Scrapbook 2.7 | Collections | The Huntington

Scrapbook 2.7 | Collections | The Huntington

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Scrapbook 2.14
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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 2.6
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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."
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Scrapbook 2.12
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This album contains images, clippings, and ephemera chiefly documenting Lawrence's post-war years in Dorset, England, from the early 1920s to his death in 1935. Items primarily consist of 1960s postcards and photographs depicting the local Dorset landscape and individuals and buildings related to Lawrence, though there are some photographs (primarily reproductions) of Lawrence and friends. There are also photographs, ephemera, and correspondence, including some received and collected by Thomas Beaumont, chronicling Lawrence's funeral and subsequent memorials. Notably the album includes a 1923 snapshot of Lawrence as a private in the Royal Tank Corps, given by Eric Kennington to Wing/Commander Sims; a brief May 1935 telegram from Lawrence to Beaumont; a printed thank you note from Lawrence's mother, Sarah Lawrence, to Beaumont, dated July 1935; and a brief letter from Sarah Lawrence to Beaumont, dated July 13, 1935. Album has greenish-blue covers; with Theodora Duncan bookplate containing handwritten note, "Post-War Years."
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Scrapbook 2.5
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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 2.4
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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 2.15
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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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