Contents lists
Updated June 2012
Correspondence and works by T. E. Lawrence
written or first published in 1917-1918
Letters and works shown in bright blue have been published and are now out of copyright. Click on the reference to see the published text.
Letters and works shown in green are also out of copyright and will be added.
Letters and works shown in pale blue have been published in the printed edition indicated, but are covered by copyright until the date shown in italics. Until then they cannot be included here.
Works
The Arab Bulletin, secret publication circulated by the Arab Bureau, Cairo, 1916-19. Lawrence's identified contributions are listed (with notes on reprints) under their dates in the contents lists for 1915-16, 1917-18 and 1919-20.
- 'The Arab advance on Wejh', Arab Bulletin, 6 February 1917, SD pp. 52-5
- 'The Sherifial Northern Army', Arab Bulletin, 6 February 1917, SD pp. 55-8
- 'Feisal's Order of March', Arab Bulletin, 6 February 1917, SD pp. 58-60
- 'Nejd news', Arab Bulletin, 6 February 1917, SD pp. 61-2
- 'With the Northern Army', Arab Bulletin No.42, 15 February 1917, SD pp. 62-9; DG pp. 214-21. [Letter of 8 January 1917]
- 'Geographical notes and the capture of Eshref', Arab Bulletin, 12 March 1917, SD pp. 80-82
- 'Raids on the railway', Arab Bulletin, 13 May 1917, SD pp. 82-95
- 'Notes on Hejaz affairs', Arab Bulletin, 13 May 1917, SD pp. 96-7
- 'Wejh to Wadi Aid and back', Arab Bulletin, 23 May 1917, SD pp. 97-109
- 'In Sherif Abdullah's camp', Arab Bulletin, 23 May 1917, SD pp. 109-11
- 'The Howeitat and their chiefs', Arab Bulletin, 24 July 1917, SD pp. 111-4
- 'The Sherif's religious views', Arab Bulletin, 12 August 1917, SD pp. 115-9
- 'The Occupation of Akaba', Arab Bulletin No. 59, 12 August 1917, SD 119-123; DG pp. 231-6
- 'The Sherif and his neighbours', Arab Bulletin, 20 August 1917, SD pp. 124-6
- 'Twenty-seven Articles', Arab Bulletin, 20 August 1917, SD pp. 126-133
- 'The raid at Haret Ammar', Arab Bulletin, 8 October 1917, SD pp. 133-7
- 'The raid near Bir Esh-Shediyah', Arab Bulletin, 21 October 1917, SD pp. 137-141
- 'Geographical notes', Arab Bulletin, 21 October 1917, SD pp. 141-2
- 'A raid', Arab Bulletin, 16 December 1917, SD pp. 142-5
- 'Abdullah and the Akhwan', Arab Bulletin, 24 December 1917, SD pp. 145-7
- 'Akhwan converts', Arab Bulletin, 27 January 1918, SD p. 148
- 'Syrian cross-currents', [Arab Bulletin Supplementary Paper No. 1, 1 February 1918], SD pp. 155-161
- 'First reports from Tafila', Arab Bulletin, 11 February 1918, SD p. 149
- 'The Battle of Seil el-Hesa', Arab Bulletin No. 79, 18 February 1918, SD pp. 150-153; DG pp. 240-43
- 'Report on Khurma', Arab Bulletin, 9 July 1918, SD pp. 153-4
- 'The Destruction of the Fourth Army', Arab Bulletin No. 106, 22 October 1918, SD pp. 161-171; DG pp. 247-57
The Palestine News (Palestine, G.H.Q., First Echelon E.E.F,
First Year No. 32, 10 October 1918) contains p. 6 'Release of
Damascus' (from a correspondent across the Jordan) [i.e. T. E.
Lawrence]
Letters
January 1917
- To Colonel C. E. Wilson 8 January 1917 DG pp. 214-21, reprinted in AB No. 42
- To his family 16 January 1917 HL pp. 332-3
- To his family 31 January 1917 HL pp. 333-4
February 1917
- To his family 12 February 1917 HL pp. 334-6
- To his family 25 February 1917 HL pp. 336-7
- To A. W. Lawrence 28 February 1917 DG p. 221; HL p. 337
March 1917
June 1917
July 1917
August 1917
- To his family 12 August 1917 HL pp. 337-8
- Arab Bulletin, 20 August 1917, 'Twenty-seven Articles'
- To his family 27 August 1917 HL pp. 338-9
September 1917
- To Colonel C. E. Wilson 2 September 1917 DG pp. 236-7
- To his family 5 September 1917 HL pp. 339-40
- To his family 24 September 1917 HL pp. 340-41
- To E. T. Leeds 24 September 1917 DG pp. 237-8, Leeds pp. 112-14
October 1917
November 1917
December 1917
- To his family 14 December 1917 HL pp. 343-6
- To E. T. Leeds 15 December 1917 Leeds pp. 114-16 2039
January 1918
February 1917
March 1918
May 1918
July 1918
- To his family 15 July 1918 HL pp. 350-51
- To V. W. Richards 15 July 1917 DG pp. 243-6
- To his family 19 July [1918] HL p. 351
August 1918
October 1918
November 1918
- Memorandum to the British Cabinet, 4 November 1918, 'Reconstruction of Arabia'
- To E. T. Leeds early November 1918 Leeds p. 117 2039
- To E. T. Leeds November 1918 Leeds p. 117 2039
December 1918
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