Personal papers, 1902-35, n.d.

File

MS. Eng. c. 6742

Held at the Weston Library

Including:

(fols. 1- 41) papers relating to Lawrence's career in the RAF, 1922-35, with (fol. 1) a copy of Lawrence's medical certificate, 1922; (fols. 2-3) two letters to Lawrence about his expulsion from the RAF, 1923; (fols. 4-14) letters to Lawrence containing details of and queries about power boat trials from various correspondents, 1933-5; and (fols. 15-28) estimates and bills addressed to Lawrence for work on RAF boats, including (fols. 21-8) papers from the British Power Boat Company, 1930-4
(fols. 42-5) character references for Lawrence and (fol. 45) a completed entrance form for a school scholarship examination, 1902
(fols. 46-54) solicitor's correspondence concerning Lawrence's purchase of property at Chingford, Essex, 1920-8
(fols. 55-60) typescript minutes of a meeting held to discuss the Hejaz Railway, 1921, and of the second meeting on Trans-Jordania, 1921 (the first sheet is annotated in pencil 'Col. Lawrence')
(fols. 61-2) postcard with T.E. Lawrence's holograph Who's Who entry for 1921
(fols. 63-74) bills and receipts using the names Lawrence, Shaw, Ross and E. Smith, 1926-35
(fols. 75-6) Youth Hostel Association card, 1935
(fols. 77-88) miscellaneous papers, 1920-35, n.d., with (fol. 80) a dentist's appointment card, n.d., and (fols.81-6) proofs of Hejaz postage stamps, n.d.

Dates

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MS. Eng. c. 6742

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