Rare Books

Scrapbook 13

Description

This album contains 296 original color photographs taken by Margaret M. Herbring, in September and October 1970, of locales and buildings in England associated with Lawrence, as well as artwork and memorials.

Album has green covers; without bookplate.

Type

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Date

1970

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 14

Rare Books

This album chiefly contains photographs and postcards, primarily from the 1960s, of locales and buildings associated with Lawrence's life in England, copy prints of photographs of Lawrence and surroundings during the Arab Revolt, 1917-1918 (reproduced from originals held by the Imperial War Museum), as well as images of artwork and memorials commemorating Lawrence. Margaret M. Herbring is the presumed compiler of this scrapbook based on the presence of a postcard addressed to her. Album has teal-colored covers; without bookplate.

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Scrapbook 5.3

Rare Books

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 5.2

Rare Books

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 2.4

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 2.15

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 5.1

Rare Books

This binder contains copies of 5 documents consisting of: Typed document (3 pp.). John Sharnik, 'Transcription of part of the narration for the program entitled "The Promised Lands", a segment in the series on World War I, shown on CBS TV February 28, 1965. A thirty-minute program, principally devoted to the Serbian and Palestine campaigns'. Typed document (30 pp.). Notes on the "Oxford" edition of Seven Pillars. Typed document (8 pp.). Notes from Elizabeth Duval, T.E. Lawrence: a Bibliography (1938). Typed document (10 pp.). Excerpts compiled by Kenneth Ball from newspapers. Dealer catalog pages (photocopy) for 5 Parke Bernet catalogs, 1939-1947 (5 pp.). Album has light blue-gray covers; without bookplate, but presumably compiled by Herbring.

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Scrapbook 13

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