Letters from T.E. Lawrence to E.T. Leeds

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Dep. c. 760

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Comprises letters from T.E. Lawrence to E.T. Leeds, 1909-1935.

Includes:

(fols. 63-168) letter to Leeds from D.G. and L.V. Hogarth, 1911-1917;
(fol. 170) a letter to Leeds from G.A. Wainwright, 1916.

At fols. 180-249 is Leeds' memoir of Lawrence, Recollections of T.E.L., 1938.

Dates

Creation: 1909-1935, 1938

Extent

254 Leaves

Language of Materials

English

Preferred Citation

Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. Dep. c. 760, fols. 1-2]

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Shelfmark:

Dep. c. 760

Collection ID (for staff)

CMD ID 15058

Additional Description

Abstract

Letters from T.E. Lawrence to E.T. Leeds

Biographical / Historical

Thomas Edward Lawrence (1888-1935), known as Lawrence of Arabia, was a British intelligence agent and author. For further details see the Dictionary of National Biography.

Edward Thurlow Leeds (1877-1955) was an archaeologist and a curator at the Ashmolean museum in Oxford.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Deposited by Lord Portarlington, 1988

Bibliography

Lawrence's letters and an edited version of the Recollections are published in J.M. Wilson (ed.), T.E. Lawrence: Letters to E.T. Leeds with a commentary by E.T. Leeds (Andoversford, The Whittington Press, 1988).