T. E. Lawrence Studies

Letters and works shown in brown have been published in the printed edition indicated, but are covered by European copyright. For the present they cannot be included here.

Letters and works shown in green were formerly on the site and will be restored.

Works

'Wejh to Wadi Aid and back', Arab Bulletin, 23 May 1917, SD pp. 97-109

'The Wells Short Stories' [book review] in the Spectator No 5200, 25 February 1928, pp 268-269 signed C.D. [pseud of T. E. Lawrence]. Reprinted in MIP.

'The Winter Owl' [cover title]: The Owl, 1923, contains 'Massacre (September 1917: being a chapter from the history of the Arab Revolt)', by T. E. Lawrence (pp. 5-13). An extract from Lawrence's 1920 abridgement of Seven Pillars of Wisdom.

Letters

Sir Emery Walker and Wilfred Merton

10 October 1928 BR1 pp. [29-31]

A. B. Watt

A. P. Wavell

Robin White

10 June 1931 DG pp. 721-2

Henry Williamson

Note: we are currently adding Lawrence letter content from Henry Williamson's Genius of Friendship. This will include letters from Lawrence temporarily shown below as unpublished.

To T. E. Lawrence 4 February 1928 Letters 9 pp. 34-5
To T. E. Lawrence 8 March 1928 Letters 9 pp. 36-42
2 April 1928 , GOF pp. 15, 17, 20-21, 530 words omitted; complete text Letters 9 pp. 45-8
To T. E. Lawrence 1 May 1928 Letters 9 pp. 49-54
28 August 1928 , 14 words quoted GOF p. 23; complete text Letters 9 pp. 55-56
11 December 1928 full text Letters 9 p. 57. Extracts GOF pp. 21, 22, 44 words omitted
To T. E. Lawrence 31 December 1928 Letters 9 pp. 58-63
2 February 1929. Full text Letters 9 p. 66; GOF p. 24, 10 words omitted
To T. E. Lawrence 23 February 1929 Letters 9 pp. 67-71
28 February 1929 Letters 9 p. 72
To T. E. Lawrence 2 March 1929 Letters 9 pp. 72-73
18 April 1929, full text in Letters 9 p. 74, GOF p. 25 43 words omitted
25 June 1929 full text in Letters 9 p. 75. GOF p. 26, 20 words omitted
To Henry Williamson 1 July 1929 Letters 9 p. 76, GOF p. 26
10 July 1929 full text in Letters 9 pp. 77-8, GOF p. 27, 61 words omitted
22 July 1929 Letters 9 p. 78
To T. E. Lawrence 31 July 1929 Letters 9 pp. 82-4
23 August 1929 Letters 9 p. 85, GOF p. 36, 76 words omitted
18-21 March 1930 Letters 9 pp. 87-92, GOF pp. 39-41, 277 words omitted
To T. E. Lawrence 24 March 1930 Letters 9 pp. 94-8
To T. E. Lawrence 9 April 1930 Letters 9 pp. 100-101
3 May 1930 Letters 9 pp. 101-2
c. August 1930 Letters 9 pp. 103-4
6 September 1930 Letters 9 pp. 104-5
To T. E. Lawrence 29 September 1930 Letters 9 pp. 106-8
To T. E. Lawrence 17 November 1930 Letters 9 pp. 113-14
3 July 1931 Letters 9 pp. 116-7
1 September 1931 Letters 9 pp. 118-9
To T. E. Lawrence 5 September 1931 Letters 9 pp. 120-22
6 September 1932 Letters 9 pp. 123-4
To T. E. Lawrence 12 December 1932 Letters 9 pp. 124-5
To T. E. Lawrence 15 January 1933 Letters 9 p. 126
13 February 1933 DG pp. 761-2, Letters 9 pp. 128-9
11 March 1933 Letters 9 p. 131
To T. E. Lawrence 13 March 1933 Letters 9 pp. 132-3
24 March 1933 Letters 9 p. 134
11 April 1933 Letters 9 p. 135
12 May 1933 Letters 9 pp. 135-6
To T. E. Lawrence 18 May 1933 Letters 9 pp. 136-7
21 December 1933 Letters 9 pp. 138-9
To T. E. Lawrence 30 December 1933 Letters 9 pp. 139-40
To T. E. Lawrence 23 February 1934 Letters 9 pp. 142-4
24 February 1934 Letters 9 pp. 145-6
To T. E. Lawrence 28 February 1934 Letters 9 p. 152
To T. E. Lawrence 1 March 1934 Letters 9 p. 153
To T. E. Lawrence 19 March 1934 Letters 9 pp. 153-5
To T. E. Lawrence 5 May 1934 Letters 9 p. 156
To T. E. Lawrence 13 May 1934 Letters 9 pp. 157-8
14 May 1934 Letters 9 pp. 159-60
24 May 1934 Letters 9 pp. 160-161
To T. E. Lawrence 26 May 1934 Letters 9 pp. 162-4
9 [dated 11] December 1934 DG pp. 833-4, Letters 9 pp. 165-8
To T. E. Lawrence 10 December 1934 Letters 9 pp. 169-71
20 December 1934 Letters 9 pp. 172-3
31 January 1935 Letters 9 pp. 174-5
To T. E. Lawrence 13 February 1935 Letters 9 pp. 175-6
To T. E. Lawrence 10 May 1935 Letters 9 pp. 177-9
[telegram, sent 13 May 1935] DG p. 872, Letters 9 p. 179

Colonel C. E. Wilson

J. G. Wilson

25 May 1926 DG p. 497
4 October 1927 DG pp. 543-4
20 November 1934 DG pp. 826-7

Lord Winterton

22 April 1920 DG pp. 302-3

Evelyn Wrench

5 May 1927 MB p. 327

T. E. Lawrence chronology

1888 16 August: born at Tremadoc, Wales

1896-1907: City of Oxford High School for Boys

1907-9: Jesus College, Oxford, B.A., 1st Class Hons, 1909

1910-14: Magdalen College, Oxford (Senior Demy), while working at the British Museum's excavations at Carchemish

1915-16: Military Intelligence Dept, Cairo

1916-18: Liaison Officer with the Arab Revolt

1919: Attended the Paris Peace Conference

1919-22: wrote Seven Pillars of Wisdom

1921-2: Adviser on Arab Affairs to Winston Churchill at the Colonial Office

1922 August: Enlisted in the Ranks of the RAF

1923 January: discharged from the RAF

1923 March: enlisted in the Tank Corps

1923: translated a French novel, The Forest Giant

1924-6: prepared the subscribers' abridgement of Seven Pillars of Wisdom

1927-8: stationed at Karachi, then Miranshah

1927 March: Revolt in the Desert, an abridgement of Seven Pillars, published

1928: completed The Mint, began translating Homer's Odyssey

1929-33: stationed at Plymouth

1931: started working on RAF boats

1932: his translation of the Odyssey published

1933-5: attached to MAEE, Felixstowe

1935 February: retired from the RAF

1935 19 May: died from injuries received in a motor-cycle crash on 13 May

1935 21 May: buried at Moreton, Dorset

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