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Scrapbook 15

Description

This photograph album documents the T.E. Lawrence Symposium held at Pepperdine University on May 20-21, 1988, with 17 color and 8 black-and-white photographs of the event and participants, as well as two copies of the program and a typed letter signed from M. Norvel Young of Pepperdine University to Edwards H. Metcalf, July 22, 1988.

Album has blue covers; without bookplate.

Type

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Date

1988

Call number

626757

Creator

Metcalf, Edwards H(Opens in new tab)

Provenance

Gift of Edwards H. Metcalf, October 1992.

Scrapbook 5.3

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This album contains an assortment of photocopies and typed transcriptions from 38 secondary sources about or referencing T.E. Lawrence. The documents are all arranged in one section labeled "General." Album has red covers; without bookplate, but presumably compiled by Herbring.

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Scrapbook 2.10

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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 1

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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 2.1

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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.

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Scrapbook 5.2

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This album contains an assortment of photocopies and typed transcriptions from 48 secondary sources about or referencing T.E. Lawrence. The documents are arranged in two sections labeled "Excerpts" and "Miscellaneous," with the excerpts further broken down into sections labeled: References; Books; Churchill; The War; Letters; Politics; and Defenders. Album has blue covers; without bookplate, but presumably compiled by Herbring.

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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 15

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