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

Scrapbook 1

Rare Books

This album contains a mixture of photographs, newspaper clippings, ephemera, and correspondence primarily related to Thomas W. Beaumont, who served under T.E. Lawrence as a gunner in the Hejaz Armoured Car Company during the Arab Revolt. Notably, the volume includes approximately 100 photographs taken by Beaumont and his friends from 1915 to 1918. Album has light blue covers; with Theodora Duncan bookplate containing handwritten note, "Beaumont Album."

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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 9

Rare Books

This album contains a miscellaneous assortment of newspaper clippings concerning Lawrence and related individuals. Album has brownish-yellow covers; with Theodora Duncan bookplate.

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Scrapbook 10

Rare Books

This album chiefly contains a miscellaneous assortment of newspaper clippings concerning Lawrence and related individuals. Album has yellow covers; with Theodora Duncan bookplate covered by typed note, "Material in this scrapbook was not compiled by Mrs. Duncan."

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Scrapbook 2.5

Rare Books

This album contains newspaper clipping and photocopies of newspaper articles primarily related to Lawrence's death in 1935, as well as later articles through the 1960s with retrospective articles on Lawrence. Album has orange covers; with Theodora Duncan bookplate.

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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.

626757

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