Rare Books

Scrapbook 2.1

Description

This album chiefly contains miscellaneous newspaper and periodical clippings and ephemera from the 1960s related to T.E. Lawrence, though sometimes only peripherally, as well as some brief correspondence from individuals to Duncan concerning her research. The binder also includes a typed copy of telephone conversation with George Edsell on June 2, 1964, regarding his memories as a boy of Lawrence at Clouds Hill.

Album has cream-colored covers; with Theodora Duncan bookplate.

Type

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Date

1927-1968 (bulk mid 1960s

Call number

626757

Creator

Metcalf, Edwards H(Opens in new tab)

Provenance

Gift of Edwards H. Metcalf, October 1992.

Restrictions

Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

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 2.15

Rare Books

This album contains an assortment of newspaper and periodical clippings about Lawrence. Most clippings date form the late 1960s and touch upon Lawrence's wartime experiences, individuals associated with him, as well as reviews of books about Lawrence. The earliest clippings date from the late 1920s, and there are also articles from 1935 about his motorcycle accident and death. The album also contains a program for the October 21, 1967, unveiling ceremony for the memorial to Edmund Allenby in Felixstowe, England. Album has green covers; with Theodora Duncan bookplate containing handwritten note "Hedjaz Binder."

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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 2.13

Rare Books

This album contains a miscellaneous assortment of materials primarily dating from the 1960s, including correspondence from individuals to Duncan about her research, clippings about Duncan's exhibit on Lawrence at the Wardman Library, Whittier College, in 1965, and a 1966 photograph of Duncan. As well, there are newspaper and periodical clippings, often with reviews of works about Lawrence and some typed transcriptions of documents related to Lawrence. Album has blue covers; with Theodora Duncan bookplate.

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Scrapbook 2.4

Rare Books

This album contains a miscellaneous assortment of materials including newspaper and periodical clippings, with some 1935 clippings related to Lawrence's death, as well as an October 1917 periodical clipping, in Arabic, and a 1967 letter from British historian Arnold Toynbee to Duncan discussing Vietnam and communism. Album has yellow covers; with Theodora Duncan bookplate.

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Scrapbook 2.2

Rare Books

This album contains an assortment of secondary materials related to T.E. Lawrence that primarily dates from the 1960s and includes brief correspondence from individuals to Duncan about her research; newspaper clippings and book reviews about Lawrence, as well as news clippings about Lawrence-related areas in the Arabian Peninsula, such as reconstruction work on the Hejaz Railway in 1964. There is also a set of approximately 15 newspaper clippings from 1918 documenting the victories by the British against Turkish forces in Palestine during World War I. Album has black covers; with Theodora Duncan bookplate.

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Scrapbook 2.1

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