Edwards H. Metcalf Library Collection on T.E. Lawrence: Scrapbooks: Finding
Aid
Finding aid prepared by Diann Benti.
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Overview of the Collection
Title: Edwards H. Metcalf Library Collection on T.E. Lawrence: Scrapbooks
Dates (inclusive): approximately 1889-1988
Bulk dates: 1960s
Collection Number: 626757
Compilers:
Baxter, Frank C. (Frank Condie), 1896-1982;
Herbring, Margaret M., 1927-1985;
Jéhanne (Duncan, Theodora);
Metcalf, Edwards H. (Edwards Huntington).
Extent:
36 volumes
Repository:
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.
Rare Books Department
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, California 91108
Phone: (626) 405-2191
Email: reference@huntington.org
URL: http://www.huntington.org
Abstract:
This collection consists of 36 scrapbooks containing photographs, newspaper clippings, periodical articles, and ephemera concerning
British soldier and author T.E. Lawrence (1888-1935). Most of the albums were compiled in the
1960s, and many of the items discuss Lawrence retrospectively, concern individuals and places associated with Lawrence both
in England and the Arab world, or relate to works about Lawrence
(such as the 1962 film Lawrence of Arabia). The scrapbooks
forms part of the Edwards H. Metcalf Library Collection of T.E. Lawrence and were compiled chiefly by California Lawrence
collectors Theodora Duncan, Frank C. Baxter, and Margaret M. Herbring, and later incorporated
into Metcalf's collection. The albums do not contain manuscript material by Lawrence, and while most of the items date from
the 1950s onward,
there are some original photographs by men who served with Lawrence during the Arab Revolt, 1916-1918.
Language: English.
Note:
Finding aid last updated on December 8, 2014.
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Preferred Citation
Edwards H. Metcalf Library Collection on T.E. Lawrence: Scrapbooks. The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Edwards H. Metcalf, October 1992.
Provenance
Edwards H. Metcalf (1912-2001) began collecting materials related to T.E. Lawrence in the mid 1930s. As part of his collecting,
he purchased the
entire Lawrence collections of private individuals including Frank Baxter (1968), Theodora Duncan (1969), and Margaret Herbring
(1971).
Processing/Project Information
Most of the scrapbooks were initially cataloged on index cards by Huntington Library catalogers for Edwards H. Metcalf, when
presumably the volume numbers
were applied and many album pages were labeled with "Anal." numbers to correspond to analytical entries for specific items
in the collection's card catalog. The itemized
scrapbook lists in this finding aid were compiled by Philip M. O'Brien, author of
T.E. Lawrence: a Bibliography (Oak Knoll Press, 2000), in 2013-14.
Biographical Note on T.E. Lawrence
Thomas Edward Lawrence (1888-1935) was born August 16, 1888, at Tremadoc, North Wales. His parents, Sir John Chapman and Sarah
Junner never married, though they lived as "Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence" for
the remainder of their lives. T.E. Lawrence attended City of Oxford High School and Jesus College, where, in 1910, he took
first-class honors in history.
Lawrence was an archaeologist, scholar, soldier, and writer. He is probably best known, because of David Lean's 1962 film,
Lawrence of Arabia for his exploits during the Arab Revolt, 1916-1918.
He published several works, the most important being
Seven Pillars of Wisdom (1922 and onwards), and an abridged version entitled,
Revolt in the Desert (1927); also, published after his death,
The Mint (1936, in a limited edition) and his thesis,
Crusader Castles (1936-1937).
Lawrence never married and he found life difficult being known as Lawrence of Arabia; in 1922 he enlisted in the R.A.F. as
John Hume Ross, but the press discovered his identity in 1923. He then changed his
name to T.E. Shaw and spent the next 12 years in different armed services at various postings until his retirement in 1935.
After suffering a motorcycle accident near his home, Lawrence died of his
injuries on May 21, 1935.
Biographical Notes on the Collectors
Frank C. Baxter
Frank C. Baxter (1896-1982) was a professor of English at the University of Southern California and a collector of Lawrence
materials for nearly forty years.
Baxter also hosted radio and television shows in the 1950s and 1960s including
Telephone Time,
Shakespeare on TV, and
The Four Winds to Adventure.
Theodora Duncan
Theodora T. Duncan (1905-1991), also known as Theo, was a writer in the Rexall Square Advertising Department in Los Angeles,
California, as well as a poet and sculptor.
She began collecting material related to T.E. Lawrence in the early 1960s after seeing the 1962 film
Lawrence of Arabia and an exhibit of the Lawrence collection of Frank C. Baxter.
Duncan published
Seven poems dedicated to T.E. Lawrence in 1964 and
Ten poems more dedicated to T.E. Lawrence in 1968, which she wrote under the pseudonym Jéhanne.
Margaret M. Herbring
Margaret M. Herbring (1927-1985) was a rare-book seller and Lawrence collector in Northern California. Herbring and San Francisco
teacher and rare-book collector Kenneth L. Ball (1909-1976)
worked together in researching Lawrence in the 1960s and 1970s.
Edwards H. Metcalf
Edwards "Ned" Huntington Metcalf (1911-2001) was a a T.E. Lawrence enthusiast and collector and grandson of Henry Edwards
Huntington
(a railroad tycoon and founder of the Huntington Library, Art Gallery and Botanical Gardens located on his San Marino estate).
He was an owner of multiple small businesses as
well as president of the Huntington Land Company. He frequently donated to the Huntington Library, and also had his own collection
of rare books, primarily related to T.E. Lawrence,
British explorer Richard F. Burton, camellias, coins, and the history of paper making.
Metcalf served as an Overseer at the Huntington Library beginning the 1970s, and as a Pepperdine University Board member.
Scope and Content
This collection consists of 36 scrapbooks containing photographs, newspaper clippings, periodical articles, and ephemera
concerning British soldier and author T.E. Lawrence.
Most of the albums were compiled in the 1960s, and many of the items discuss Lawrence retrospectively, concern individuals
or places associated with Lawrence, or relate to works
about Lawrence (such as the 1962 film
Lawrence of Arabia). The scrapbooks form part of the Edwards H. Metcalf Library Collection of T.E. Lawrence and were compiled
chiefly by California Lawrence collectors Theodora Duncan, Frank C. Baxter, and Margaret M. Herbring, and later incorporated
into Metcalf's collection.
Among the subjects represented in the albums are Lawrence's involvement in the Arab Revolt from 1916 to 1918; Lawrence's
life (primarily documented in photographs and postcards of
locales in England where Lawrence lived); the 1962 film
Lawrence of Arabia; Lawrence's fatal motorcycle accident in 1935; art
depicting or memorializing Lawrence; and works by and about Lawrence published after his death. Materials consist chiefly
of newspaper and periodical clippings, photographs (both
originals and reproductions from museum collections), postcards, advertisements, leaflets, ephemera, research notes, and some
brief correspondence primarily related to the research efforts of the scrapbook compilers.
The albums do not contain manuscript material by Lawrence and most of the items date from the 1950s onward. Notably, though,
there are some original photographs by men who served with Lawrence
during the Arab Revolt. The collection includes 100 photographs taken by Thomas W. Beaumont, a gunner in the Hejaz Armoured
Car Company, and friends from 1915 to 1918 during
the Arab Revolt (Scrapbook 1); a 1923 snapshot of Lawrence as a private in the Royal Tank Corps (Album 2.12); and some original
photographs of Imperial Camel Corps members including
George Sewell, Laurence Moore, and C. H. N. Ashlin, and their activities in the Arab world, 1917-1918 (Scrapbook 7). There
is also a
1967 letter from British historian Arnold Toynbee to Duncan discussing Vietnam and communism (Scrapbook 2.4).
In addition to the scrapbooks focused on Lawrence, there is a volume with clippings about Winston Churchill (Scrapbook 8)
and an album with photographs from the T.E. Lawrence Symposium held at Pepperdine
University on May 20-21, 1988 (Scrapbook 15).
Most of the scrapbooks retain volume numbers presumably applied by Huntington Library catalogers working for Metcalf (though
Scrapbooks 9, 13, 14, 15 were unlabeled and numbers were supplied by the cataloger),
and many album pages have the labels "Anal." with analytical numbers that corresponded to the index-card filing system.
The volumes are physically comprised of a miscellaneous assortment of photograph albums, three-ring binders, and scrapbook
volumes.
Based on bookplates, correspondence within the albums, and appearance, the provenance can be identified as:
- Scrapbooks from the Theodora Duncan collection: 1, 2.1-15, 4.1-4.3, 7-10
- Scrapbooks from the Margaret M. Herbring collection (with notes compiled by San Francisco teacher and Lawrence collector Ken
Ball): 5.1-5.3, 13, 14
- Scrapbooks from the Frank C. Baxter collection: 6.1-6.5
- Scrapbooks of unknown origins: 11-12 (appear to be part of the same set)
- Scrapbook from Edwards H. Metcalf: 15
Scrapbook 3 is missing. A photocopy of an index card located in the Papers of T.E. Lawrence collection (mssTEL)
indicates there was a Scrapbook 3 compiled by Thomas Hatton with "clippings relating to T.E. Lawrence's accident and death,"
but the location of this volume is unknown as of 2014.
Additional Guides
An itemized inventory of all scrapbooks (except Scrapbooks 5.1, 8, 11, 12, and 15) is available in PDF form:
Related materials in the Huntington Library
Arrangement
The scrapbooks are arranged numerically according to scrapbook number.
Indexing Terms
Subjects
Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965.
Jéhanne.
Lawrence, T. E. (Thomas Edward), 1888-1935 -- Archives.
Lawrence, T. E. (Thomas Edward), 1888-1935 -- Death and burial.
Lawrence, T. E. (Thomas Edward), 1888-1935 -- Friends and associates.
Lawrence, T. E. (Thomas Edward), 1888-1935 -- Homes and haunts -- Photographs.
Lawrence, T. E. (Thomas Edward), 1888-1935 -- Monuments.
Lawrence, T. E. (Thomas Edward), 1888-1935 -- Portraits.
O'Toole, Peter, 1932-2013.
Imperial Camel Corps -- History -- Arab Revolt, 1916-1918.
Imperial Camel Corps -- History -- Arab Revolt, 1916-1918 -- Photographs.
Lawrence of Arabia (Motion picture)
Soldiers -- Great Britain -- Photographs.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Arabian Peninsula.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Arabian Peninsula -- Photographs.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Middle East.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Middle East -- Photographs.
Arab countries -- History -- Arab Revolt, 1916-1918.
Arab countries -- History -- Arab Revolt, 1916-1918 -- Photographs.
Clouds Hill (England : Dwelling) -- Photographs.
Dorset (England) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
Middle East -- Politics and government -- 1914-1954.
Forms/Genres
Ephemera.
Photographs.
Scrapbooks.
Added Entries
Baxter, Frank C. (Frank Condie), 1896-1982, compiler.
Beaumont, Tom W., correspondent.
Herbring, Margaret M., 1927-1985, compiler.
Jéhanne, compiler.
Metcalf, Edwards H. (Edwards Huntington), former owner.
Toynbee, Arnold, 1889-1975, correspondent.
Scrapbook 1, 1915-1968
Physical Description: 1 volume (28 leaves) ; 39 x 34 cm
Scope and Content Note
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."
Scrapbook 2.1, 1927-1968 (bulk mid 1960s)
Physical Description: 1 volume (20 leaves) ; 30 x 25 cm
Scope and Content Note
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.
Scrapbook 2.2, 1918-1969 (bulk 1960s)
Physical Description: 1 volume (27 leaves) ; 38 x 32 cm
Scope and Content Note
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.
Scrapbook 2.3, 1917-1967 (bulk 1960s)
Physical Description: 1 volume (13 leaves) ; 37 x 33 cm
Scope and Content Note
This album contains an assortment of miscellaneous clippings and correspondence about Lawrence and related topics
primarily from the 1960s, with a few typewritten copies of documents from 1917-1918.
Album has brown covers; with Theodora Duncan bookplate.
Scrapbook 2.4, 1917-1967
Physical Description: 1 volume (16 leaves) ; 29 x 36 cm
Scope and Content Note
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.
Scrapbook 2.5, 1926-1968
Physical Description: 1 volume (16 leaves) ; 37 x 33 cm
Scope and Content Note
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.
Scrapbook 2.6, 1917-1968
Physical Description: 1 volume (38 leaves) ; 32 x 36 cm
Scope and Content Note
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."
Scrapbook 2.7, 1911-1969
Physical Description: 1 volume (27 leaves) ; 32 x 36 cm
Scope and Content Note
This scrapbook contains an assortment of photographs, postcards, clippings, and cards, dating from 1911 to 1960. The materials
include copy prints of British Museum and Ashmolean Museum photographs documenting Lawrence's archaeological work, including
digs at
Carchemish, in Syria, in the early 1910s; as well as photographs related to his time as an aircraftman in Bridlington, England,
in the mid
1930s, Lawrence's Brough motorcycle, Eric Kennington's effigy of Lawrence, and a few images of Evelyn Ives Sewell (whose life
was saved by Lawrence in Karachi, India, in 1929);
and some Christmas cards sent to Duncan from Lawrence's friends in the 1960s.
Album has brown covers; with Theodora Duncan bookplate containing handwritten note, "Carchemish-Bridlington."
Scrapbook 2.8, 1917-1967 (bulk 1920s-1950s)
Physical Description: 1 volume (40 leaves) ; 37 x 32 cm
Scope and Content Note
This scrapbook consists mainly of clippings and photocopies of articles dating from the late 1910s to the 1950s, with articles
about Lawrence, his writing, and some reviews of books about Lawrence. There are also a few publisher prospectuses for works
by Lawrence.
Album has reddish-brown covers; without bookplate, but presumably compiled by Duncan.
Scrapbook 2.9, 1955-1967
Physical Description: 1 volume (23 leaves) ; 37 x 32 cm
Scope and Content Note
This scrapbook contains periodical and newspaper clippings from the 1950s and 1960s chiefly concerning Lawrence and published
works about him, as well
as some that only mention Lawrence briefly.
Album has reddish-brown covers; without bookplate, but presumably compiled by Duncan.
Scrapbook 2.10, 1960-1971
Physical Description: 1 volume (28 leaves) ; 37 x 32 cm
Scope and Content Note
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.
Scrapbook 2.11, 1919-1968 (bulk 1960s)
Physical Description: 1 volume (34 leaves) ; 39 x 25 cm
Scope and Content Note
This album primarily contains a miscellaneous assortment of newspaper and periodical clippings concerning to Lawrence and
related individuals, which aside from
some photocopied articles from the 1919 typically date from the 1960s. There is also some correspondence from individuals
to Duncan concerning her research, and a program
and two photographs of the June 6, 1963, presentation of the squadron standards by Princess Margaret to Royal Air Force squadrons.
Album has red covers; with Theodora Duncan bookplate.
Scrapbook 2.12, 1923-1966
Physical Description: 1 volume (44 leaves) ; 32 x 36 cm
Scope and Content Note
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."
Scrapbook 2.13, 1913-1968 (bulk 1960s)
Physical Description: 1 volume (39 leaves) ; 29 x 28 cm
Scope and Content Note
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.
Scrapbook 2.14, approximately 1889-1965 (bulk 1960s)
Physical Description: 1 volume (38 leaves) ; 32 x 36 cm
Scope and Content Note
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."
Scrapbook 2.15, 1928-1971
Physical Description: 1 volume (25 leaves) ; 29 x 26 cm
Scope and Content Note
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."
Scrapbook 4.1, 1961-1967
Physical Description: 1 volume (62 leaves) ; 29 x 28 cm
Scope and Content Note
This scrapbook contains
Lawrence of Arabia film reviews, primarily from English magazines and newspapers,
film advertisements, clippings about the film and its lead actor, Peter O'Toole, and some related photographs and ephemera.
Album has black covers; with Theodora Duncan bookplate containing handwritten note, "'Lawrence of Arabia' film--reviews, programs,
etc."
Scrapbook 4.2, approximately 1961-1962
Physical Description: 1 volume (42 leaves) ; 37 x 32 cm
Scope and Content Note
This scrapbook contains materials related to the 1962 film
Lawrence of Arabia, including 8 x 10 in. black-and-white stills of the film, color lobby
placards, and sheet music for the 'Theme from Lawrence of Arabia' by Maurice Jarre.
Album has gold covers; with Theodora Duncan bookplate containing handwritten note, "'Lawrence of Arabia' film vol. I."
Scrapbook 4.3, 1953-1965 (bulk 1962)
Physical Description: 1 volume (34 leaves) ; 37 x 32 cm
Scope and Content Note
This scrapbook contains materials related to the 1962 film
Lawrence of Arabia, including 8 x 10 in. black-and-white stills of the film and newspaper clippings about
the film and its lead actor, Peter O'Toole. Most items date from the 1960s; the earliest item is a 1953 article about O'Toole.
Album has gold covers; with Theodora Duncan bookplate containing handwritten note, "'Lawrence of Arabia' film vol 2 (ie 3)."
Scrapbook 5.1, 1939-1965
Physical Description: 1 volume (56 pages) ; 30 x 25 cm
Scope and Content Note
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.
Scrapbook 5.2, 1923-1966
Physical Description: 1 volume (78 pages) ; 30 x 25 cm
Scope and Content Note
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.
Scrapbook 5.3, 1922-1969
Physical Description: 1 volume (91 pages) ; 30 x 25 cm
Scope and Content Note
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.
Scrapbook 6.1, 1917-1966
Physical Description: 1 volume (17 leaves) ; 30 x 27 cm
Scope and Content Note
This album primarily contains copy prints of photographs of Lawrence (chiefly portraits) and artwork depicting Lawrence.
Album has light blue covers; with "Frank C. Baxter" bookplate.
Scrapbook 6.2, 1960-1986 (bulk 1960-1963)
Physical Description: 1 volume (14 leaves) ; 30 x 27 cm
Scope and Content Note
This album primarily contains newspaper clippings and ephemera from the 1960s related to the 1960 play
Ross about T.E. Lawrence by Terence Rattigan,
the 1962 film
Lawrence of Arabia, and a few clippings about the play
Too True To Be Good by George Bernard Shaw. Among the items, there is a program for
the first performance of
Ross, sheet music for the 'Theme from Lawrence of Arabia' by Maurice Jarre, and two teacher's guides for the film.
Album has light blue covers; with "Frank C. Baxter" bookplate.
Scrapbook 6.3, approximately 1889-1960s
Physical Description: 1 volume (29 leaves) ; 30 x 27 cm
Scope and Content Note
This album chiefly contains photographs documenting Lawrence's childhood and life in England and newspaper clippings, photographs,
and ephemera related to Lawrence's
death in 1935 and subsequent memorial unveilings. Among the items, there are some copy photographs of early images of Lawrence
as a child and his family, as well as circa 1960s snapshots of places
related to Lawrence's life in England.
Album has light blue covers; with "Frank C. Baxter" bookplate.
Scrapbook 6.4, 1917-1967
Physical Description: 1 volume (28 leaves) ; 32 x 36 cm
Scope and Content Note
This album contains an assortment of newspaper and periodical clippings, transcriptions, and photocopies related to Lawrence
and his writing,
chiefly in the 1920s and 1930s, as well as some publisher prospectuses for works by or about Lawrence, and a set of Hejaz
postage stamps from 1917-1918.
Album has light blue covers; without bookplate, but presumably compiled by Frank C. Baxter.
Scrapbook 6.5, 1916-1968
Physical Description: 1 volume (36 leaves) ; 32 x 36 cm
Scope and Content Note
This album contains sixty-five copy prints of Lawrence's photographs from the Arab campaign, 1916-1918 (reproduced from originals
held by the Imperial War Museum); newspaper and periodical clippings,
primarily from the 1960s, including reviews of works about Lawrence, about the 1962 film
Lawrence of Arabia, and topics related to Lawrence and the Arab world, such as such as the reconstruction work
on the Hejaz Railway in 1964.
Album has light blue covers; with "Frank C. Baxter" bookplate.
Scrapbook 7, approximately 1915-1969
Physical Description: 1 volume (20 leaves) ; 37 x 30 cm
Scope and Content Note
This album contains an assortment of photographs, newspaper clippings, and some correspondence and ephemera concerning the
Imperial Camel Corps. Items include
ephemera from the Corps' reunion dinner on June 13, 1967; approximately thirty-five original snapshots and some copy prints
of Imperial Camel Corps members including George Sewell,
Laurence Moore, and C. H. N. Ashlin, and their activities in the Arab world, 1917-1918; a 1928 printed booklet containing
lecture notes about Lawrence and the Corps by Captain
D. G. Pearman; and a typed copy of an early history of the Corps by Ashlin.
Album has green-patterned covers; with Theodora Duncan bookplate containing handwritten note, "Imperial Camel Corps."
Scrapbook 8, 1964-1969
Physical Description: 1 volume (46 leaves) ; 29 x 25 cm
Scope and Content Note
This binder contains newspaper and periodical clippings, photographs, and ephemera primarily related to the death of Winston
Churchill on
January 24, 1965, including clippings documenting the funeral. The scrapbook also includes a copy of the April 1966 issue
of
John O'London's and a
33 1/3 RPM record of "The Funeral of Sir Winston Churchill" included in the August 1965 issue of
National Geographic.
Album has red covers; with Theodora Duncan bookplate containing handwritten note, "Churchill Album."
Scrapbook 9, approximately 1930s-1973
Physical Description: 1 volume (11 leaves) ; 37 x 29 cm
Scope and Content Note
This album contains a miscellaneous assortment of newspaper clippings concerning Lawrence and related individuals.
Album has brownish-yellow covers; with Theodora Duncan bookplate.
Scrapbook 10, 1932-1977
Physical Description: 1 volume (9 leaves) ; 30 x 26 cm
Scope and Content Note
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."
Scrapbook 11, 1961-1962
Physical Description: 1 volume (90 leaves) ; 51 x 33 cm
Scope and Content Note
This scrapbook chiefly contains newspaper clippings related to the 1962 film
Lawrence of Arabia. Most of
the clippings appear to have been collected by a clipping service and consist mainly of British newspaper from June 1961
to February 1962.
Album has black covers and green spine; without bookplate. Compiler unknown.
Scrapbook [12], 1962
Physical Description: 1 volume (6 leaves) ; 51 x 33 cm
Scope and Content Note
This scrapbook contains one periodical clipping pasted on 11 pages: 'The Romantic Riddle of Lawrence of Arabia' by Keith Wheeler
in the
January 12, 1962, issue of
Life magazine. The remaining pages of the volume are blank.
Album has black covers and green spine; without bookplate. Compiler unknown.
Scrapbook 13, 1970
Physical Description: 1 volume (35 leaves) ; 32 x 33 cm
Scope and Content Note
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.
Scrapbook 14, 1917-1960s
Physical Description: 1 volume (30 leaves) ; 38 x 31 cm
Scope and Content Note
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.
Scrapbook 15, 1988
Physical Description: 1 volume (8 leaves) ; 33 x 31 cm
Scope and Content Note
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.