Rare Books

Scrapbook 2.6

Description

This scrapbook primarily contains copy prints of Imperial War Museum photographs related to Lawrence's military experiences in the Arab world between 1916-1918, with typed captions by Duncan, as well as a few original prints including a small snapshot of Lawrence on a camel at the Pyramids of Egypt, circa 1916, and two of Major J.A.L. Brown in 1945. There is also some additional ephemera, postcards of locales in the Middle East, and newspaper clippings about Lawrence through the 1960s.

Album has reddish-brown covers; with Theodora Duncan bookplate containing handwritten note, "War Years."

Type

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Date

1917-1968

Call number

626757

Creator

Metcalf, Edwards H(Opens in new tab)

Provenance

Gift of Edwards H. Metcalf, October 1992.

Scrapbook 2.7

Rare Books

This scrapbook contains an assortment of photographs, postcards, clippings, and cards, dating from 1911 to 1960. The materials include copy prints of British Museum and Ashmolean Museum photographs documenting Lawrence's archaeological work, including digs at Carchemish, in Syria, in the early 1910s; as well as photographs related to his time as an aircraftman in Bridlington, England, in the mid 1930s, Lawrence's Brough motorcycle, Eric Kennington's effigy of Lawrence, and a few images of Evelyn Ives Sewell (whose life was saved by Lawrence in Karachi, India, in 1929); and some Christmas cards sent to Duncan from Lawrence's friends in the 1960s. Album has brown covers; with Theodora Duncan bookplate containing handwritten note, "Carchemish-Bridlington."

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Scrapbook 2.8

Rare Books

This scrapbook consists mainly of clippings and photocopies of articles dating from the late 1910s to the 1950s, with articles about Lawrence, his writing, and some reviews of books about Lawrence. There are also a few publisher prospectuses for works by Lawrence. Album has reddish-brown covers; without bookplate, but presumably compiled by Duncan.

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Scrapbook 2.9

Rare Books

This scrapbook contains periodical and newspaper clippings from the 1950s and 1960s chiefly concerning Lawrence and published works about him, as well as some that only mention Lawrence briefly. Album has reddish-brown covers; without bookplate, but presumably compiled by Duncan.

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Scrapbook 2.10

Rare Books

This album primarily contains newspaper and periodical clippings related to the 1962 film Lawrence of Arabia and its lead actor, Peter O'Toole, as well as a set of 10 theater lobby placards for the film and a few clippings about the 1960 play Ross about T.E. Lawrence by Terence Rattigan. Album has reddish-brown covers; without bookplate, but presumably compiled by Duncan.

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Scrapbook 2.14

Rare Books

This album contains images, clippings, and ephemera chiefly documenting Lawrence's early life in Oxford, England, from his birth in 1889 to about 1910. Items primarily consist of 1960s postcards and photographs depicting the local Oxford landscape and individuals and buildings related to Lawrence, as well photographs (primarily reproductions) of Lawrence as a boy and his family. The earliest photographs are a few copy prints reproduced by Duncan from the collection of Lawrence's nanny Margo Jones. There are also some postcards of London, England, and locales in Turkey and the Middle East and correspondence to Duncan about her research. Album has black covers; with Theodora Duncan bookplate containing handwritten note, "Pre-War Years."

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Scrapbook 6.5

Rare Books

This album contains sixty-five copy prints of Lawrence's photographs from the Arab campaign, 1916-1918 (reproduced from originals held by the Imperial War Museum); newspaper and periodical clippings, primarily from the 1960s, including reviews of works about Lawrence, about the 1962 film Lawrence of Arabia, and topics related to Lawrence and the Arab world, such as such as the reconstruction work on the Hejaz Railway in 1964. Album has light blue covers; with "Frank C. Baxter" bookplate.

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Scrapbook 2.6

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