Transcripts, made by M.R. Lawrence, 1936-8, of letters from T.E. Lawrence to his mother, 1905-34, with copies of letters of two of his brothers, 1910, 1913.
Transcripts of T.E. Lawrence Letters
This material is held atBodleian Library, University of Oxford
- Reference
- GB 161 MSS. Eng. lett. c. 146-7
- Dates of Creation
- 1936-8
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English.
- Physical Description
- 2 shelfmarks
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Montagu Robert Lawrence (1885-1971) was T.E. Lawrence's brother. Thomas Edward Lawrence (1888-1935), was an archaeologist, soldier and author (details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography.
Access Information
Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card (for admissions procedures see http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/specialcollections).
Acquisition Information
The transcripts were given to the Library by M.R. Lawrence in 1954.
Note
Collection level description created by Emily Tarrant, Department of Special Collections and Western Manuscripts.
Other Finding Aids
M. Clapinson and T.D. Rogers, Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975. (Oxford, 1991), vol. I, nos. 40963-4.
Bibliography
The letters are printed in The home letters of T.E. Lawrence and his brothers, ed. M.R. Lawrence (Oxford, 1954).