Printers' drafts and proofs of J.M. Wilson's edition of T.E. Lawrence's commonplace book Minorities

Printers' drafts and annotated proofs of J.M. Wilson's edition of T.E. Lawrence's commonplace book Minorities, in which Lawrence transcribed his own anthology of 112 poems.

The drafts and proofs include a description of the typescript by J.M. Wilson; a typescript of the preface by C. Day Lewis, with a few authorial corrections; a facsimile reproduced in the trade edition; and a gathering sent to C. Day Lewis.

Jeremy Michael Wilson (fl 1970-2004) is a biographer of T.E. Lawrence, and editor of Lawrence's correspondence.

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Given to the Library by J.M. Wilson in 1986.

Collection level description created by Susan Thomas, Department of Special Collections and Western Manuscripts.

A description is available in the Library, where there is also a card index to unpublished catalogues.

See also an earlier deposit of Wilson's papers relating to Minorities (Dep. d. 376-7); letters to Patrick and to Joyce Knowles, 1931-80 (MS. Eng. c. 6769); papers of T.E. Lawrence and A.W. Lawrence, c.1894-1985 (MSS. Eng. b. 2095-6, c. 6737-58, c. 6767, d. 3327-49, e. 3299-301; Photogr. b. 27, c. 122-6, d. 27-8; Film 2058); the commonplace books of T.E. Lawrence and Charlotte Frances Shaw (MSS. Eng. misc. d. 788-9); and transcripts of T.E. Lawrence's letters (MSS. Eng. lett. c. 146-7).

T.E. Lawrence Minorities, edited by J. M. Wilson, with a preface by Cecil Day Lewis (London: 1971).