T. E. Lawrence letters, 1905-1910

Correspondence and works by T. E. Lawrence written or first published between 1904 and 1910

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Works

The O.H.S. Magazine, Magazine of The City of Oxford High School for Boys (Oxford) contains:

Vol. I, No. 5, March 1904, 'Playground Football' by 'Goalpost' [thought to be pseud. of T. E. Lawrence] (pp. 100-1).
Vol. II, No. 2, July 1904, 'Playground cricket' by T. E. Lawrence (pp. 29-30).
Vol. III, No. 5, February 1906, 'The Bastion' by 'Two Calcotripticians' (i.e. T. E. Lawrence and C.F.C. Beeson, pp. 75-6).
Vol. IV, No. 3, March 1907, a contribution signed E. Lawrence to '"How to win a scholarship", advice from school celebrities' ed 'Scroggs' (pseud. of C. F. C. Beeson). (pp. 56-7)

Letters

August 1905

To his mother 13 August [1905] HL pp. 3-4 (MB 6-7)

August 1906

To his mother Friday [4 August 1906] HL pp. 5-6; DG pp. 43-4
To his mother Monday [6 August 1906] HL pp. 6-8; DG p. 44
To his father Monday evening [6 August 1906] HL pp. 8-11
To his family 9 August [1906] HL pp. 11-12
To his mother 11 August [1906] HL pp. 12-14
To his mother 14 August 1906 HL pp. 14-16
To his mother 14,17 August 1906 HL pp. 16-21
To Will Lawrence 16 August 1906 HL pp. 21-3; DG pp. 45-6
To his mother Monday [20 August 1906] HL pp. 23-4
To Bob Lawrence [21 August 1906] HL pp. 24-7
To his mother Friday [24 August 1906] HL pp. 27-32; DG pp. 46-7
To his mother [26 August 1906] HL pp. 32-5; DG pp. 47-8
To his mother 28 August [1906] HL pp. 35-43
To his father Friday [31 August 1906] HL pp. 43-5

April 1907

To his mother [3 April 1907] HL pp. 46-7
To his mother [April 1907] HL pp. 47-9
To his mother [April 1907] HL p. 50
To his mother [April 1907] HL pp. 51-2
To his mother Sunday [April 1907] HL pp. 51-3; DG pp. 49-50
To Will Lawrence Tuesday night [April 1907] HL pp. 53-5

August 1907

To his mother 11 August 1907 HL pp. 55-7; DG pp. 50-51
To his mother 26 August 1907 HL pp. 57-60; DG pp. 51-3

July 1908

To his mother 23 July 1908 HL pp. 60-62; DG p. 53

August 1908

To his mother 2 August 1908 HL pp. 63-7; DG pp. 53-7
To his mother 6 August 1908 HL pp. 67-8
To his mother 9 August 1908, HL pp. 68-73
To C. F. C. Beeson 9 August 1908 DG pp. 57-60
To his mother 16 August 1908 HL pp. 73-6
To C. F. C. Beeson 16 August 1908 DG pp. 60-62
To his mother 23 August 1908 HL pp. 76-9
To his mother 28 August 1908 HL pp. 79-81

September 1908

To his mother Friday evening [4 September 1908] HL p. 81

February 1909

To C. M. Doughty 3 February [1909] DG pp. 62-3

June 1909

To his mother [21 June 1909] HL p. 82
To his mother [23 June 1909] HL pp. 82-3
To his mother Tuesday [29 June 1909] HL pp. 83-4

July 1909

To his mother Friday, 2 July 1909 HL pp. 84-5
To his mother 6 July [1909] HL pp. 86-7
To his mother 17 July [1909] HL pp. 87-8

August 1909

To his mother 2 August [1909] HL pp. 89-99; DG pp. 63-75
To his mother 4 August [1909] HL pp. 99-100
To A. W. Lawrence 5 August [1909] HL pp. 100-101; DG pp. 75-6
To his mother 13 August [1909] HL pp. 101-3
To his father 15 August 1909 HL pp. 103-4
To his mother 29 August 1909 HL pp. 104-5; DG pp. 76-7

September 1909

To his mother 7 September 1909 HL pp. 105-7; DG pp. 78-80
To E. T. Leeds 19 September 1909 Leeds pp. 5, 7 2039
To his mother 22 September [1909] HL pp. 107-9
To Sir John Rhys 24 September [1909]; DG pp. 81-2

November 1909

To C. M. Doughty 30 November 1909 DG p. 82

February 1910

To Leonard Green 16 February [1910] DG p. 83

June 1910

To V. W. Richards [19 June 1910] DG p. 84

August 1910

To his mother August 1910 HL pp. 109-11; DG pp. 84-5
To E. T. Leeds 15 August 1910 Leeds p. 10 2039
To V. W. Richards 29 August [1910] DG pp. 85-7

September 1910

To his mother September 1910 HL p. 111

November 1910

To E. T. Leeds 2 November 1910 Leeds pp. 12-13 2039

December 1910

To his mother Monday morning [December 1910] HL pp. 112-16; DG pp. 87-90
To his mother 10 December [1910] HL pp. 116-7
To E. T. Leeds 12 December 1910 Leeds pp. 14-16 2039
To V. W. Richards 15 December [1910] DG pp. 90-91
To his mother 16-17 December [1910] HL pp. 118-22; DG pp. 91-2
To Leonard Green [December 1910] DG pp. 93-7
To his mother 31 December [1910] HL pp. 122-4