The series contains documents related to the T.E. Lawrence Symposium held at Pepperdine University. Materials include planning documents such as memorandums, budgets, agendas, notes, clippings of publicity for the event and drafts of official materials; mailing lists of potential participants; correspondence with event sponsors, speakers and participants; reservation and order forms sent in by participants; brochures, programs, and name tags for the symposium; articles and reviews of books on Lawrence; and photographs, slides, audio and video of the event. Materials in the series span from 1938 to 1989, with the bulk of materials ranging from 1988 to 1989.

The series contains mostly items produced by Edwards H. Metcalf related to Pepperdine and the T.E. Lawrence Symposium. Materials include items Metcalf sent to Pepperdine President, M. Norvel Young; records kept by Metcalf on the location and price of rare editions of the works of T.E. Lawrence; Metcalf's records of books sold from his personal collection; and records of rare books purchased by Metcalf from Dawson's Book Shop in Los Angeles, California. Also included in the series is an essay by Roland A. Schank, which details his friendship with Metcalf and provides some background information on Metcalf's life and book collection. Materials in the series span from 1974 to 2002.