T. E. Lawrence Studies

Letters and works shown in blue have been printed in the major edition of Lawrence's works and letters published by Castle Hill Press. Many of these are covered by European copyright, and for the present they cannot be included here.

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

Works

The Mint

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

Letters

January 1928

To Ralph Isham 2 January 1928 BR1 pp. [9-12]; MB pp. 362-3
To Charlotte Shaw 2 January 1928 Letters 3 pp. 1-4
To his mother 4 January 1928 HL pp. 370-71; MB p. 364 (omission)
To Charlotte Shaw 4 January 1928 Letters 3 pp. 5-10
To Mrs. Thomas Hardy 15 January 1928 DG pp. 564-5; MB pp. 364-5
To Charlotte Shaw 16 January 1928 Letters 3 pp. 12-14
To Ernest MacKay 18 January 1928 DG pp. 565-6
To Charlotte Shaw 16 January 1928 Letters 3 pp. 15-18
To Sir Herbert Baker 20 January 1928 DG pp. 567-9
To Alan Dawnay 20 January 1928 MB p. 366
To H. S. Ede 20 January 1928 DG pp. 566-7; S-E pp. 12-13
To Edward Garnett 20 January 1928 MIP; Letters 9 pp. 13-31, corrected text, together with the relevant passages from Tarka the Otter
To T. B. Marson 20 January 1928 DG pp. 569-71

To Robert Graves 26 January 1928 B:RG 147-8

To Charlotte Shaw 26 January 1928 Letters 3 pp. 20-21

February 1928

To R. D. Blumenfeld 2 February 1928 DG pp. 572-4
To Charlotte Shaw 2 February 1928 Letters 3 pp. 22-5
To Sydney Cockerell 2 February 1928 DG pp. 574-5; SCC pp. 366-7
Henry Williamson to T. E. Lawrence 4 February 1928 Letters 9 pp. 34-5
To A. P. Wavell 9 February 1928 DG pp. 575-6
To Charlotte Shaw 9 February 1928 Letters 3 pp. 25-8
To D. G. Pearman [1928] DG pp. 576-8
To David Garnett 16 February 1928 MB pp 366-8 (omissions)
To Mrs. Thomas Hardy 16 February 1928 DG p. 578
To Charlotte Shaw 16 February 1928 Letters 3 pp. 30-34
To his mother 21 February 1928 HL pp. 371-2
To Charlotte Shaw 25 February 1928 Letters 3 pp. 35-37

March 1928

To Charlotte Shaw 1 March 1928 Letters 3 pp. 38-40

Henry Williamson to T. E. Lawrence 8 March 1928 Letters 9 pp. 36-42

To Charlotte Shaw 8 March 1928 Letters 3 pp. 40-41

To Edward Garnett 15 March 1928 DG pp. 579-80

To Charlotte Shaw 15 March 1928 Letters 3 pp. 41-45

To Sir Hugh Trenchard 17 March 1928 MB pp. 368-70

To Charlotte Shaw 20 March 1928 Letters 3 pp. 46-51; MB pp. 370-1 (omissions)

To Sydney Cockerell 22 March 1928 SCC pp. 368-9
To Edward Garnett 22 March 1928 DG pp. 580-81
To his mother 23 March 1928 HL p. 372; MB pp. 371-2
To Robert Graves 29 March 1928 B:RG 148-9

April 1928

To Henry Williamson 2 April 1928 Letters 9 pp. 45-8, extracts GOF pp. 15, 17, 20-21 (530 words omitted)
To Charlotte Shaw 6 April 1928 Letters 3 pp. 53-4
Charlotte Shaw to T. E. Lawrence 9 April 1928 Letters 3 pp. 54-7
Bernard Shaw to T. E. Lawrence 12 April 1928 Letters 3 pp. 57-61
To Charlotte Shaw 12 April 1928 Letters 3 pp. 62-5
To his mother 13 April 1928 HL p. 373
To Sergeant A. Pugh 13 April 1928, extract: MB p. 372
To Edward Garnett 14 April 1928 DG pp. 581-2
To William Rothenstein 14 April 1928 DG pp. 582-3
To H. H. Banbury 14 April 1928 DG pp. 584-5
To Charlotte Shaw 16 April 1928 Letters 3 pp. 66-9
To Bruce Rogers 16 April 1928 DG pp. 586-90; BR1 pp. [13-19]
To H. S. Ede 16 April 1928 DG pp. 590-92; S-E pp. 14-16
To Mrs. Thomas Hardy 16 April 1928 DG pp. 592-3
To E. M. Forster 16 April 1928 DG pp. 593-5
To Edward Garnett 23 April 1928 DG pp. 595-8
To Charlotte Shaw 25 April 1928 Letters 3 pp. 71-3
To Charlotte Shaw 26 April 1928 Letters 3 pp. 73-5
To his mother 26 April 1928 HL pp. 373-4

May 1928

To Marshal of the RAF Sir Hugh Trenchard 1 May 1928 DG pp. 598-600
Henry Williamson to T. E. Lawrence 1 May 1928 Letters 9 pp. 49-54
To Henry Williamson 2 April 1928 Letters 9 pp. 45-8, short extract in GOF p. 15
To A. W. Lawrence 2 May 1928 DG pp. 600-601; MB pp 372-3
To Charlotte Shaw 2 May 1928 Letters 3 pp. 76-80
To Edward Garnett 2 May 1928 DG pp. 601-3
To Bernard Shaw 7 May 1928 DG pp. 603-7; Letters 3 pp. 81-5
To Charlotte Shaw 8 May 1928 Letters 3 pp. 85-90
To R. V. Buxton 10 May 1928 DG p. 607
To Edward Garnett 17 May 1928 DG pp. 608-9
To Charlotte Shaw 17 May 1928 Letters 3 pp. 92-5; MB pp. 374-5 (omissions)
To Robert Graves 19 May 1928 B:RG 149-50
To Charlotte Shaw 21 May 1928 Letters 3 pp. 96-8
To Charlotte Shaw 29 May 1928 Letters 3 pp. 98-9
Henry Williamson to T. E. Lawrence 31 December 1928 Letters 9 pp. 58-63

June 1928

To Charlotte Shaw 4 June 1928 Letters 3 pp. 100-101
To Sergeant A. Pugh 9 June 1928 MB pp. 376-8 (omission)
To Charlotte Shaw 11 June 1928 Letters 3 pp. 102-104; extracts: MB pp. 378-9
To David Garnett 14 June 1928 DG pp. 610-13
To Charlotte Shaw 15 June 1928 Letters 3 pp. 105-107
Bernard Shaw to T. E. Lawrence 23 June 1928 Letters 3 pp. 108-110
To Charlotte Shaw 25 June 1928 Letters 3 pp. 111-113
To Jonathan Cape 30 June 1928 DG pp. 613-4
To H. S. Ede 30 June 1928 DG pp. 614-5; S-E pp. 16-17
To Robert Graves 30 June 1928 B:RG 150-51
To Bruce Rogers 30 June 1928 BR1 [20-21]
To Charlotte Shaw 30 June 1928 Letters 3 pp. 114-17

July 1928

To his mother 10 July 1928 HL pp. 374-5; brief extract: MB p. 379
To Charlotte Shaw 10 July 1928 Letters 3 pp. 118-21
To Sir Herbert Baker 17 July 1928 MB pp. 379-80
To Charlotte Shaw 17 July 1928 Letters 3 pp. 122-5
To Bernard Shaw 19 July 1928 DG pp. 615-8; MB pp. 381-2; Letters 3 pp. 125-30
To Charlotte Shaw 23 July 1928 Letters 3 pp. 130-6
To Charlotte Shaw 31 July 1928 Letters 3 pp. 138-41

August 1928

To Charlotte Shaw 4 August 1928 Letters 3 pp. 141-4
To Robert Graves 5 August 1928 B:RG 151-2
To Charlotte Shaw 5 August 1928 Letters 3 pp. 145-7
To E. M. Forster 6 August 1928 DG pp. 618-22
To Charlotte Shaw 15 August 1928 Letters 3 pp. 147-53
To Charlotte Shaw 18 August 1928 Letters 3 pp. 154-58
To Robert Graves 27 August 1928 B:RG 153
To E. M. Forster 28 August 1928 DG pp. 622-25; MB p. 383 (omissions)
To Charlotte Shaw 28 August 1928 Letters 3 pp. 159-63
To Henry Williamson 28 August 1928 Letters 9 pp. 55-56, 14 words (of 141) quoted GOF p. 23
To H. S. Ede 30 August 1928 S-E pp. 17-18

September 1928

To Charlotte Shaw 4 September 1928 Letters 3 pp. 164-5
To Charlotte Shaw 11 September 1928 Letters 3 pp. 166-7
To Charlotte Shaw 18 September 1928 Letters 3 pp. 167-70
To Charlotte Shaw 25 September 1928 Letters 3 pp. 170-71

October 1928

To Bruce Rogers 2 October 1928 BR1 pp. [22-23]
To Charlotte Shaw 3 October 1928 Letters 3 pp. 172-4
To Sir Gilbert Clayton 9 October 1928 MB pp. 383-4
To Charlotte Shaw 9 October 1928 Letters 3 pp. 174-6
To Bruce Rogers 10 October 1928 BR1 pp. [24-28]
To Sir Emery Walker and Wilfred Merton 10 October 1928 BR1 pp. [29-30]
To Charlotte Shaw 16 October 1928 Letters 3 pp. 177-80
To B. H. Liddell Hart 17 October 1928 B:LH pp. 3-4
To Charlotte Shaw 21 October 1928 Letters 3 pp. 181-3
To Charlotte Shaw 23 October 1928 Letters 3 pp. 183-4
To Sir Herbert Baker 29 October 1928 MB pp. 385 (omission)
To the Editor, Civil & Military Gazette 29 October 1928 MB p. 386
To Charlotte Shaw 30 October 1928 Letters 3 pp. 185-8

November 1928

To Robert Graves 6 November 1928 B:RG 154-7 (edited); full text in MB pp 387-9
To Charlotte Shaw 6 November 1928 Letters 3 pp. 189-91
To Charlotte Shaw 11 November 1928 Letters 3 pp. 192-6
To H. S. Ede 12 November 1928 S-E pp. 22-6
To Charlotte Shaw 20 November 1928 Letters 3 p. 197; MB p. 390
To Charlotte Shaw 27 November 1928 Letters 3 pp. 198-203

December 1928

To Charlotte Shaw 4 December 1928 Letters 3 pp. 205-7
To Charlotte Shaw 11 December 1928 Letters 3 pp. 208-13
To Henry Williamson 11 December 1928 Letters 9 p. 57. Extracts GOF pp. 21, 22 (44 words omitted)
To E. M. Forster 12 December 1928 DG pp. 625-6
To H. S. Ede 15 December 1928 S-E pp. 26-8
To Charlotte Shaw 18 December 1928 Letters 3 pp. 214-7
To Sir Hugh Trenchard 21 December 1928 MB pp. 390-91
To Charlotte Shaw 25 December 1928 Letters 3 pp. 218-9
To John Buchan 26 December 1928 DG pp. 626-8
To Charlotte Shaw 31 December 1928 and 1 January 1929 Letters 3 pp. 219-28; brief extract MB p. 392

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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