. Bayard L. Kilgour, Jr., 225 East Fourth Street, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202; received: 1966 Apr.
Presented between 1958 and 1966.
Separated Materials
Former item pfMS Eng 1252 (369) has been recataloged separately as: William Roberts Drawings for Seven Pillars of Wisdom (pfMS Eng 1653).
- Title
- Lawrence, T. E. (Thomas Edward), 1888-1935. T. E. Lawrence papers: Guide.
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou00706
Repository Details
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